Humboldt Crabbing - 11/11, 11/13 and 11/14/20

Getting my crab fix while there are a few around at my local spots.

Ten foot tide change coming this weekend.  Combined with storm swells and a rising river, the mouth will represent maximum hazard conditions at times.

When I was very young in the early 1970's, my best friend's dad and another man were killed at the mouth of the Eel while crabbing in a small dory.  It was thought that they got sucked into the breakers just outside the mouth when their motor died.

Years later I started boating around the estuary and sometimes near the mouth, and that early lesson about how deadly the area can be has never faded from my mind.  The mouth changes constantly, and tides don't follow the book very well.  Nothing is to be taken for granted down there.

Yesterday Domenic convinced me to hit the grounds for a crabbing session late afternoon.  It was so nice out as I started loading my gear, but then a squall moved through, dumped rain and blew like hell for 20 minutes, and by the time I got down to the launch the glass was back.  Good Times.   

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Friday the 13th:

Get your crab on.   

Dang - looks great, and Dom in the paddle yak as well!

Dang - looks great, and Dom in the paddle yak as well!

Right?!   

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Hobo Pride!   

Wife's all crab caked out, and I'm pretty burnt on it too.

First world probs...

Thanks for the crabbing reports and pictures Eric. I need my fix soon 

Wife's all crab caked out, and I'm pretty burnt on it too.

First world probs...

  glad you can get 'em