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Title: Got Crabs??
Post by: Dman on July 02, 2007, 09:21:19 PM: First Dungie of the year last Saturday in Case Inlet
Title: Re: Got Crabs??
Post by: PolarBear on July 02, 2007, 11:05:59 PM: You know that they make an ointment for that! How big were your rockies?
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on July 03, 2007, 07:26:43 AM: I think he is going to need a little bit more than ointment for that!
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Post by: jackelope on July 03, 2007, 07:53:58 AM: I've found a steamer pot works a hell of a lot better than any ointment.
they disappear real quick after a hot steam bath :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Got Crabs??
Post by: Dman on July 03, 2007, 08:21:54 AM: Our Rockies were all near 7", we threw back some around 6". -LOL, I usually use a butane torch to get the critters off....
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Post by: jackelope on July 03, 2007, 08:26:29 AM: good healthy sized crabs...did you limit out on the dungees?
i see the ring laying there in your pic...did you stick with them or did you drop pots too?

i'll be sittting out the opener...the doc gave the wife the order to stay off the boat and i don't want to ditch her on the 4th of july to go play with friends...
Title: Re: Got Crabs??
Post by: Dman on July 03, 2007, 11:26:55 AM: We run ring's and pot's. Tally was 8 legal Rock's and one Dungie, but we only put in 2 hours and the tides were terrible. Go deep for Dungie's, over 100'. On better tides, we usually do a little better in numbers.
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Post by: jackelope on July 03, 2007, 11:46:54 AM: Quote
Go deep for Dungie's, over 100'

funny thing...maybe it's got something to do with location, time of year, not sure, but whenever we go out after them, we get limits in less than 20-30' of water. we have dropped rings off of posession and the water was so shallow you could watch them run into the rings.
good eats for you either way.
Title: Re: Got Crabs??
Post by: PolarBear on July 03, 2007, 12:47:39 PM: Those be some nice sized rockies!!
It all depends where you is. I have caught some of my biggest (over 10") in 60' of water. I caught dungies in Alaska at 400', pretty darn deep for them! I usually run pots from 40' on down to 200'. Fishing pressure, tides and available feed dictates where they hang out. I keep trying to get back out but life keeps interfering right now. Maybe Thursday?
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Post by: Dman on July 03, 2007, 01:30:50 PM: "Insert Quote
Those be some nice sized rockies!!
It all depends where you is. I have caught some of my biggest (over 10") in 60' of water. I caught dungies in Alaska at 400', pretty darn deep for them! I usually run pots from 40' on down to 200'. Fishing pressure, tides and available feed dictates where they hang out. I keep trying to get back out but life keeps interfering right now. Maybe Thursday?"

I can only hit it on the weekends, though I may be out this Saturday. True, true, I was speaking of the depth strictly in that area, but I've also caught Dungies in 35' depths in the Canal.
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Post by: PolarBear on July 07, 2007, 02:43:46 PM: I finally got to fish without losing all my gear! Haahaaa..... Wound up with 3 keeper dungies and 1 red rock. Nothing real big. We fished the same old spot at Nisqually. My oldest girl is excited to have her own seafood fest with the crab and salmon that she caught.

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Title: Re: Got Crabs??
Post by: wackmaster on July 07, 2007, 10:00:52 PM: I went diving on the south side of blake island on the forth. Got 5 dungis and 7 rocks . The water was great saw lots of small dungis and rockers. Also saw alot of bottom fish and sea cucumbers does anyone else dive.
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Post by: wackmaster on July 07, 2007, 10:07:04 PM: Also there was 3 of us with shellfish lisences I did not go over limit of red rock.
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Post by: Muleyslyr on July 09, 2007, 01:05:04 PM: I finally got out on Saturday out of Everett. We fish two pots and 3 rings and ended up with 6 keeper Dungees. Only got 4-5 Rocks but were way too small. Been pretty tough around that area lately. I was out for a little over 4hrs., but got a buddy that was out for over 8hrs. and came home with 2.

Sorry no pics.....stupid battery was dead in the camera. :bash: Fun day though!
Title: Re: Got Crabs??
Post by: Dman on July 09, 2007, 01:26:47 PM: Cool, I heard the Canal is on fire. Full pots are the norm in several areas. I won't be able to get up there until mid August though.
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Post by: jackelope on July 09, 2007, 01:40:19 PM: Quote
Cool, I heard the Canal is on fire

That would be great to hear if thats true...after all the low oxygen worries and all from the last few years.
i heard of one guy that had to dump half of his first pot pulled out at posession, doubled his limit on the first pot.
Title: Re: Got Crabs??
Post by: PolarBear on July 09, 2007, 08:22:31 PM: I havent fished the Canal in a few years but have always had good luck out of Union. I'm gonna have to give it a try maybe next week. I have a sweet spot in 80' of water right in front of Bill Gates summer "shacks". Haahaaa...
Title: Re: Got Crabs??
Post by: Dman on July 10, 2007, 08:31:36 AM: Take your rod and some Coyote spoons with you....