>From Bob: >Are there other pluses and minuses that I haven't thought of? I'd >appreciate some discussion of the pros and cons. > Kathy and i go crabbing from our tandem canoe on coastal bays. we put the basket in the middle, hang chicken necks over the side, then net the crabs and store them... i haven't seen anyone crabbing in a tandem kayak...:>) bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Larry wrote; > >Kathy and i go crabbing from our tandem canoe on coastal bays. we put the >basket in the middle, hang chicken necks over the side, then net the crabs >and store them... Damned chicken neckers. No self respecting crabber would use chicken necks. (see Warner, "Beautiful Swimmers" for full discussion of how much watermen hate chicken neckers. Spoken from the lofty perch of a true waterman who would never, ever use a chicken neck. Well, hardly ever. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
John Winters wrote: --snip-- > Spoken from the lofty perch of a true waterman who would never, ever use a > chicken neck. Well, hardly ever. Gee, John, to look at you, one might think that you are a chicken neck. Richard *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
from John W, >Damned chicken neckers. No self respecting crabber would use chicken necks. >(see Warner, "Beautiful Swimmers" for full discussion of how much watermen >hate chicken neckers. > Well you're quite right. you know your crabs. next time we will use longer lasting *bulls lips* as kathy really doesn't care for eels. the search this weekend is for clams... but the tides are wrong, so maybe we crab instead.... after a paddle in the chop in the mouth of the Nanticoke river (empties into chesapeake bay) this morning, i crossed the Wicomico River at Upper Ferry - shared the 2-vehecal ferry with a tractor... bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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