Very cool. I do a lot of crabbing in Newport. Mostly I fish the ocean but sometimes if the ocean is too rough, I stick to bay crabbing. I hit all the buttons here so I should see more of your content in the future. 🤜💥🤛
If you dont have a Cracken crab, you can do the same thing with a big knife. turn crab on it's back, use knife pressue to cut it to the shell and pull legs legs off. done
I'm new-ish to the PNW and VERY new to crabbing, so this video was as helpful as it was entertaining. Just had a quick question as far as etiquette goes. I know that, as an angler, there is no worse feeling than having "your spot" and then having some dude stand right next to you, tangle your lines, and steal your fish. I try not to be "that guy" when I'm fishing, and I want to make sure I'm being courteous of others when I'm crabbing too. How close is too close when you're dropping your pots?
You did not check for SOFT shell . Big ticket ! In Washington its $600. Soak for at least 1 - 2 hours to create a chum line. Best way to pick them up is thumb under and on tail and your 4 fingers on top. I have seen people loose fingers grabbing BIG ROCK CRABS by grabbing legs. Be sensible and watch what your doing. 11 and 12 inch rock crabs . They also pinch through bait cages.. and made oval holes to feed through. Please watch kids. We used to be able to fish the hood canal bridge while chum salmon fishing. In one day I saw two Asian guys loose fingers. Pulling crabs out of pots . Just can't pick their noses. Ha Ha ouch! Monster crabs in 125 - 150 foot deep. We used ring pots so if you hooked up a chum salmon you could use the ring to net them. Now they won't let you even fish the bridge sucks bad. The 99 steps to hell! Ha Ha I say that cos limit on salmon was 4 chum 25lbs to 40 lbs . Carry that with pots and poles and gear up to the car !Thats when the fun starts too. 1/3 of a mile to the car on top of that . Too much fun .
Well, all you said just goes to show you, that there's idiots everywhere in this world who do stupid things, which generally ruin things for everyone else. I'm in my mid 60's and I've been crabbing since I was a little boy 8 or 10 years old. I've always picked up crab by the back and never "lost a finger" or anything even close! Common sense goes a long way, theres no need to over complicate the simple pleasure of crabbing.
This crab pier has been overfished for quite some time due to sand dune recreation tourists and lack of outdoor ethics. I live nearby and continually observe crabbers keeping all they catch regardless of sex or size. Greed hits once many hear the word “crab”.
I've never seen anyone throw away the body of the crabs they catch. I've been crabbing well over 50 years and have always cooked the crabs whole. I suppose if you can't use a pot big enough to get the crab in, you have no choice but just saying it seems awful wasteful to throw away the whole body of all your crabs.
@@nomadicfishingadventures4753 in a lot of cases the crab actually die from tossing them it also depends on the height. In Washington you'll actually get a ticket for tossing them.
Better than chicken is good ol duck or turkey legs. They are geasey and chum for longer. Do you know why GOD gave ducks feathers? To cover their butt quacks ! Still quacks me up .HA HA HA
That was a perfect spinning belly flop at 10:55 ....lucky for the crab, he has a hard belly.
Very cool. I do a lot of crabbing in Newport. Mostly I fish the ocean but sometimes if the ocean is too rough, I stick to bay crabbing. I hit all the buttons here so I should see more of your content in the future. 🤜💥🤛
Great! Thanks for watching
I started crabbing off that dock in the late 90s it used to be all wood with a big hole in the middle
Really good tips. Thanks.
Hey man I love the content… you got another subscriber ! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Thanks
If you dont have a Cracken crab, you can do the same thing with a big knife. turn crab on it's back, use knife pressue to cut it to the shell and pull legs legs off. done
I'm new-ish to the PNW and VERY new to crabbing, so this video was as helpful as it was entertaining. Just had a quick question as far as etiquette goes. I know that, as an angler, there is no worse feeling than having "your spot" and then having some dude stand right next to you, tangle your lines, and steal your fish. I try not to be "that guy" when I'm fishing, and I want to make sure I'm being courteous of others when I'm crabbing too. How close is too close when you're dropping your pots?
You can be real close. Sometimes the dock is pretty busy. When there are more traps in the area, it can bring more crab.
Do you remember where you bought your trap?
i love that dock. did it get rebuilt? i didnt remember it being metal
IDK. This year was the first time I ever crabbed off it. Your right, it is a better dock than most.
Yes, it was rebuilt.
Using squid/sardine combo produced great results
hello sir. what is the name and brand of that tool?
It's called a crack n crab cleaner. You can find one at www.tealcrab.com
So what is the daily limits?
You can keep 12 males
Curious about the chicken legs is that a fact? I crab a lot so I just wanna help my ratio go up for crabs entering my pota
Yeah, I have used chicken or turkey legs for years. The crabs love them.
Shad and carp work a lot better
Never used chicken. Always fish heads etc. 40 years no problem with seals. I live near Winchester Bay.
You did not check for SOFT shell . Big ticket ! In Washington its $600.
Soak for at least 1 - 2 hours to create a chum line. Best way to pick them up is thumb under and on tail and your 4 fingers on top. I have seen people loose fingers grabbing BIG ROCK CRABS by grabbing legs. Be sensible and watch what your doing. 11 and 12 inch rock crabs . They also pinch through bait cages.. and made oval holes to feed through. Please watch kids. We used to be able to fish the hood canal bridge while chum salmon fishing. In one day I saw two Asian guys loose fingers. Pulling crabs out of pots . Just can't pick their noses. Ha Ha ouch! Monster crabs in 125 - 150 foot deep. We used ring pots so if you hooked up a chum salmon you could use the ring to net them. Now they won't let you even fish the bridge sucks bad. The 99 steps to hell!
Ha Ha I say that cos limit on salmon was 4 chum 25lbs to 40 lbs . Carry that with pots and poles and gear up to the car !Thats when the fun starts too. 1/3 of a mile to the car on top of that . Too much fun .
He’s in Oregon and we don’t have to check to see if they are soft shelled. If they are males over 5 3/4” they are keepers.
Well, all you said just goes to show you, that there's idiots everywhere in this world who do stupid things, which generally ruin things for everyone else.
I'm in my mid 60's and I've been crabbing since I was a little boy 8 or 10 years old. I've always picked up crab by the back and never "lost a finger" or anything even close!
Common sense goes a long way, theres no need to over complicate the simple pleasure of crabbing.
This crab pier has been overfished for quite some time due to sand dune recreation tourists and lack of outdoor ethics. I live nearby and continually observe crabbers keeping all they catch regardless of sex or size. Greed hits once many hear the word “crab”.
I've never seen anyone throw away the body of the crabs they catch.
I've been crabbing well over 50 years and have always cooked the crabs whole. I suppose if you can't use a pot big enough to get the crab in, you have no choice but just saying it seems awful wasteful to throw away the whole body of all your crabs.
Measure inside the carapace not horn to horn
Maybe I wasn't clear, but that's what I was meaning to say
why not just drop them in....... never could understand why people throw them......
Are you talking about the traps or the crabs?
@@nomadicfishingadventures4753 da, genius , the crabs! you drop the pot in on a rope,,,, that is not a throw!
@@vickiegger2126 I toss the crabs away in hopes that they don't re-enter my traps.
@@nomadicfishingadventures4753 in a lot of cases the crab actually die from tossing them it also depends on the height. In Washington you'll actually get a ticket for tossing them.
maybe he needs to be thown of the dock like that.
Better than chicken is good ol duck or turkey legs. They are geasey and chum for longer. Do you know why GOD gave ducks feathers?
To cover their butt quacks !
Still quacks me up .HA HA HA
I prefer turkey legs too. 🍗
Always cook crab whole.
Why?
@@MisfitsFiendClub138I prefer the taste
Let your pot soak at least an hour.