hood canal crab

[Rocky Mtn Fever]

anyone been out since it opened

[wamuledeer]

I was out on the 3rd of July up by Dewatto. We soaked 5 pots for 4 hours and pulled about 30 crab, all sublegal or female dungies. At the same time we had a few rings soaking in shallow rockier water and kept 9 red rocks and 1 keeper dungie. From what I have heard, it has been pretty bad for crabbing in the southern hood canal. I will try again in a couple weeks while I am salmon fishing from Ayock to Hoodsport.

[bullcanyon]

Not worth the gas to crab near seabeck or dabob bay.  We hit it hard over the 4th for very few crab considering the effort.  Tribes have done a number on it the last few years. 

[Dman]

 Ayock area has been terrible according to a bud. South Sound has been equally bad, we're 0-2 on keeper Dungies. I spoke recently with the crabbing manager for that area and there is a huge amount of support to have shorter, alternating sport and tribal season's, so there really is 50% of the resource left available to sporties, as it should be. May happen this year. It is a little bit skewed because some MA's have a high sport harvest, with little tribal harvest, while other MA's have 80% tribal harvest. It should be managed 50% per MA. You can't expect people to travel to the San Juan's if they live three hours away just to catch crab, there should be equal opportunity throughout the Sound.