Crab - 2018

[CP]

1st pull of the season - 4 keepers -

[PolarBear]

No crabbing for us here in the South Sound this year. 

[TheSkyBuster]

6 keepers for us today 🦀

[Gobble Doc]

Nice job guys.


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[h20hunter]

Great opener for me. 2 pots soaked, 1 in 1 and 2nd pot had 6. 2 went back, big solid crab.

[boneaddict]

how long of soak do you guys do?  Do you ever have anyone mess with your gear? 

[h20hunter]

I like an hour or longer.

Rarely.

[h20hunter]

Overnight soak in two pots gave up 9 fat fat keepers in 8-2. Tide did not help and blanked on keepers in my few sets this am. No worries. Tell you what friends and neighbors...  dining on crab cakes, cold salmon salad and ritz.... think a chunky tuna salad with fresh salmon.....and thanks to my good friend @Goldeneye some elk backstraps seared on the grill then cooked to a juicy medium I am a content man. Got a cold IPA and a fire in the pit. Even the pup got some diced elk in her bowl.

[Timberstalker]

Good clean living, H2O.

I do miss the westdide for its seafood fare.

[NRA4LIFE]

Nice.  I let the crazies have their opening day in the sun on the weekend when it happens.  Besides, my first mate is missing.  Not really missing, just tending family matters back in MI.  Will be out next week hopefully.

[dscubame]

Good clean living, H2O.

I do miss the westdide for its seafood fare.

I hear that!

[boneaddict]

Good stuff H20. 

[h20hunter]

Hada few more ceab cakes last night.. the last of it. So good. I skip the old bay...wanna taste the crab!

[Bronson]

how long of soak do you guys do?  Do you ever have anyone mess with your gear?

I usually only check mine twice per day anymore.  Pull and re-bait once first thing in the morning, then again last thing in the evening before dark.  I used to sit over them and watch them but stopped doing so a while back.  I have had two pots go missing in the last 3 years.  One I am fairly sure was "acquired" by someone who needed it more than I did.  The second one was a neighbors that came crabbing with me.  Not sure what happened to that one, it could have floated off due to not enough weight or it could have been stolen as well.  For me the overall risk is worth not having to sit on them all day while they are out. 

[JustinC]

Any pointers on crabbing in the harbor in from of the West Port marina? I'm going to run the boat out there Saturday morning to see if the we can get a few with the kids.