tides & Crbbing

fish_on · 06-30-2001, 08:20 PM

With early minus tides do you like to crab the incoming tide until slack or get started real early and crab the outgoing and low slack?

Also Roy I need to buy some crab pots shoot me an email

Sockeye · 07-01-2001, 02:44 AM

I was always told to crab on the incoming tide because on the outgoing tide they tend to dig themselves in to keep from being swept out with the tide. Does anybody know if this is true?

Gone Fishin · 07-01-2001, 08:58 AM

Fish On,

Roy (The Crab Master) is crabbing right now in Tillamook Bay, I think he'll be gone a couple more days. You might e-mail him or if he see's this title I'm sure he'll respond.

-Marty

Fishplay · 07-01-2001, 10:20 AM

Hi
Minus tides are generally not real productive because of the heavy current flow. They can be fished... but I stick to 2 hours either side of any slack and I personally prefer the high slack.
Good luck!!

Hummingbird · 07-01-2001, 10:49 AM

I don't know which tide is best, but I have heard the incoming tide and slack tides are the most productive.
I did have a heads up regarding using Danielson traps on the ocean side though. Yesterday morning a couple of friends and I went out of Garibladi and I had my 2 new Danielsons all rigged and baited and ready for some sweet crabs when we got finished with our coho fishing. We Dropped them in at the 45' level with 60 foot of rope and doulble buoys on each .We were just South of Twin Rocks maybe 1000' We stayed out fishing for Silvers from 6:30 until 1:00 p.m. .The fishing was priodical but we all got our limit. When we went to pull my traps ,we could not locate them anywhere . We searched for a good hour. I asked my partner who lives in Garibaldi if someone would have taken them. He said no one has ever bothered his traps in 5 years and he leaves them overnite alot. What he thinks is they are too light weight for the tide change and get either pulled out or beached.So if you have this type, ADD WEIGHT!!
Any way , I lost both traps rigged up with a red and white buoy and a peach colored bouy on each rope. If by chance any of you ifish people happen to find them, I sure would like to get them back.I did n't even put my initials on them because I was so amped to get down there. They are not cheap after you buy all it takes to put together and Moma is not too happy. Please email me if you find them if your crabbing North of the North Jetty in Garlbaldi. Thanks and Good crabbing! Tom [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

fish_on · 07-01-2001, 12:33 PM

thanks for the info, what do the danielson traps look like?

ol tuna skipper · 07-01-2001, 12:48 PM

Fish on

Do not fish the outgoing unless you want to buy new pots. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]I have clocked outgoing tides as fast as 15 MPH in T-bay). Also a small boat and motor can get sucked right out to sea. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] I crab only incoming because it pushes crab into the bay. Slack tides are OK also. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img].

Some people leave pots overnight or all day but they are quite heavy and have plenty of rope to avoid floating out with the tide. But they still loose them now and again.

Good luck.

Stz ll · 07-01-2001, 04:56 PM

Danielson crab traps a made of small guage rubber coated metal. They can be folded up for storage. They only cost about 20 or 25 dollars. They look kind of cheap, however every time we go crabbing this little inexpensive trap has more crab in than any of more expensive crab pots. They are light however and will come off the bottom fairly easily if left on an out going tide. Try one or two of them you might really like them. The price is right on them!!

Hummingbird · 07-02-2001, 08:50 AM

Thanks for the info, It's a little too late for mine though. Even though they are rather inexpensive, aftewr you calculate what the rope cosst ,the buoy cost and other misc. items, I counted up to more than $50.00 for each one. When you lose them the first time because of lack of knowledge of tides, That hurts. at any rate ,I learned by my mistake.
They do store nicely and Do get alot of crabs in them but, my next ones are going to be made of coated rebar . [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] crab sure is good eatin. Tight lines ,Tom [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

Scaup · 07-02-2001, 09:30 AM

Another trick with the Danielson traps is to add weight if you are going to use them in places with heavy current. We wire 4 horse shoes inside the bottom of the trap. This seemed to add enough weight to keep them in place, they still would fold up flat, and it was not that much weight to make them really heavy to pull. Plus the horseshoes are good luck! If you don't have horseshoes, any heavy flat piece of metal would work.

Capin' Dan · 07-03-2001, 01:20 AM

Warning, I almost lost $350 worth of pots and materials on Sunday. The outgoing was really ripping. Thank god for my GPS and it being right on the money. One of the bouys was under water a couple of feet. The other two were under a few inches most of the time.
Crab the incoming or slack. do not crab the outgoing when it starts to rip you will be sorry even with big bouys. thats my .02 cents worth. the crabs I did catch were nice and full. Its just like Christmas every time I pull them up.
Dan!

Dan!