Linda Mar Crabbing Report

Went out at 9am this am with my wife and buddy ron. Met Malibu on his kayak out there tending to his traps and dropped my hoop net in a few spots. i was in 42 feet of water and got my limit + 4 (my wife and i) in about 3.5 hours. largest was 8" and smallest was about 6".

Water looked good and wind was blowing south so we were drifting towards the rocks.

I love LM beach. never got skunked for crab there since the first day i went there.

My wife was getting cold and i was starvin. went to taco bell for lunch.

Now I am ready for bed...

John

Hey John, good seeing you out there...I left my trap overnight and what happened? The swells came up - that wasn't in the forecast. I'm not quite sure what to do. I could wait a few days and see if the swells lay back down again or just go for it today...Well, I got 6 crabs for my efforts yesterday - 3 dungies and 3 fat rock crabs...

Hey Malibu, good to see you there as well!

I think that it might be worthwhile to get the trap you left but if its pretty bad then maybe just leave them til it calms down.

I am not too familiar with Linda Mar and not sure where and how those traps might move when its rough.

I hoped the tuna worked for you!

Let us know what you get!

John

Hey John, good seeing you out there...I left my trap overnight and what happened? The swells came up - that wasn't in the forecast. I'm not quite sure what to do. I could wait a few days and see if the swells lay back down again or just go for it today...Well, I got 6 crabs for my efforts yesterday - 3 dungies and 3 fat rock crabs...

Hey there, after i moved away from the rocky areas i got more dungeness and a few tiny rock crabs. There are still lots of small dungies but i threw them back. Also observed that there were some dungies which had some sort of shell infection and black spots that looked pretty nasty. Some type of sores and whatnot. I put those back as well. I am not sure those are safe to eat.

Do you know if those are still ok?

They looked kind of weird.

John,
 I always keep males if they're legal, and I occasionally get them with those weird colorations/sores...I don't notice anything wrong with the meat and I'm still alive!
 Well, I'm watching the swells and I might ame a run for it later today...I'll give it 2 or 3 days before I send a call for help to the Coastsiders!