Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!

[h20hunter]

Looks a little flimsy.............however........pretty inexpensive. A little help would make a day of it a bit easier. I may have to look into that.

[smdave]

okay......quick side discussion regarding pot pulling.

We been pulling a lot of pots. I'm getting sore doing it and when the wind and waves are up and the tide is running a very full pot is quite the mass to be moving through the water. Does any know of a somewhat inexpensive pot pulled that is manual, mounts to the rail, or to my Scotty downrigger mounts. Really....I think the easiest way to pull pots is bring a newbie and tell 'em that if they want to have a beer they have to pull pots. I can just sit back and watch the sort happen. Any suggestions?

http://www.sportco.com/store/pc/Scotty-Trap-Ease-Pot-Puller-750-W-Combo-Side-Or-Deck-Mount-Bracket-758p42584.htm

[h20hunter]

Yep...low cost...even if it only helps by reducing the load by 25% it would be worth it.

[SemperFidelis97]

Also as a bonus it may scrape off all the jellyfish crap off of your lines.  I don't know how bad it is in other areas, but the Hood Canal is infested with those *censored*s.  I think Double J can attest to how many we get from last weekend.

[h20hunter]

So far not to bad. Pulled a pot on sat....no gloves....hmmmm...littke stringy things making the ol hands burn.

[DoubleJ]

Also as a bonus it may scrape off all the jellyfish crap off of your lines.  I don't know how bad it is in other areas, but the Hood Canal is infested with those *censored*s.  I think Double J can attest to how many we get from last weekend.

And the size of my youngest son too.  Nasty

[h20hunter]

Okay.....before I throw my idea out there I just want you guys to know that part of my enjoyment is just doing weird stuff to see if it works. I like tinkering with baits, depths, just stuff you know. So...........


I picked up three monster turkey legs at the store. They are 2 pounds plus each. One of the last times I was in the bait shop I saw some liquid gel like gunk that was like smelly jelly for crab. I'm thinking of getting me one of those fatty turkey injectors and injecting my turkey legs with this gunk. My theory is that if I inject it, the let it sit for a few days and lighty slice it up prior to soaking it will A) add some extra scent right away B) add some extra scent as the little buggers eat into it and C) act a bit as a cover scent in general.

I know.....I know.........chicken/turkey.....whatever works fine and this is not needed. I just find it fun to mess with.

Do you think it would help or even work?

[Fishstiq]

If you have been limiting the way things are, I would say buying crab smelly jelly would be a waste of time and $$$.  Still, might be fun to try and see if there is a difference.

I've been thinking about trying adding 2-3 lines together and crabbing in really deep water to see if the size of catch changes.  Might be a waste of time, but like you said, it's fun to try new stuff.

[NRA4LIFE]

I went to 150' on all my pots a couple years ago and it definitely improved the catch.  Maybe for the only reason that not many others had theirs that deep?

[h20hunter]

Talking with my buddy here at work he has a few old cow syringes at home. I'm gonna "juice" a fatty leg and drop two pots....one on each side of the boat at the same time. One containg a juiced leg...the other containg a stardard leg, 6 feet apart or so, see which has more crab and see which may have the bigger crab.

Like you said..........probably not needed just fun to goof with.

[DoubleJ]

Thursday and Friday will be warm enough at a high tide that I think I'll swim my dock pot out about 200' from the dock and then swim back and see how I do then.  I can only throw the thing about 25' out so maybe I'll have better results by swimming it deeper.  Damnit I need a dinghy.

[h20hunter]

Be carefull and wear a jacket. Tides get "swirly" and that water is cold. Silly crab aren't worth the risk. May I suggest starting out a little closer and working your way out.

[D-Rock425]

You're a brave man or a dumb man i haven't decided witch one yet.

[CP]

There are bold crappers and there are old crabbers but there are no old, bold crabbers.

[D-Rock425]