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Batt206
Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2018 Posts: 31
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I usually take my Hobie out on the sound. I know its Winter but I am excited for the next season.
How do you guys crab? What kind of bait? Traps?
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Wed Dec 05, 2018 11:19 am |
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os2firefox
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Location: Everett, WA Joined: Sat Aug 4, 2012 Posts: 2798
Real Name: Snek on de ladder
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I use old salmon heads and squid. Works really well! Used to just boil and eat with butter, but I've been getting into crab cakes lately.
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Wed Dec 05, 2018 11:52 am |
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Batt206
Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2018 Posts: 31
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Those look delicious! I steam them if I am lazy but if I'm feeling fancy I will make a stir fry. I usually use turkey necks or chicken drums. Old salmon carcasses work good for me too.
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Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:21 pm |
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StatlerandWaldorf
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Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2011 Posts: 3836
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Just hoping to have a season next year, a bit of bust for 2017. My kids found a spray can and painted my traps, maybe that'll help.
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Wed Dec 05, 2018 3:58 pm |
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Guns4Liberty
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Location: Lynnwood/Bothell Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2014 Posts: 8564
Real Name: Curtis
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If it's calm, I'll take a tandem Hobie or even a stand-up paddle board. If it's a bit more rough, I'll take a Livingston. I use both rectangular traps and ring nets. I usually set the traps in deeper water and use the ring nets in shallow water. I like the ring nets because it's easier to retrieve the crab and get it back in the water. The downside to the ring nets is you go through bait more quickly. I use turkey drumsticks or salmon heads. The spots that have been most productive for me are Useless Bay and Birch Bay.
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Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:45 am |
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Batt206
Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2018 Posts: 31
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gwaugh wrote: Just hoping to have a season next year, a bit of bust for 2017. My kids found a spray can and painted my traps, maybe that'll help. Yeah I probably only got 2-3 dungies the whole season. Mostly Red Rock.
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Fri Dec 07, 2018 8:08 am |
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Batt206
Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2018 Posts: 31
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Guns4Liberty wrote: If it's calm, I'll take a tandem Hobie or even a stand-up paddle board. If it's a bit more rough, I'll take a Livingston. I use both rectangular traps and ring nets. I usually set the traps in deeper water and use the ring nets in shallow water. I like the ring nets because it's easier to retrieve the crab and get it back in the water. The downside to the ring nets is you go through bait more quickly. I use turkey drumsticks or salmon heads. The spots that have been most productive for me are Useless Bay and Birch Bay. Do you use a bait cage or just tie it straight to the trap?
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Fri Dec 07, 2018 8:15 am |
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Guns4Liberty
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Location: Lynnwood/Bothell Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2014 Posts: 8564
Real Name: Curtis
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Batt206 wrote: Guns4Liberty wrote: If it's calm, I'll take a tandem Hobie or even a stand-up paddle board. If it's a bit more rough, I'll take a Livingston. I use both rectangular traps and ring nets. I usually set the traps in deeper water and use the ring nets in shallow water. I like the ring nets because it's easier to retrieve the crab and get it back in the water. The downside to the ring nets is you go through bait more quickly. I use turkey drumsticks or salmon heads. The spots that have been most productive for me are Useless Bay and Birch Bay. Do you use a bait cage or just tie it straight to the trap? I do both. If I'm using salmon heads, I tend to use the bait cage, but if I'm using turkey drumsticks then I just hook them directly to the trap (they're too long to fit in my bait cages).
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Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:21 am |
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Ace
Location: KC area Missouri Joined: Sat Sep 10, 2016 Posts: 1573
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Old rotting chicken with the feathers still on them. Best bait ever was a dead seagul we found on the beach. The trap that had that had crabs holding on the outside not letting go. Don’t know if that was legal to use or not since gulls are protected. Back in my day the game laws were selectively enforced.
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Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:34 pm |
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