HMB Crab Sunday 12/20/09

Plan to launch around 8-9am.  Bringing the wife with me so she can see why i got crabs last time I went to Half Moon Bay, hopefully she'll buy that excuse.

Off around 2 or earlier since we have a christmas party to go to.

Conditions look good so far, 5ft swell, light wind in the morning from the SW

cloudy and 57 degrees, 30% chance of rain in the afternoon - what am I, a weatherman?

slight chance my plans will change, but only if I can convince her to fish instead of crab (i'd rather go to tulloch)

How far off shore do you go? What is the lanuch / landing difficulty in general terms? What is the specific location of the launch?

Thanks,

J

not far, not more than a mile or so from the jetty.

launch/landing difficulty is a 0 on a scale of 10

launch is at half moon bay kayak company in princeton/pillar point harbor

Cool....... I have three crab traps...... one is a metal collapsible box, one is a round metal one metal wire and re-bar and another round one that you pull up around the crabs I think?

How many traps do you take along? How long do you let them soak?

Sorry for all the questions but I have not done it from a yak and interested how you do it.

Thanks

J

slight chance my plans will change, but only if I can convince her to fish instead of crab (i'd rather go to tulloch)

Not to threadjack but did you hear that the Moccasin fish hatcher planted their brood stock in Tulloch.

Michael

no, I HEARD OF NO SUCH THING. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A LIE.  THAT WOULD NOT POSSIBLY BE THE REASON I WANT TO GO TO TULLOCH 

Cool....... I have three crab traps...... one is a metal collapsible box, one is a round metal one metal wire and re-bar and another round one that you pull up around the crabs I think?

How many traps do you take along? How long do you let them soak?

Sorry for all the questions but I have not done it from a yak and interested how you do it.

Thanks

J

how many you use and how long you soak is entirely up to you and your abilities to handle them on a kayak.  safety first.  check the link "kayak crabbing" under articles on the left to learn more.

i will personally be using 3 promar collapsible, 1 crab ring and probably try to snare a bugger while im waiting

just make sure that the floats are attached to the traps and all will be well, :smt044cameron

Well, if swell is down I'll make it out there with ya!  Think crab like trout???

I was down at teh Amvets in HMB and the from what I could see it looked pretty calm out there, even in the afternoon it looked decent.  Have fun guys!

just make sure that the floats are attached to the traps and all will be well, cameron

  

I am between delta for stripers or HMB crab. I am limited on time so I may just try for crab for a few hrs....

Well, if swell is down I'll make it out there with ya!  Think crab like trout???

I sure hope so. Remember my amador trip? Those trout were all filleted 

Well, if swell is down I'll make it out there with ya!  Think crab like trout???

Last year I saved 25 trout heads- thats 5 limits of Bon Tempe trout- and they worked great at Muir, little salmon I think. Good luck!

I am gonna cancel, looks like the weather might turn and its not worth thr 2 hour drive. I will stay closer to home