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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #285 on: August 21, 2012, 12:09:09 PM »
Yep....huge for red rocks.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #286 on: August 21, 2012, 06:51:00 PM »
Really?  Those are just a little larger than average.  We've had several that were larger.  I thought they got bigger.  From what we've pulled in, I wouldn't even blink at these.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #287 on: August 28, 2012, 11:07:11 AM »
Finally got the crab dialed in, been a slow season for us up until last Friday in area 8-2.  Threw the pots in and ran out to the shipwreck and picked up the little guy in the second pic.  Threw out a whole limit of keepers.  Had 7 keepers in one pot.  A good day overall.

Look man, some times you just gotta roll the dice

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #288 on: August 31, 2012, 10:17:26 AM »
Lost a pot this morning   :bash:.  I hope it wasn’t stolen, maybe just got picked up by a piece of flotsam in the heavy current.  It happens.  Anyway I’m done for the season.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #289 on: August 31, 2012, 10:26:07 AM »
Nice haul.....fish and crab....

Heading out in the morning for one more quick trip. Gonna try and grind through a bunch of pots. Family obligations are keeping me from being out to long to try and troll up some silvers. Hopefully we'll bang out a quick 10 limit for us both and head in early.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #290 on: August 31, 2012, 10:38:11 AM »
Put my newly weighted door pot out last night.  I can't wait to pull it at 6pm tonight.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #291 on: August 31, 2012, 10:01:05 PM »
How did it go double J?
the head has been lopped of the eagle.our country has become a nation of losers,them that feed on the teet and can do no more than suckle from them that toil. ~ Rasbo

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #292 on: August 31, 2012, 11:35:31 PM »
quite the storys  :chuckle: :chuckle:
Lets go, we got fish to catch on the boondocks!!!

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #293 on: September 01, 2012, 07:53:10 AM »
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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #294 on: September 01, 2012, 10:18:32 AM »
Ouch, only thing I gotta worry about is the wife being mad I can't go deer and elk hunting this year. I can get her ducks though so maybe she'll let me keep my guns.  :dunno:
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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #295 on: September 01, 2012, 01:06:37 PM »
DoubleJ....better get that stuff worked out....sounds like it is beginning to fester.

Made a quick trip out this morning with a buddy who has been dying to get out. He sold his boat so is having major withdrawl. We did a quick and dirty grind with 5 quick soaks and managed 6 keepers and a red. That puts 50 alone on my license. Final trip for me this morning.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #296 on: September 01, 2012, 01:23:56 PM »
DoubleJ....better get that stuff worked out....sounds like it is beginning to fester.

Made a quick trip out this morning with a buddy who has been dying to get out. He sold his boat so is having major withdrawl. We did a quick and dirty grind with 5 quick soaks and managed 6 keepers and a red. That puts 50 alone on my license. Final trip for me this morning.

It has been festering for years now.  It is well past the blowing up point.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #297 on: September 01, 2012, 01:33:28 PM »
Sorry to hear that. I'm one of the lucky ones. My wife is very supporting and when I leave the house I get a kiss on the cheek and a good luck and be safe. Got some pasta sauce on the stove simmering as we speak. The bear sausage that is in it is a testament to her support. I'm defenitely one of the lucky ones.

Got a final tally for my boat this crab season.

Total Dungies: 118 and about a dozen red rock.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #298 on: September 02, 2012, 07:55:25 PM »
Hopefully you get it all worked out John your wife seems like a nice lady.  I was wondering why we never heard back from you any other weekends we would have taken you back out, but from what you typed I guess that may have been why.  I guess I am lucky like H20 my wife is really supportive of my outdoor addiction, and even partakes in some of the activities.

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Re: Why I love opening day of crab....and the ongoing season!
« Reply #299 on: October 23, 2012, 08:41:06 AM »
Too late to revive this thread?  I think not......  bring on the winter catch!

April went out last weekend (10-14) for crab, I couldn't go because I was (and still am) swamped with chores at the house.  She said that in area 8-2 they are pretty thin, she only got 4 and the boat took a total of 9 for 4 licenses.  Not a bad day, but since we dive for them and are used to limiting it was a little disappointing.  Oh well, wait a week and a new crop will migrate in! :IBCOOL:  Her catch...

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