Hood Canal shrimping

[allen]

Well, we didn't do real well Saturday but had a lot of fun.  You've heard it I'm sure,"shoulda been here last week".
No limits, but we got enough for a few meals.

[allen]

There were five of us.  It was my first time, though I was with people who had gone before.  It was slow for everyone around us.  Seems the boats with one or two people managed to get limits though.  Not to familiar with the area but we were near Union in about 200 ft of water.

[actionshooter]

We went on Wed. I didn't want to fight the weekend crowd, but my buddies did well Saturday.
 Seems like when we go over 300' we don't do well, but found a shelf at 270' and had 5 limits by 11:58

Which ramp did you guys use? How long was the wait?

[actionshooter]

Used the Miami Beach launch out of Seabeck. What a freaking zoo, waited from 715 to 800AM to launch and from 1200PM to 115PM to pull out. I'm used to no wait at the launch I use in area 10 and maybe 3 to 4 boats shrimping near me. We had 3 pots that were set down so bad the lines tangled, I could have walked on water from one buoy to the next. Growing up in area 10 I know the area well and the locals have a respect and etiquette to crabbing/shrimping/fishing. We had a blast and I know the canal is a huge area but overall I was not impressed.

That's why I didn't go on Saturday, it was crowded like that on Wed but I was guessing Sat would be worse.

It is fun, never shrimped in 10, I'm somewhat surprised it isn't crowded. Just assumed that anywhere with shrimp would be the same.

[olsy]

There were five of us.  It was my first time, though I was with people who had gone before.  It was slow for everyone around us.  Seems the boats with one or two people managed to get limits though.  Not to familiar with the area but we were near Union in about 200 ft of water.

My Neighbor stopped by an hour ago and was talking about Shrimping this weekend, and it turns out you are his Uncle...Small world, Dustin is my neighbor

[bowtech721]

Saturday was tough... Ive been in area 9 for every opening so far this year and pulled six limits each day. Saturday I fished the same spots and pulled three blanks on the day and scratched out two limits. I have no idea what was going on 

[CP]

One thing different in 10 is most older locals tend to add colored corks behind their bouy to mark a specific person's pot. That way you know who's pot it is and to give them a lot of space  ...

I can’t see why it matters whose pot it is.  If a pot (any pot) is there, you give it space.  Am I missing something?