here is that moment of concern when after a 3 hour soak, there are only about 9 crab in your first pot. (hands up if you have pulled one like this in an estuary and had them all be just under legal size)
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followed quickly by a smile when they are all male and keepers, 7 ended up being between 6" and 6.5" (the commercial boats have harvested just about everything over 6.25").
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second trap had more in it but same keeper count of 7.
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