ChinookSlayer
09-16-2002, 01:26 PM
All in all, things were pretty good. EVERYBODY is getting crab, with enough people getting limits. The crab are really big right now also. The big ones are sort of a mixed bag. Most measure around 8" across the back. The mix comes in that about half of them are still soft and not quite as full, while others are huge monsters and FULL of meat.
On Saturday we dropped a couple of pots past the bridge, then worked three rings in the inner bay. Leaving the pots by the bridge for a couple of hours would produce around 4 or 5 keepers for each pull. The rings on the inner bay would produce usually at least one keeper per pull. We crabbed for around 5 hours and kept a total of 38 for the day.
On Sunday, we dropped the pots past the bridge again, then also tried working the rings in the area. It was kind of funny. The rings would produce only little crab, and the pots would produce big keepers. So we left the pots, and headed back into the inner bay. Sunday the crab must have moved, because we only produced one keeper with the rings in about 2 hours of crabbing. On the other hand, the pots were spectacular, with one pull producing 11 keepers from one pot! In the short time we crabbed Sunday, we kept 24 keepers. For the weekend, we ended up with a total of 62. I also got to experience the joy of in the water removal of seaweed from your pump...
As long as I was past the bridge, I headed out across the bar for the first time in my new BoiceJet to see what things were like. It was a pretty calm ocean, with a well behaved bar, so it was a good first time training trip. It was kind of interesting being out in the big blue. With no land markings around you, you sort of feel kind of small.
For the Salmon fishers, there were a few people trolling around in the bay, but I never saw a net fly, so I am guessing things were pretty slow.
On Saturday we dropped a couple of pots past the bridge, then worked three rings in the inner bay. Leaving the pots by the bridge for a couple of hours would produce around 4 or 5 keepers for each pull. The rings on the inner bay would produce usually at least one keeper per pull. We crabbed for around 5 hours and kept a total of 38 for the day.
On Sunday, we dropped the pots past the bridge again, then also tried working the rings in the area. It was kind of funny. The rings would produce only little crab, and the pots would produce big keepers. So we left the pots, and headed back into the inner bay. Sunday the crab must have moved, because we only produced one keeper with the rings in about 2 hours of crabbing. On the other hand, the pots were spectacular, with one pull producing 11 keepers from one pot! In the short time we crabbed Sunday, we kept 24 keepers. For the weekend, we ended up with a total of 62. I also got to experience the joy of in the water removal of seaweed from your pump...
As long as I was past the bridge, I headed out across the bar for the first time in my new BoiceJet to see what things were like. It was a pretty calm ocean, with a well behaved bar, so it was a good first time training trip. It was kind of interesting being out in the big blue. With no land markings around you, you sort of feel kind of small.
For the Salmon fishers, there were a few people trolling around in the bay, but I never saw a net fly, so I am guessing things were pretty slow.