Got my feet wet

[Guppy]

So to speak,,, went dip netting for blue crab last night,,, tons of fun,,, 3 keepers out of 15 netted... went scouting today for better spots... just what I need, another addiction....

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[Clammer]

that,s a lots fun .to bad we can,t go at night in RI

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Clammer

that,s a lots fun .to bad we can,t go at night in RI

Geeesh

[Rmarsh]

Nice catch Ray! The mention of blue crabs always triggers a vivid memory I have .... fishing a new moon high tide near a salt pond one night and seeing an army of them...literally thousands of them.... several layers deep... marching towards the ocean as the high tide spilled into the pond. Never seen anything like that again...or since.

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Rmarsh

Nice catch Ray! The mention of blue crabs always triggers a vivid memory I have .... fishing a new moon high tide near a salt pond one night and seeing an army of them...literally thousands of them.... several layers deep... marching towards the ocean as the high tide spilled into the pond. Never seen anything like that again...or since.

Wow Bob

In a tin boat bass fishin one night, pretty sure this time of year, We had them swimming all around us on the surface,,,, don’t know what that was all about....

[Jimbo]

Been thinking about trying this. There's been a ton of them swimming by and on the pilings of a dock I've been taking some casts from. Bright healthy looking ones.

[Guppy]

Go get um :-)

[hq2]

My dad used to catch ‘em a lot in his trap. Good eating boiled, as is well known. Ought to pick a few up for the pot as they go by.
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[Guppy]

Hit the big time a couple nights ago, dozen keepers, put them in the livewell on the boat and stuck my ice fishin aerator in there,,,, freaken thing gave out overnight and lost them.... WTF

Next good tides about 4-5 days..... watch out crabs I’m coming back... LOL

[Clammer]

why didn,t you run your bait well ??????

[Clammer]

forget it trailer ><

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by Guppy

Hit the big time a couple nights ago, dozen keepers, put them in the livewell on the boat and stuck my ice fishin aerator in there,,,, freaken thing gave out overnight and lost them.... WTF

Next good tides about 4-5 days..... watch out crabs I’m coming back... LOL

Throw them in a paper bag in the fridge next time. They will be easier to handle when the terminating time comes too.
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[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Clammer

forget it trailer ><

That’s it...

A week or so back I had 2 bugs and a bunch of crabs in the same livewell with that aerator and the next morning those freaken crabs where still trying to kill me... LOL

They have to be the most ornery ill tempered creature on earth... one of them got me on the tip of my index finger, poked two holes, drew blood and it’s still swollen....

[hq2]

Yeah, gotta be careful about that guys; they got some tweakers. Might want to put on some gardening gloves before you pick them up, or maybe scoop ‘em up with a milk jug bailer. Still worth catching though; very tasty!
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[Clammer]

maybe a night trip .before the storm ?????????

[Linesider82]

What is it about blue crabs that people love that they refuse to eat bluefish? Both are strong tastes, at least with a bluefish you can bleed it and cut out the dark meat like a scup. Blue crab is a dedicated taste though. On its own I think it's probably the worst seafood available. At its best it's probably one of the coolest to gather, especially from a boat with a kid at the bow on the net.
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[hq2]

Yeah, kids have fun catching them with chicken legs on a string. Did it a few years ago.
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[Clammer]

Just like fishing .I don,t eat any fu c kin fish .just like catching them ..same with these

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Linesider82

What is it about blue crabs that people love that they refuse to eat bluefish? Both are strong tastes, at least with a bluefish you can bleed it and cut out the dark meat like a scup. Blue crab is a dedicated taste though. On its own I think it's probably the worst seafood available. At its best it's probably one of the coolest to gather, especially from a boat with a kid at the bow on the net.
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WHAT! You compare blue fish to blue crab? What you been smokin? ...
We eat plenty of scup in the spring and again there is no comparison to bloo’s....

I agree , coolest to gather...

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by Linesider82

What is it about blue crabs that people love that they refuse to eat bluefish? Both are strong tastes, at least with a bluefish you can bleed it and cut out the dark meat like a scup. Blue crab is a dedicated taste though. On its own I think it's probably the worst seafood available. At its best it's probably one of the coolest to gather, especially from a boat with a kid at the bow on the net.
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I have never heard anyone say blue crab has a strong flavor. My kids were just questioning the veterinarian mom yesterday while eating some we caught the night before why they only have delicate white meat, while other creatures seem to have at least some dark meat. It is the best seafood available in my opinion. Lobster doesn't compare in my book. We do live in bizzaro world these days, so I really shouldn't be surprised, but that is astonishing to me .

[Clammer]

Back in the day .opening day for bay scallops >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I backing my rig in / with 6 dredges we had approx. 12 bushels of scallops . a few quahogs / lobsters & blue crabs ……...my wife came out / saw the blue crabs & went back in …………. WTF ….…….. we start moving stuff & things to start sh#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g ……….....she comes out .weres the crabs .still in the boat ………………… not for long / she had gone in & got the pot boiling & seasoned .she wasn,t happy about it but somehow she got all the crabs in a basket & was gone ……….Damn she loved them ><><>I miss those times

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Clammer

Back in the day .opening day for bay scallops >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I backing my rig in / with 6 dredges we had approx. 12 bushels of scallops . a few quahogs / lobsters & blue crabs ……...my wife came out / saw the blue crabs & went back in …………. WTF ….…….. we start moving stuff & things to start sh#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g ……….....she comes out .weres the crabs .still in the boat ………………… not for long / she had gone in & got the pot boiling & seasoned .she wasn,t happy about it but somehow she got all the crabs in a basket & was gone ……….Damn she loved them ><><>I miss those times

Nice....


Bay scallops..... only in my dreams now... :-(

[Guppy]

What a gorgeous night last night, low tide, no wind, full moon...

Got another bucketload of them,,, put them in a cooler layered with weed and a bag of ice on top... they’re still nasty mad this morning.... LOL. Lunch!