plumbertom
Yesterday I took my Grandson down and got his Jr. lic.
Then we took the boat to Florence and launched about 1 PM.
Ran down river to near the jetty and dropped our traps.
After about an hour we went to pull them up.
The first trap was so full of crabs we almost couldn't get it on the boat.
Many of them were female and a most were undersized.
But there were so many, we got 7 legal crabs most of which were huge to my eye.
Several were a good 7'' or more across.
Here I'm thinking, "at this rate were gonna be limited by the time we pull the other three traps".
It wasn't to be. Took us till 4 PM to manage 16 legal crabs.
I just couldn't find that sweet spot again.
Altogether we must have trapped a good 80 or more crabs, the majority of which were females.
Caught a number of undersized males as well.
Of the 16 we took, most were 6-7'' across.
Was the first time crabbing for my grand son, he's 15 and did a good job pulling the traps.
Then we took the boat to Florence and launched about 1 PM.
Ran down river to near the jetty and dropped our traps.
After about an hour we went to pull them up.
The first trap was so full of crabs we almost couldn't get it on the boat.
Many of them were female and a most were undersized.
But there were so many, we got 7 legal crabs most of which were huge to my eye.
Several were a good 7'' or more across.
Here I'm thinking, "at this rate were gonna be limited by the time we pull the other three traps".
It wasn't to be. Took us till 4 PM to manage 16 legal crabs.
I just couldn't find that sweet spot again.
Altogether we must have trapped a good 80 or more crabs, the majority of which were females.
Caught a number of undersized males as well.
Of the 16 we took, most were 6-7'' across.
Was the first time crabbing for my grand son, he's 15 and did a good job pulling the traps.