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Title: First day of crabbing
Post by: seth30 on July 04, 2013, 04:43:53 PM: Today one of the fellow HUNTWA member The Sky Buster took my son and I on our first crabbing trip :tup: Put out four pots and had our limit on the 2nd pot :IBCOOL: I am hooked on crabbing now and cant wait for saturday to go and do it again :tup:
Title: Re: First day of crabbing
Post by: bowhunterforever on July 04, 2013, 04:48:24 PM: Nice :EAT:
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Post by: CP on July 04, 2013, 06:05:21 PM: :tup: Nice haul!
Title: Re: First day of crabbing
Post by: TheSkyBuster on July 04, 2013, 08:45:09 PM: Who needs a Hydraulic Pot puller when you have guys like Seth? :chuckle:

and by the way, 15 legal crab out of 2 pots that soaked for 2 hours isn't going to happen every time. :sry:
Title: Re: First day of crabbing
Post by: seth30 on July 04, 2013, 10:37:24 PM: Quote from: TheSkyBuster on July 04, 2013, 08:45:09 PM
Who needs a Hydraulic Pot puller when you have guys like Seth? :chuckle:

and by the way, 15 legal crab out of 2 pots that soaked for 2 hours isn't going to happen every time. :sry:
:yeah: I worked hard for that six pack :drool:
Title: Re: First day of crabbing
Post by: Smokepole on July 05, 2013, 06:54:05 AM: Nice full pots. Had a few like that, but not on opening day. For us, it was a lot of undersized crabs. Many were almost legal. I think the commercial guys crabbed our bay right before we got there. We did end up getting 3 nice big ones and they were full of meat. Can't wait until this weekend to get back out there!
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Post by: Encore 280 on July 05, 2013, 07:00:23 AM: The "Warden" and I got our limits yesterday and had two really big ones that made the 7 inchers look small! These guys were 9" across and the biggest of the two was 3lbs 12oz! :yike: Going back today and see if there's any more like that.
Title: Re: First day of crabbing
Post by: seth30 on July 05, 2013, 03:50:17 PM: Sounds like the big ones are out in force this weekend :tup: I will be going out again this sunday for some more :drool:
Title: Re: First day of crabbing
Post by: 206 on July 05, 2013, 05:37:27 PM: What do you use for bait? I think I'm losing keepers by not pulling directly over the pot due to the tide pulling the extra rope out at an angle. I need to get the boat directly above and then pull fast.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 05, 2013, 06:11:26 PM: Sweeeet ...I need to get out and get me some .. The other night I was watching TV and I came across a show where a guy made a crab trap for his fishing pole ..It was crazy ....it was about 12 inches square and sides opened up once it hit the bottom ..he then held the pole like he was trout fishing and when the rod tip started to shake he pulled it up ...quickly ...he was nailing them ... I will try to find this gizmo if I can ... :tup: :tup:
Title: Re: First day of crabbing
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 05, 2013, 06:14:52 PM: That did not take me long :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: First day of crabbing
Post by: seth30 on July 05, 2013, 09:48:59 PM: Quote from: 206 on July 05, 2013, 05:37:27 PM
What do you use for bait? I think I'm losing keepers by not pulling directly over the pot due to the tide pulling the extra rope out at an angle. I need to get the boat directly above and then pull fast.
chicken and I pull them Sos fast as I can we got the riders that way :tup: