Got crabs???

moparmat2000 said

Memike , crabbing makes for a fun afternoon.

chicken bones , some kite string and a net is all ya need, and a little patience. We have a nice dock in the bay,where we do this at. We toss in and tie off about 10 ,lines. One line tied off each piling. You leave the lines in the water about 10 minutes or so, then slowly pull the lines in. Ya gotta be quick with the net, because they will let go.

We go with a tall bucket that we put ice and salt water in to keep em alive for the trip home.

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I actually run a Trott line. Which is 1200ft long with chicken necks tied to it about every 9 ft. It is weighted down with about a foot of chain on each end to hold it down on the bottom. Also on each end is a buoy so I can locate the end of the line. My boat is rigged with a PCV pipe fabricated in the way of a hook assembly, which hangs over the side of the boat. I start at the end of the line by grabbing the line just in front of the buoy and hooking it over my PCV hook. So, as I go down the line, it comes up off of the bottom with crabs attached to SOME of the baits. As the get up to the hook, I net them with a steel net. As I continue down the line, it goes back down to the bottom for more crabs on the next run. Can usually catch a bushel in 8-10 runs down the line. It is fun, but I see the commercial guys out there crabbing every day. I don't think I want to do it for a living. LOL