rj
07-05-2006, 08:08 AM
Have been crabbing in the Pax for the last few days & been doing well. Yesterday I hit the Pax again with 3600 ft trotline, 2-8 ft water, I had been doing well in the shallow water in the last few days , sometimes it was so shallow my engine was hitting bottom. yesterday things had changed and the shallow water was not producing as well so moved my lines to 5-8 ft and did better.
Crabbed from just before daylight to 10 am , ended up with 6 bu.
3 bu #1's , 1 bu Female 1 bu #2, & 1 bu whites,,
Most of the crabbers that I saw yesterday were commercial. I was surprized by the absence of recreational crabbers. the few recreational trotliners & trappers that I saw & talked to were off the water early, with good catches.
An interesting note about the shallow water trotlining.
I went to talk to annother trotliner that was working the shallow water near me, he was having better sucess in his location in the shallows than I was having. as i left him I idled away in the shallows and when I made it to the deeper water, I hit the gas and the motor died??? HMM,,restarted the motor and it died again when I put it in gear! hhhmmm!! I hope I didn't do what I THINK i did!!..I raised my motor and there was his trotline wrapped around my prop..Uh OH,,what a mess,I 'm sure to catch hell now!, I had wrapped it up real good and also cut it in half with both halves around my prop!! fortunatly he was somewhat understanding and after unwrapping the mess and an apology and a few $$ for his gear. we parted on a freindly note.
I have had many occasions to unwrap my own trotline off my prop.
but this is the first time I had caught anyone elses gear.
There is still some goob crabbing in the Pax!
Crabbed from just before daylight to 10 am , ended up with 6 bu.
3 bu #1's , 1 bu Female 1 bu #2, & 1 bu whites,,
Most of the crabbers that I saw yesterday were commercial. I was surprized by the absence of recreational crabbers. the few recreational trotliners & trappers that I saw & talked to were off the water early, with good catches.
An interesting note about the shallow water trotlining.
I went to talk to annother trotliner that was working the shallow water near me, he was having better sucess in his location in the shallows than I was having. as i left him I idled away in the shallows and when I made it to the deeper water, I hit the gas and the motor died??? HMM,,restarted the motor and it died again when I put it in gear! hhhmmm!! I hope I didn't do what I THINK i did!!..I raised my motor and there was his trotline wrapped around my prop..Uh OH,,what a mess,I 'm sure to catch hell now!, I had wrapped it up real good and also cut it in half with both halves around my prop!! fortunatly he was somewhat understanding and after unwrapping the mess and an apology and a few $$ for his gear. we parted on a freindly note.
I have had many occasions to unwrap my own trotline off my prop.
but this is the first time I had caught anyone elses gear.
There is still some goob crabbing in the Pax!