We ran into some technical difficulties getting started, but had our first crab ring in the water around 1:00pm in Garibaldi. We originally planned to crab up in Nehalem Bay at the Brighton Marina, but they were closed for bad weather.
There were a lot of crab, but you can only keep males whose shells are 5.75" wide. Here is a photo of one of our catches (all of which were too small).
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| From Crabbing Nov 2009 |
You catch crab by dropping these "rings" into the water. There are two concentric rings -- a small one and a large one -- that are connected with a net. When you pull them up, they create a "truncated cone" which holds the crab. We used chicken legs as bate.
Janel, Julian, Michelle, and I shared a ring and were able to bring in two crabs. The rest of our group did not have any luck. There is not a lot of skill involved in catching crab, and it is really easy to do ... but catching crab that is actually big enough seems like a bit of a crap shoot.
Here is a photo of one of our crabs after we boiled it. Tasty!
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| From Crabbing Nov 2009 |
Crabbing was a good time, and I think we all plan on going again sometime (but preferably on a day with better weather).
2 comments:
Nice! Looks good! How many rings did you guys have in total? How long did you have to wait after throwing in the rings?
3 rings. 20 minutes per toss.
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