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07/12/2013
Crab
Afternoon
07/13/2013
1
1004

Well we took a trip out to Tahuya to get some crab. Dropped our pots around 2:30 with high hopes. One pot at 65ft the other at about 120ft. Pulled them up at 8:00pm to find a few female dungies and 3 flounder in the 65ft pot. The deeper pot was empty. We decided to drop them again and keep them out over night. Came back this morning, shallow pot had about 8 female dungies. Deeper pot had 1 female dungie. That was it. Bait was chum salmon. Also noticed the females were regrowing their claws. No undersized males. Total waste of gas. Found out today from a coworker after complaining about being skunked on the hood canal, (which has never happened before.) That he had been out there a week prior and found out from hoodsport locals that the natives commercially crabbed up until 2 weeks of recreational opener. They had all their pots in 50+ft of water, so if you go to crab hood canal drop shallower than you normally would. Thats what my coworker did and finally managed to pick up a few. Good luck, total bummer.


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SoDakboy
7/14/2013 1:54:00 PM
Thanks Schu, my buddy usually crabs a couple times a year near potlatch and does alright. I'll have to give him the news so he can adjust his plans accordingly
BassDood
7/14/2013 3:51:00 PM
I have some from a friend that got theirs in 35 feet near Alderbrook. Limited out tho I don't know the bait. They went deeper too,
but didn't get anything.
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