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Found Some Signal #6957908
08/08/20 08:52 AM
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And life is good.

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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6957930
08/08/20 09:05 AM
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Where's the fishing pole and beverages? Must be beer in hand


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6957936
08/08/20 09:09 AM
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We are crabbing, so no poles. The drink is either water or tea. lol


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6957945
08/08/20 09:17 AM
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Do you have a female assistant?


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6957949
08/08/20 09:20 AM
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You grabbing the crabs with those chimp toes??


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6957950
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I miss the ocean. Only been there a few times, but I still miss it.


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: PAskinner] #6957991
08/08/20 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Leftlane
Do you have a female assistant?


I do.

Originally Posted by elkaholic
You grabbing the crabs with those chimp toes??


No, we have the standard wire dipping net.


Originally Posted by PAskinner
I miss the ocean. Only been there a few times, but I still miss it.


That would be the Nanticoke River. I’d rather be on the shore there than the ocean beach.


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6958358
08/08/20 06:37 PM
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How long do you soak traps there- will there be crab for supper?


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6958362
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Looks like our Lake Michigan beach.


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: Leftlane] #6958410
08/08/20 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Leftlane
How long do you soak traps there- will there be crab for supper?


We don’t use traps. We walk a trotline. Water there is only about rib high.

They will not be dinner tonight, we are stock piling for the upcoming vacation. There, they will stuff flounder, be turned into crab cakes, crab dip, crab roll and top ribeyes on the last night.


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6958532
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How does the trotline work?

Here is a pic my son sent an hour ago. Crabbing on Cherry Point Marine Base with some buddies.

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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: Hoosier71] #6958723
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Originally Posted by Hoosier71
How does the trotline work?


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With my current restrictions, it is much easier to walk the line then using traps or lines from a pier that requires bending Or stooping.


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6958751
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spent 6 weeks at Wallops Island marine center when i was 15 and had an amazing time.sadly haven't saw salt water since.Enjoy Hobbie









Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6958938
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Your reply is makin' me hungry man


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6958946
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Lived in Hawaii for 10 years only thing I miss about it is the ocean

Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6958972
08/09/20 12:31 PM
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Here’s some dumb questions for you, cuz I’ve never harvested crabs.
1. Those look small. What part is edible?
2. What do you do with the remaining parts?
3. Does any of it go tho trapping bait?
4. From a traut line, I’ll assume they bite a bait and get hooked. Am I seeing this right?

Thanks in advance


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: Teacher] #6959009
08/09/20 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Teacher
Here’s some dumb questions for you, cuz I’ve never harvested crabs.
1. Those look small. What part is edible? They have to be “shelled”. We separate claw meat, backfin and crawler leg meat (backfin and crawler meat is in the body and not the actual legs)
2. What do you do with the remaining parts? Remaining parts are discarded. They deteriorate fast and stink quick. There is better bait options on the market.
3. Does any of it go tho trapping bait? ^^^^^^^
4. From a traut line, I’ll assume they bite a bait and get hooked. Am I seeing this right? No hooks, they hang on to the bait until they get to the surface where you are waiting with the dip net.

Thanks in advance


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Re: Found Some Signal [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6959058
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In western Alaska you can hand line in the same manner, either from a boat, or thru the ice in winter.

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