E Kayaker:
This was my first time crabbing on opening day. The wind report had me worried that I wouldn’t be able to go, but I decided to make the trip and hope it was calmer than the forecast. I arrived at 5:30 and it was dead calm. I headed out before daylight hoping the wind wouldn’t arrive before I had a decent amount of time to get some crab. As it turned out it was a beautiful day. It was so calm that the surface of the water was smooth. The wind didn’t pick up until about 1:00 but by that time I had my limit. I dropped my nets at three waypoints I have from past trips. The first pull came up with two crabs about an inch and a half wide. The second pull got me three crabs about three inches wide. Then I got several empty pulls. I heard someone on the radio say they got a nice one at fifty feet so I left my net at that depth even though it had come up empty for me. I moved my other two to that area in the hope that it would get better. Around the time the tide slacked off I pulled up one with four keepers of good size. Then every pull had at least one keeper until I got my limit. The last pulls of the day all had undersize only. That was around 1:00 and the wind was starting to pick up. According to Willy Weather real time wind it was blowing around 12-13 mph, so not horrible but it did make the paddle in more difficult. All the crabs were bigger than the gauge and some were nice jumbos. All in all it was a great first time opening day. :smt007
123engineering:
Nice limit and thank you for the detail report.
Paul
bbt95762:
nice, and congrats! the weather reports are often like that. They need to report the worst possible so sailors and pilots can plan.
fishbushing:
Congrats and thank you for the report.
pasha:
Well done + thanks for the report.
I may try kayak crabbing next weekend if the weather looks OK.