POLECAT
05-29-2006, 12:29 PM
First time ever at Benedict.
Fog allowed for about 50 yard visibility for the first two hours.
On the water at 5:30 and headed up river (crossed under the bridge) and went past the High Voltage towers another half mile or more.
Layed 1800' where I thought it wouldn't conflict with others (where ever they were). Ran it one time and got 9 keepers, so we laid another 1800' another 200 yards farther from shore than the first line. Bad move! The second line was not catching as well as the first (same depth 5') so we picked it up after a couple passes and then decided to move everything into more productive waters.
Another bad move!
Second location was terrible. One crabber reported catching only one crab (straight trot line). I felt we could do better. Not hardly!
Laid both lines again and each run of the line yielded no more than 3 or four, sometimes only one crab.
Took 600' of line off one lay and moved it into 3' - 4' depth. Same results.
Picked at the crabs until we almost filled one basket and decided not continue taking more abuse[sad].
Off the water at 11:00 with enough to make a decent feast for the immediate family of 6.
Think I'll let it heat up this week before trying again.
We did better than some, but not what I'd call close to great.
Crabs were all decent size and heavy. Only a few throw backs. Caught about 6 females. Fog lifted about 10:00 AM and hot sun followed. Back home at 12:45 PM.
Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. TOO many boats, crabbers, Jet-Skis. Satisfied my curiosity.[smile]
Fog allowed for about 50 yard visibility for the first two hours.
On the water at 5:30 and headed up river (crossed under the bridge) and went past the High Voltage towers another half mile or more.
Layed 1800' where I thought it wouldn't conflict with others (where ever they were). Ran it one time and got 9 keepers, so we laid another 1800' another 200 yards farther from shore than the first line. Bad move! The second line was not catching as well as the first (same depth 5') so we picked it up after a couple passes and then decided to move everything into more productive waters.
Another bad move!
Second location was terrible. One crabber reported catching only one crab (straight trot line). I felt we could do better. Not hardly!
Laid both lines again and each run of the line yielded no more than 3 or four, sometimes only one crab.
Took 600' of line off one lay and moved it into 3' - 4' depth. Same results.
Picked at the crabs until we almost filled one basket and decided not continue taking more abuse[sad].
Off the water at 11:00 with enough to make a decent feast for the immediate family of 6.
Think I'll let it heat up this week before trying again.
We did better than some, but not what I'd call close to great.
Crabs were all decent size and heavy. Only a few throw backs. Caught about 6 females. Fog lifted about 10:00 AM and hot sun followed. Back home at 12:45 PM.
Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. TOO many boats, crabbers, Jet-Skis. Satisfied my curiosity.[smile]