Siuslaw crabbing 4/9

[rogerdodger]

kayak crabbed the Siuslaw down near the ocean today, very few crabs and all were small...soaked a pot for a couple hours just below the CG station in a good spot and same result, just a few small ones...beautiful day, slightly windy...a couple guys were fishing/crabbing OFF the dock, they appeared to be rail dumping small crabs also...cheers, roger

 

[eugene1]

Bad day of crabbin' is better than a good day at work or something like that!

Glad you got out for the try, rog. Have you been exploring those Umpy springers anymore?

 

[rogerdodger]

Been giving the springers time...'no hurries'.

 

[rogerdodger]

for anyone curious about pulling a crab pot in a Sit-On-Top kayak (ProAngler12), during an incoming tide, near the ocean, with some light wind chop..cheers, roger

https://youtu.be/wW2JaN5s9eg

 

[Steelheader4Life]

Crabbing has been very slow up and down the coast. I talked to a charter and they have quit soaking pots when going out for rock fish because it has been so bad.

 

[rogerdodger]

Crabbing has been very slow up and down the coast. I talked to a charter and they have quit soaking pots when going out for rock fish because it has been so bad.

yep, I heard here locally that the commercial crabbers are not have a great year; while out clam digging last week we noticed less crab shells than usual....

 

[flocaster]

It has been one of the worst commercial seasons in decades. We're doin ok if we are averaging better than 1 per pot

 

[JeannaJigs]

Bummer on the crab, but how was the clamming? I need to get over there and do some digging.