Kayak Crabbing HMB - Wed 11/09/05

Joe "Skyboy", Henry "Dolphin", and I went out for rockfish/crab combo today.  We suprisingly got skunked on rockfish... but we sure made up for it with 3 limits of dungies in about 2 hours.  For bait, I used the scraps from the big salmon I caught last weekend.

AWESOME!!! If you go again lemme know, I wanna play!!!!

Sweet me too me too!!!!  

If you go again lemme know

Do you have Salmon for bait?

wow, good job chuckE, I know zero about crabbing. My friend Leo is interested, but I was not until I saw your pictures chuck.

you made me a perch fisherman with one of your other great photo posts, now maybe I will have to try crabbing too!

thanks for your fantastic posts. no way for me to learn about this except from guys like you. thanks!

Joe "Skyboy", Henry "Dolphin", and I went out for rockfish/crab combo today.  We suprisingly got skunked on rockfish... but we sure made up for it with 3 limits of dungies in about 2 hours.  For bait, I used the scraps from the big salmon I caught last weekend.

How deep were you guys crabbing?  Do you think hoop nets would work okay out there?  I want to get in on some of that action too.

How deep were you guys crabbing? Do you think hoop nets would work okay out there?

Travis, we were in about 25 to 30 ft deep, so hoop nets will work... but not nearly as well as traps.  We had 4 hoop nets and 4 traps. however 90% of our crabs were caught with the traps.

you made me a perch fisherman with one of your other great photo posts, now maybe I will have to try crabbing too!  thanks for your fantastic posts. no way for me to learn about this except from guys like you. thanks!

JMairey, thanks for the kind words.  Likewise, I've learned so much from guys here that I feel a need to give back and share what little I know.

As for me.... I learned a lot about salmon and rockfishng from Stu and Freddie, sturgeon fishing from Erik, and striper fishing from SteveS.  And when it comes to reading surf conditions, I've learned a lot from you.  Thanks to all you guys!

Pictures of the crew with the catch of day...


These crabs may not be as big as the ones found in deeper waters, but they tasted every bit as good!

Do you think the spot you went is protected enough for this weekend or will the big swell be there too?

Very nice, fellas!  

Thanks Chuck for guiding us out there.  Now I know traps are the way to go; you really cleaned house yesterday.  We'll try for the big ones in deeper water next time.  

As far as bait goes, your salmon seems to attract the most crabs, and then it's squid.  The fish guts that I used didn't do well at all, probably because the crabs can better follow an oily trail to the trap.  I'll try using rockfish heads and skins next time.

Henry

Good job. Can you share the location and how to get there?

Chuck I am in!  Let me know when you go next so I can try to make it.  Although my time is limited I have to get soon before I go nuts.  

Jason

Awesome score Chuck.  I'll be headed out tomorrow AM, were you guys SW of the harbor?

Can you share the location and how to get there?

were you guys SW of the harbor?

We were just outside of the harbor along the rock wall.  Inside the harbor can be good too at times.  There were quite a few other traps already in the area.

Just be careful not to drop any traps too close to boat traffic.  If you have GPS... bring it and mark your trap locations.  It's a big help at finding your traps.