Kisutch
7/18/2017 9:11:52 AMMy parents have a place on Hood Canal North of Lilliwaup and crabbing has been in a downward trend for a while now. We are still catching, but not like we should. On opening weekend we crabbed hard for two days and found 12, on fourth of july weekend we crabbed 4 days and ended up with around 20 total, only thanks to finding 8 or 9 on the last day.
We fish two pots with 100' and two with 150'. All but 2 or 3 of this year's crab have come out of the deeper sets, but that can change as the season goes on. Would probably be worth combining some ropes in the meantime though.
Now that crabbing is open in area 7 south i think i will stay home for most of my crabbing. We found 15 beautiful keepers (plus a few we had to throw back since there were 3 of us)
within 4 hours of launching last weekend. Hardly seems worth the effort in area 12
We fish two pots with 100' and two with 150'. All but 2 or 3 of this year's crab have come out of the deeper sets, but that can change as the season goes on. Would probably be worth combining some ropes in the meantime though.
Now that crabbing is open in area 7 south i think i will stay home for most of my crabbing. We found 15 beautiful keepers (plus a few we had to throw back since there were 3 of us)
within 4 hours of launching last weekend. Hardly seems worth the effort in area 12
Rocketvet
7/18/2017 4:11:17 PMWe crabbed out of Triton Cove last Friday and Saturday. Only caught 3 keeper red rocks in 2 days. Only saw 1 Dungy in 2 days of crabbing (female). Reports from everyone I talked to were dismal with many boats getting plain skunked.