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Offline jaredpost

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Good day for crabbing!
« on: October 20, 2010, 09:53:49 PM »
Well I took my daughter on her first boat trip today in an attempt to catch some crabs. We launched at the nisqually launch around 9 this morning and the fog looked like it was lifting. We dropped both pots off and putted around a little bit and then dropped a line to keep her interested. After about an hour soak we when to pull the pots and head home. Short trip because we had out of town guests coming. I pull up the first pot and HOLY SMOKE, there were 7 dungies in it with only 1 not legal. We picked the smallest one to throw back and headed to the next pot. I get this one to the surface and there was a huge fricken star fish in the pot, about 18 inches accross. Oh ya there were another 5 dungies and a redrock in it. So overall a great day and first experience with the 3 year old.

Next it was time to head back to the car. We started the boat up and heading back but the fog had come back and I could not see more than 50 feet in front of the boat. So traveling at a snails pace we headed towards what I thought was the launch. It ended up taking over an hour to find our way back. I don't have any gps or depth finder so I was just left to my own instincts. I knew where the sun was compared to the direction we needed to go but when we finally came to see the land we were about a half mile away from the launch. I followed the shore all the way back to the launch and when we got about 200 yards from the lauch the fog was gone. I was starting to get very nervous after driving for a half hour and seeing nothing when it should have only been a 5 minute ride. It was a great learning experience and am thankful we both made it back happy and with a boat full of crab.




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Re: Good day for crabbing!
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2010, 10:31:37 PM »
YUM! Looks like a great meal! You should look into a GPS on ebay... I picked up a Magellan for $50 new in box! Easy to use. Glad you made it back safe!
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: Good day for crabbing!
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2010, 10:33:05 PM »
Every crab in the pot was a male? I have never seen that before I usually get mostly female and maybe 1 or 2 males good job.

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Re: Good day for crabbing!
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2010, 10:34:50 PM »
Very Nice.  Making me hungry. 

I'd like to try to taxidermy one of those things one of these days. 

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Re: Good day for crabbing!
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2010, 11:13:17 PM »
Every crab in the pot was a male? I have never seen that before I usually get mostly female and maybe 1 or 2 males good job.

Very strange indeed but I did not have one single female in the pot.

Very Nice.  Making me hungry. 

I'd like to try to taxidermy one of those things one of these days. 

I have honestly never heard of a crab being done. If you want to give it a try I'd be glad to give you one just to see what it looks like.

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Re: Good day for crabbing!
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2010, 11:20:34 PM »
Looks good!  I have to get out and do some crabbin'! 
I once got lost in the fog for 3 hours while pushing and oyster scow.  That day I went and bought a compass for every boat that I owned.  This was way before gps.

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Re: Good day for crabbing!
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2010, 12:45:33 AM »
Nice catch :drool: :EAT:
You sure you know how to skin griz pilgram

 


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