Post by: Flaming Antler Outdoors on June 30, 2021, 05:58:06 PM
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 30, 2021, 07:37:10 PM
The commercial pots I saw them pulling were very busy.
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And that was just off the one beach I was on.
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Post by: jstone on June 30, 2021, 07:39:04 PM
Post by: Special T on June 30, 2021, 09:32:21 PM
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 01, 2021, 07:39:50 AM
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 01, 2021, 11:13:16 AM
Yesterday's take
Post by: Igottanewknee on July 01, 2021, 11:20:17 AM
First pull limits, area 8-2. Can't seem to figure out how to resize the pics on my phone.If you take me out, I'll take pictures with my phone... problem solved. :chuckle:
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Gary
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Post by: fishngamereaper on July 03, 2021, 05:23:38 PM
Last night open face crab cakes with fresh garden lettuce and arugula. With a lemon garlic reduction glaze.
Post by: fishngamereaper on July 03, 2021, 05:24:47 PM
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Post by: Jake Dogfish on July 03, 2021, 07:36:20 PM
I got a couple pots from a buddy of ours. He has 10# weights in it. I would like to take them out. Who uses weights? Could be cause they have property at hood canalClearly not enough use weight with the amount of derelict gear they collect from Puget Sound.
Post by: Stein on July 03, 2021, 07:41:19 PM
I know guys with 50' of rope, a Danielson with no weight and a rowboat that kill more crab than just about anyone else.
Post by: jstone on July 03, 2021, 07:58:59 PM
Post by: Stein on July 03, 2021, 08:05:58 PM
The other thing I do is watch the pot after I set it. I see dudes throwing the whole thing over while on plane and never looking back. :dunno:
You can usually see if you are going to be in trouble fairly quickly then run over, pull it and fix the problem.
Double floats on a rope back to back are fine. It's the guys with the double buoy stick, then a couple trailer buoys and some inflatable bouncy ball with a handle that just puts a ton of drag on the pot.
The better crabbing is usually had in areas with little current flow, so if you are losing pots or buoys going underwater maybe look elsewhere. Also, check tides and crab around the slack and watch for the 10-12' change days and avoid that.
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 03, 2021, 08:10:09 PM
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Post by: fishngamereaper on July 03, 2021, 08:48:09 PM
I also use single float's only. Always have..
Guys loose pots because they add float's, which adds bouancy and resistance during tidal flow...3 bouys will lift a 10lb pot off bottom no problem.
Leave 10-15' of extra line minimum on your set depth.
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 03, 2021, 08:56:06 PM
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Post by: Mech on July 08, 2021, 04:14:15 PM
I had a big ass crab omelet cooked for me the other day.
It was the best omelet I can remember.
I’m going out for more tomorrow.
Post by: jstone on July 08, 2021, 04:25:46 PM
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Post by: jstone on July 11, 2021, 03:34:08 PM
Crabb Count (1)Dungeness
(5) BIG Rock Crabs
Went to the same place we caught lots last year and got skunked
Post by: Mfowl on July 11, 2021, 04:33:16 PM
Area 11 sucked today. The wife and I launched at 4:30am from Narrows and just got home.
Crabb Count (1)Dungeness
(5) BIG Rock Crabs
Went to the same place we caught lots last year and got skunked
Area 10 was rough too! Fished in front of Shilshole w/everyone else. Have always had good luck in 50-100' there but not today. 4 dungie keepers and 9 rocks that we kept. There were piles of rock crab in all depths, we easily could have kept limits. All of our keeper dungies came from 100'+. We caught very few females and juvies too. I am thinking the heat wave sent the dungies to deeper water.
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 11, 2021, 07:06:51 PM
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Post by: jstone on July 19, 2021, 07:57:34 PM
Horrible
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Post by: pianoman9701 on July 20, 2021, 10:53:25 AM
Was just up there geoducking.
The commercial pots I saw them pulling were very busy.
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And that was just off the one beach I was on.
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I'd kill for a geoduck. Well, I'd kill the geoduck. Love geoduck ceviche.
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 23, 2021, 05:07:47 PM
Post by: jeffro on July 30, 2021, 03:54:22 PM
Going out tomorrow, for the day.
Launching from CISP
Post by: Wetwoodshunter on August 03, 2021, 09:53:43 AM
Last week I had my first lost pot ever. I think that it got taken out to sea in the -2 tides. We had a huge exchange and it was one of my deeper sets. The pot was around 30 lbs. with a single buoy, 100ft of rope in 60ft of water.
Post by: Angry Perch on August 03, 2021, 10:30:38 AM
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Post by: WSU on August 09, 2021, 02:57:57 PM
I moved to a spot this week that was productive last year and is out of way enough it doesn't see pressure......we haven't kept a crab under 6.5-7" all week...
What area and do you fish bonker the crabs?
Post by: fishngamereaper on August 09, 2021, 03:53:03 PM
I moved to a spot this week that was productive last year and is out of way enough it doesn't see pressure......we haven't kept a crab under 6.5-7" all week...
What area and do you fish bonker the crabs?
Tball bat is for self defense...those crab can get angry...
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Post by: TriggerMike on August 14, 2021, 04:02:01 PM
I would always use weight, no question. A double bouy'd cheap Danielson pot on a flood could lift up and float. I would also stay away from pots that have doors that swing and touch at the bottom of the pot. You get one inch of mud or sand on the bottom and that door either doesn't swing open or sticks open. I always use pots that have an elevated ramp into it. Then you also dont lose crab as other crab enter and open the door. That's why in my experience a McKay always outfished any other pot. Now several manufactures make good crab pots that are very similiar to the early McKay's. :twocents:You happen to have a link to the type of pot you're talking about?