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  1. #1
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    Default Females in the bay

    With all the female crabs in the Bay right now, do they push the male crabs deeper or into creeks. Anyone have knowledge on this topic?????thanks

    Timbass
    Bel Air, Md

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    Default Females in the bay

    I can tell you the females pushed the males away from our line this morning !!

    Guy in head of creek today, all males ( only two females ). We were in the mouth, mostly females.... 1 bushel females vs. 1.5 doz males.

    I'll be closer to the head this weekend.

    Patrick
    Pat N Mike

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    Default Females in the bay

    Females like it salty...Males like it brackish

    Go further upriver if you are getting pounded by females.

    Talked to 2 crabbers today at the ramp...1 was at the mouth, and the other was WAY upriver....The guy at the mouth had almost all sooks...the guy way upriver said he never saw a sook.

    Typical fall pattern

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    Default Females in the bay

    On 9/9 I was a quarter mile closer to the head of the river than another crabber who managed to get two bushels of sooks. We never saw one on our line, but did dip and release one that was swimming by. The only other female crabs we saw were 7 peelers (doublers) that we sluffed out.
    Location, Location, Location!!!

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    Default Females in the bay

    that must be correct,i have been atmouth/canal end pastfew wks of elk and boh riv s and all i find are sooks w/ a few jimmies. i am heading up other end this wk. going as far up as resonable. will report later unless stuck in marsh mud ][sad]

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