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Title: We got crab legs
Post by: elkaholic123 on July 03, 2014, 08:41:13 AM
2 limits by 8:00 this morning
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Post by: idahohuntr on July 03, 2014, 08:46:43 AM
Nice!!  I won't get out until tomorrow...leave a few for me  :chuckle:
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 03, 2014, 08:55:49 AM
Nice.  Tomorrow for me too.  What area?
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Post by: elkaholic123 on July 03, 2014, 09:11:07 AM
Everett area
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Post by: C-Money on July 03, 2014, 09:12:24 AM
Way to go! Looks great!
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Post by: coachcw on July 03, 2014, 09:16:31 AM
ok third from right only looks like he's 6 1/8 th  :chuckle:
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Post by: CP on July 03, 2014, 09:37:49 AM
Didn't it open at 7:00am??

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Post by: elkoholic1 on July 03, 2014, 09:39:23 AM
 :tup:
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 03, 2014, 09:57:50 AM
Oh goody.  That's where I'll be tomorrow.
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Post by: jackelope on July 03, 2014, 10:16:26 AM
Didn't it open at 7:00am??

 :dunno:

He was done by 8:00.
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Post by: CP on July 03, 2014, 11:18:57 AM
Awesome!  Nice haul there.
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Post by: elkaholic123 on July 03, 2014, 11:56:06 AM
Didn't it open at 7:00am??


I do not see in the regs a start time except can't pull gear between sunset and sunrise  :dunno:
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: Mfowl on July 03, 2014, 11:57:40 AM
It was easy limits in Area 10 this morning. 3+ limits in the first 2 pots, culled'em out for the next 2 pots, done by 9:30. See ya out there tomorrow!  :tup:


Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 03, 2014, 12:16:53 PM
I really want to eat some crab now.
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Post by: deltaops on July 03, 2014, 12:44:15 PM
What are ya using for bait?
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Post by: Mfowl on July 03, 2014, 12:48:17 PM
I mostly use fish scraps. Today it was halibut/lingcod trimmings from this spring and some trout carcass. Salmon scraps in my buddy's pots. Both of my pots were completely cleaned out of bait on about a 2.5 hour soak and I loaded them up pretty good.
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: elkaholic123 on July 03, 2014, 12:49:29 PM
What are ya using for bait?
Noisy neighbor dogs.  :chuckle:
That and chicken thighs
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Post by: HntnFsh on July 03, 2014, 04:44:30 PM
What are ya using for bait?
Noisy neighbor dogs.  :chuckle:
That and chicken thighs

Thats funny stuff there!  :chuckle:
Headed to Brinnon in the mornng for a weekend of crabbing!
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: gotshot on July 03, 2014, 08:47:29 PM
Looks good I have been trying my luck in area 13 around fox island and the tribal pots have wiped them out. Not trying to start a fight. I havn't got but one keeper.
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Post by: h20hunter on July 06, 2014, 11:04:16 AM
Off hat at the moment. 1 more for a three person limit.
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Post by: DoubleJ on July 06, 2014, 02:18:11 PM
I hate all of you
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Post by: Mfowl on July 06, 2014, 05:12:23 PM
Tough go in area 10 today. Our first pull was decent with 2 limits in 4 pots but it turned out 4 of those were soft shelled. We sent our pots back and could only get females and sub leagals after the that. Ended the day with 6 dungies and 1 rock. My spot got fished out quick! Gonna have to look elsewhere next time.
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: trophyelk6x6 on July 06, 2014, 05:24:54 PM
been doing 1 hour test pot soaks and getting crab. I would say though when I arrived into my usual northern hood canal spot at 7 am there were pots already soaking.

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Post by: idahohuntr on July 06, 2014, 07:15:52 PM
been doing 1 hour test pot soaks and getting crab. I would say though when I arrived into my usual northern hood canal spot at 7 am there were pots already soaking.
Can't they soak overnight?  Or do you have to pull them each night season is open?
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: Mfowl on July 06, 2014, 07:41:35 PM
been doing 1 hour test pot soaks and getting crab. I would say though when I arrived into my usual northern hood canal spot at 7 am there were pots already soaking.
Can't they soak overnight?  Or do you have to pull them each night season is open?

Between legal days you can soak your pots over night. You have to pull them by sunset on the last legal day for fishing. They cannot soak on the off days when retention is closed. You do have to pull your pots between between dawn/dusk. No night pulling.
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Post by: idahohuntr on July 06, 2014, 08:00:53 PM
Thanks, thats what I was thinking.  One other question...can more than one license holder "use" the same pot?  E.g., if you pull a pot with 8 keepers and the daily limit is 5...can they be split amongst the license holders?
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Post by: Mfowl on July 06, 2014, 08:08:23 PM
Thanks, thats what I was thinking.  One other question...can more than one license holder "use" the same pot?  E.g., if you pull a pot with 8 keepers and the daily limit is 5...can they be split amongst the license holders?

Yes, so long as the person who's name is on the buoy is present. I can take 2 other licensed fishers out with my 2 pots and catch limits for all. You can have 2 pots/licensed fisher.
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: h20hunter on July 06, 2014, 08:12:17 PM
Oh man. Stuffed. First crab feed went down very nice. One buddy went home with his 5. We worked on the ten and still had about a pound of meat left over.
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: idahohuntr on July 06, 2014, 08:24:42 PM
Oh man. Stuffed. First crab feed went down very nice. One buddy went home with his 5. We worked on the ten and still had about a pound of meat left over.

:tup:

Had a family get together...four of us got 38 dungeness in 2 days...had a nice crab feed last night! 
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: Mtn.Ghost on July 06, 2014, 08:27:46 PM
We also just finished grub'n on the days catch and put plenty away for crab & cheese english muffins for the next couple days. We ended up with 6.8 #'s of shelled crab :rockin: 
Title: Re: We got crab legs
Post by: Panic Minnow on July 07, 2014, 12:20:25 PM
Looks good I have been trying my luck in area 13 around fox island and the tribal pots have wiped them out. Not trying to start a fight. I havn't got but one keeper.
We had about the same luck on the outside of quartermaster harbor yesterday. Just females! Of course getting out at 11:00 and pulling the pots at 2 didn't help.....kids wanted to sleep in. I was ready to go at 6 am.
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