Good report PPG......that's an excellent "alternative" trip.....rain keeping me in also.....looks like next Tuesday is the first opportunity....
Another day of threatening rain so going out in the boat is a no-no. I'm not taking a chance with the thunderstorms that have been popping up. So what to do, how about crabbing on the side of the road. If rain comes it's easy enough to just jump in the truck. So yesterday it was crabbing. We left late and got to the spot at 10:30. I put out a dozen nets and wasn't catching anything. Someone who had been there before us left some string lines with chicken still attached so Linda started running them and catching some nice crabs. What is the difference between chicken on a string and chicken in a net, I haven't a clue but I won't argue with success. I picked up the nets and made up some more string lines. I made them around 15' long to get them far from the bulkhead. That might have been the secret. By the time Linda got tired we had 42 large crabs in the box, and as they say we left them biting. We turned over our spot, lines, and chicken to another lady fishing with her grandsons and not doing so good.
We came home and I boiled them right away. I ate 2 females full of eggs and 1 large male. I was stuffed and Linda only was able to eat 2 large males. My daughter grabbed 4 or 5 and the rest went into the fridge to be peeled to make crab cakes with later.
The rain never threatened us until we got home so we could have safely gone fishing but the end result cannot be argued with. I talked to a gent from Franklin who fishes there 2 or 3 times a week and sells the crabs. He told me he gets 4 dollars a piece for crabs like we caught which means I had 168 dollars worth of crabs.
"gene"
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Good report PPG......that's an excellent "alternative" trip.....rain keeping me in also.....looks like next Tuesday is the first opportunity....
The "King" is coming
This could be the Day....
RETIRED LOUISIANA CRAPPIE HUNTER
Bruce this morning looks good and I wanted to hit my little bass honey hole but Linda is too tired from yesterday. She's a trooper though, she was ready to go but I said no. We'll wait for the next opportunity.
"gene"
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You are definitely one of those guys who's been given lemons,
and makes lemonade out of them. Great work! Keep it up!
Tight Lines - Dave
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Some real nice crabs ! I know yall enjoyed those .. Congrats !
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I was wondering if anyone has ever used one of those Vaccium sealers and put any crabs in the freezer for a couple of months to see how they Come out !!!!
Thanks Paw Paw --- I have seen those tiny crabs in the store --- those are flash Frozen and hold pretty good but most get used Quick ---- Peeling will pack a bunch for later
Not a bad second option to fishing there paw paw! As for why the crabs do better on strings than nets, well I have my own theory......I think the crabs "feel" the strings or wires that the nets are made of and don't like to crawl over them. Now don't get me wrong, I have caught a TON of crabs in nets but there are days when you do much better on strings than in nets as you witnessed that day pawpaw. Thanks for the report and pictures.
Dwyane
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SMILE- A curve that can set a lot of things straight!
Maybe you are right Dwayne. Those are some smart crabs. Other places I've fished the nets work fine. Who know.
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