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![]() "Gordon" wrote in message ... Where were you crabbing and what is legal size limit. Just curious as to how it stacks up with Wash state. Gordon "Calif Bill" wrote in message hlink.net... As you boating wantabees argued politics. I took the boat out for a day on the salt. Opening day of Dungeness Crab season. Normally we get really nasty weather and lose at least a week of our sport season before the commercials get to drop their thousands of pots 2 weeks after we do. But weather was beautiful, but big swell. About an 10-12' swell, but long period and no wind. Ran 28-30 out to the area where I dropped my first couple of pots. 70' and then dropped the next 3 at 100'. the 100' string had one rock crab, no dungees. The 70' string gave me 8 legal crabs (limit 10). The people who dumped in 150' of water had to throw back extras as the pots were stuffed. I guess the swell moved the crabs out to deeper water. Came back to a great party on a friends 34' Luhrs where they boiled up a bunch of crabs, ate sourdough bread and beverages of choice. Only drawback to the day. Had a flat on the trailer, must have been only a couple of miles from the harbor as did not notice any problem. 3/4 T Chevy diesel crewcab does pull nice. Tire was ruined, and spare was low on air. Launched and changed tire and took to service station to fill it up after crabbing. My pots were not touched but the last couple of years, there has been a lot of people poaching from others pots. And they do not even rebait after stealing the crabs! So my crab only costs $xxx a pound. Cheaper to buy at the store. But was great to be out on the boat. bill See reply to Short wave. Limit is 10 on a private boat. 5 3/4" minimum sport. |
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