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Title: Commercial crab pots going in today.
Post by: CP on June 04, 2025, 10:22:37 AM: Lots of pots being dropped in area 8-2 this morning. I hope they leave a few for the sports crabbers.
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Post by: ballpark on June 04, 2025, 11:55:25 AM: Anyone know what they use for bait?
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Post by: metlhead on June 04, 2025, 01:57:00 PM: Steelhead
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Post by: The scout on June 04, 2025, 02:34:34 PM: Squid
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Post by: steeleywhopper on June 04, 2025, 03:26:22 PM: Quote from: CP on June 04, 2025, 10:22:37 AM
Lots of pots being dropped in area 8-2 this morning. I hope they leave a few for the sports crabbers.

Its absolutely loaded with crab out there right now, there's going to be plenty for us all.
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Post by: storyteller on June 04, 2025, 07:31:14 PM: There is a husband/wife up north by bellingham that brings bait to tribes, it is " we have 50lb frozen bags of ground tuna/clams/salmon/chicken it's $40." I used it, works pretty good but man is it greasy, hard to clean gear. this was about 3 years ago, I think they are still doing it and would sell some to general public if they ground too much.
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Post by: Stein on June 05, 2025, 12:21:11 PM: My favorite are the ones in the shipping channel on short lines so they are just below the surface when the tide is running.
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Post by: Tbar on June 05, 2025, 09:52:34 PM: Quote from: CP on June 04, 2025, 10:22:37 AM
Lots of pots being dropped in area 8-2 this morning. I hope they leave a few for the sports crabbers.
I think you'll do just fine.
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Post by: The scout on June 05, 2025, 10:27:13 PM: Quote from: Tbar on June 05, 2025, 09:52:34 PM
Quote from: CP on June 04, 2025, 10:22:37 AM
Lots of pots being dropped in area 8-2 this morning. I hope they leave a few for the sports crabbers.
I think you'll do just fine.

:yeah: Pick up some tribal scraps. Yeeehaw
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Post by: Stein on June 11, 2025, 09:37:31 PM: Quote from: Tbar on June 05, 2025, 09:52:34 PM
Quote from: CP on June 04, 2025, 10:22:37 AM
Lots of pots being dropped in area 8-2 this morning. I hope they leave a few for the sports crabbers.
I think you'll do just fine.

The fleet has been pretty serious lately. I don't know how many pots they run, but it's a huge number these days. My old 8-2 spots are picked over last couple years, little to no keepers on the opener. They had 4 refrigerated box trucks buying crab and guys were bringing multiple 55 gallon garbage cans of crab up per boat and there were enough boats to plug all 12 lanes of the launch and all the guest docks and a good portion of the parking lot.