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Offline acnewman55

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Re: crabbing tips for a noob?
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2014, 10:30:16 AM »
thanks for the tips everyone.

we were out crabbing out of Lopez Island this weekend.  ended up only running off shore a few hundred yards, and were dropping our two pots between 20-30 feet all weekend.  had a big freezer burned salmon filet that worked best, but the crab chewed through that fast.  both pots were loaded when we used the salmon.

when that ran out, we switched to chicken, which worked, but not as well.  at least the chicken lasted longer in the bait boxes.

i think we only had maybe 3-4 males all weekend that weren't legal size.  we pulled several monsters that were 8" across.  all the females were small.

anyways, the four of us all limited for three days straight.  we were crabbing with my girlfriend's grandparents, who sent us home with their catch from the weekend as well, since they're staying out there another week.

We ate a ton of fresh crab, and still brought 40 dungeness back with us in the coolers, and now I'm picking crab-meat and stocking the freezer for the next 24 hours.




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Re: crabbing tips for a noob?
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2014, 10:34:02 AM »
Very nice. Now....learn how to make some crab cakes with that leaft over meat and you are dialed in!

 


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