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

Around 11/7/2004 9:50 PM, Calif Bill wrote:

As you boating wantabees argued politics. I took the boat out for a day on
the salt. Opening day of Dungeness Crab season.

Sweet! I could really go for some fresh crab right now...

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).

Lucky you. When the season is open, we only get to keep 6 Dungeness at a
time.

Sadly, crabbing was closed for the season here (Everett, WA) on
September 3rd.

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.

Seems pretty deep to me; our two traps only have 50' of line each.


So my crab only costs $xxx a pound. Cheaper to buy at the store.

Isn't that /always/ the case? Well worth it, though.


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:50:26 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

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.

Nice day. Unfortunately, the Contender is out of the water, but I'm
holding my Ranger back from winterizing until December just in case
there is a good day so I can run out and do some black fishing.

I saw a show on Discovery channel last week about the West Coast
crabbing industry - man, that was really interesting.

These Dungeness Crabs are cousins to the King Crab yes?

Out of curiosity, how big it your boat?

All the best,

Tom
--------------

"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:50:26 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

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


Um curious too. How big is your boat that you can go out into a 10-12'
swell? That would scare the dickens out of me.



Regards
John S

I would rather be boating!

John,
I rented a 25 foot sailboat just north of San Diego a while back. Now I
was in the Pacific before but that was in a 600 foot helicopter carrier and
the swells aren't so noticeable. Now boating in swells isn't like boating in
a chop, more like boating in rather smooth water but in hilly country. One
minute you have a beautiful hill top view where everything is below you, the
next you're in the valley with nothing but water around you, that part is a
little intimidating. Sure made me want to look around for other boats when I
was on the top. Since the sailboat didn't plow through the swells you just
sort of went with the flow. I'm not so sure how boating in a fast power boat
would differ.
Paul

"John S" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:50:26 GMT, "Calif Bill"

wrote:

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


Um curious too. How big is your boat that you can go out into a 10-12'
swell? That would scare the dickens out of me.



Regards
John S

I would rather be boating!

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:50:26 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

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

Where is this?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Must be nice......mine was shrink wrapped yesterday.

"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

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

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:08:56 -0500, John S wrote:

Um curious too. How big is your boat that you can go out into a 10-12'
swell? That would scare the dickens out of me.

=============================================

As long as they are not steep and breaking you can go in almost any
size boat, you just experience a lot of vertical motion.

If the 12 footer is breaking however, you really can't have a boat big
enough.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:50:26 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

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.

Nice day. Unfortunately, the Contender is out of the water, but I'm
holding my Ranger back from winterizing until December just in case
there is a good day so I can run out and do some black fishing.

I saw a show on Discovery channel last week about the West Coast
crabbing industry - man, that was really interesting.

These Dungeness Crabs are cousins to the King Crab yes?

Out of curiosity, how big it your boat?

All the best,

Tom
--------------

"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004

Dungies are only related to king crab in that they are crabs. They taste
better than Kings but are a lot smaller. Minimum size for sport is 5 3/4"
across the back and for commercial 5 1/4. I run a 21' boat. Jetcraft
Bluewater. Is a higher side, pointy front version of the aluminum
whitewater river boats. 351 Ford driving a Kodiak Jetpump. And a Yamaha
T-8 kicker. Alumimum is 0.190 thick.
Bill