Choptank River

[slashmaster]

After waiting all of May and early June for the crabbing to start, then enjoying a week of good crabbing, I am now wondering where they all went. I get to go out often, and in the last 3 times I could put all my catch in a half bushel. And I'm not the only one either. I have talked to a few boaters at the ramp and they can't believe they go out with a trotline and only catch 4 crabs. Or a dozen.

Tuesday was a special day. I layed out my line and after a hour I only had 6 or 8 crabs so I thought I would drag my line. I tried changing the angle and it was working..... until I hit a patch of mud. I thought I had snagged something it stopped me so fast. So I decided to pull up. I moved across the river to another spot I like crabbing and on the second run I hit a snag. Luckily I got the boat stopped before it broke my PVC prop stick.

By this time it was at least 12 o'clock, about 90 something degrees and I had maybe 10 crabs. I ended up giving them to another family at the ramp who did as poorly as me.

Well I just needed to vent about my luck lately :-) and I hope you all are slamming them. Just don't try the upper Choptank right now.................

[night nurse]

they are deeper now cuz of the temp. try 10-12'

TED

[slashmaster]

They are eating the bait, just not coming up. Maybe the temp change is so much that the warmer upper colume is knocking them off. Who knows......

[Capt.Nick]

Myself & a friend caught 5dz. in 2 1/2 hrs.with 16 traps. in May in the Choptank.I guess they caught them up?