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Title: Red rock crabs!
Post by: sled on July 08, 2016, 04:11:05 PM: Anyone have any leads on where to pull up a few red rock crabs this weekend in the Everett area. I've not found very many in the past and like to eat them.

Thanks, Mike.
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Post by: WildBear on July 08, 2016, 04:24:48 PM: It's been years.... But I remember getting a fair amount from the dock in Langley.
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Post by: KFhunter on July 08, 2016, 04:29:08 PM: I love red rock crabs!

Buddies and I caught a bunch of them in 30' (or less) of water in the rocks near kelp beds. Mostly in the inlets and tips of small islands.

feast on!
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 08, 2016, 05:35:58 PM: We used to catch a few mixed in with the dungies in 8-2, but the last couple years I don't think we've kept even one. We got about 80 dungies last weekend with 60 of them keepers and only one small red rock. The best red rock crabbing we ever saw was along the east side of Whidbey, a mile or a little better north of the ferry dock. Just north of where the houses end. That was 5 years ago though. I don't target them specifically.
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Post by: sled on July 08, 2016, 05:38:05 PM: Thanks guys!
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Post by: DoubleJ on July 08, 2016, 05:39:01 PM: If my boat motor was working, I'd go catch you 2 dozen tomorrow and trade you for the dungies you can get up there.
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Post by: KFhunter on July 08, 2016, 05:58:15 PM: maybe I'm weird but I really liked the red rocks, probably as well as I liked the dungys which we also caught.

Or maybe I'm so used to old freezer crab it was all awesome :chuckle:

Not very often this east sider ventures beyond the cascade crest
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Post by: h20hunter on July 08, 2016, 06:50:33 PM: To me the meat is just a touch sweeter. There just isn't enough!
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Post by: sled on July 08, 2016, 07:19:57 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on July 08, 2016, 06:50:33 PM
To me the meat is just a touch sweeter. There just isn't enough!
but when you can add a few more to a limit of dungies :drool:
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Post by: h20hunter on July 08, 2016, 07:22:59 PM: I pick up a,few nice reds off the SE corner of hat each trip but I don't know any go to spots for reds. Dub j is the red crab guy.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on July 08, 2016, 07:36:46 PM: We pulled a few last weekend from North camano.
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Post by: rodell on July 17, 2016, 07:41:37 PM: Snagged several yesterday 50-100 yards off the breakwater at Shilshole. Nice ones, too.
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Post by: Kit Carson on July 17, 2016, 07:55:44 PM: Them red rocks do got awfully big pinchers for their size though
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Post by: MP123 on July 17, 2016, 08:05:25 PM: Rockies have real tasty claws, very sweet compared to Dungies. Hard to get open you pretty much need hammer or pliers. There's a reason they call them rock crabs :) I'm not really sure how to target them though, they just show up in pots every now and then.

Happy crabbing! :EAT:
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Post by: cohocrazy on July 17, 2016, 08:40:00 PM: Not sure what boat you have or how far you can travel, Brown's Bay a couple miles south of the Mukilteo boat launch is loaded with them.
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Post by: sled on July 17, 2016, 09:05:11 PM: Quote from: cohocrazy on July 17, 2016, 08:40:00 PM
Not sure what boat you have or how far you can travel, Brown's Bay a couple miles south of the Mukilteo boat launch is loaded with them.
. I think I could make that from muck. Thanks, any specs on depth?
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Post by: jeffro on July 17, 2016, 09:20:56 PM: We used to get loads of them south of Edmonds marina
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Post by: WSU on July 17, 2016, 10:04:45 PM: Loads of them down here in Olympia. You can catch as many as you want. Literally. Send me a pm if anyone wants info. In general, crab in 50' give or take 20 and you will have more than you want. Nisqually, Boston harbor and anywhere else I've dropped a pot
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Post by: lokidog on July 18, 2016, 12:52:20 AM: Quote from: h20hunter on July 08, 2016, 06:50:33 PM
To me the meat is just a touch sweeter. There just isn't enough!

This is my thought as well. got one really nice one today with my Dungies, gave all four to some friends. Make sure you are near actual rocky areas and you will get more of them, usually. ;)
Title: Re: Red rock crabs!
Post by: cohocrazy on July 18, 2016, 03:43:27 AM: South end of Brown's bay, standard crabbing depths 50- 75 feet.