Re: [Paddlewise] Crabbing

Rob,

         Thank you for your reply!  I must confess that it reads like a 
well written text book, and certainly is a "keeper...!"  [Thank God for 
Eudora and it's mail boxes]

>For bait, bottom fish work great, or fish heads/guts or similar.  Chicken
>parts work too.  I have been told that red meat (beef, pork) make the crabs
>toxic, but I don't know for certain. Fish parts are the safest, and work,
>and smelly isn't a necessity, but the crabs don't mind if they are a bit high.

         Your last phrase about being a "bit high?"  Do you mean "high in 
smell?" <g>

         I have checked my fishing rules and Dungeness crab rules are the 
same, though now one must keep a record of the catch.  That's okay as I 
recently had the opportunity to try Red Rock crab, and it is just as tasty 
to me...<g>

         Ah!  Thank you for your comment on Aluminum pots also!  The ones I 
was considering are enameled so that should work also eh?  I will have to 
do some experimenting with sizes but that may be "put on the back burner" 
for at least a little bit [with the kayak I mean] as this  weekend forecast 
is for SUN and that means my first trip(S) to the Lake to get myself ready 
for the Sound perhaps mid next-week!<g>

>Good luck, and don't forget to thank the crab and its Maker as it goes in
>the pot.

         Ah... a very good reminder Rob, thank you for placing in your 
post...<smile>

                 Thanks again,

                         Tom...
A kayak paddler with a brain injury that is VERY glad
He no longer lives in the close vicinity of seattle...
            <gadfly911_at_earthlink.net>
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