Crab opening day Deception Pass
Washington Fishing
Jul 1, 2022 16:58:10 #
67Mustang
Loc: Washington State
Crab season is open. 5 Dungees and some Rocks. Threw back bunch of females. A couple of the ladies were really nice and fat!
Jul 1, 2022 17:12:51 #
Jul 1, 2022 17:30:39 #
67Mustang wrote:
Crab season is open. 5 Dungees and some Rocks. Threw back bunch of females. A couple of the ladies were really nice and fat!
Nice and Great eating ! I love the rock crab ,Good and sweet ! Thanks for sharing ,glad you caught some,,👍🤙
Jul 1, 2022 17:43:58 #
67Mustang wrote:
Crab season is open. 5 Dungees and some Rocks. Threw back bunch of females. A couple of the ladies were really nice and fat!
Nice Job 67, what time's dinner?
Jul 1, 2022 18:19:18 #
Nice catch!
I am staying in Port Ludlow for a work trip and we're launching the boss's boat tonight to set some pots, I am very excited!!
I am staying in Port Ludlow for a work trip and we're launching the boss's boat tonight to set some pots, I am very excited!!
Jul 1, 2022 18:30:31 #
67Mustang
Loc: Washington State
Good luck! About 60 to 70 feet was working best. 40 feet was more Rocks then Dungeness. Used salmon scraps for bait.
Jul 2, 2022 14:42:50 #
Adiliaandlauren
Loc: Puget Sound Washington
We are putting our boat in this evening at the Langley Marina.
The area in front of my cabin has about 24 traps already in.
I hope they left some for me!
The area in front of my cabin has about 24 traps already in.
I hope they left some for me!
Jul 2, 2022 15:16:09 #
67Mustang
Loc: Washington State
I could imagine. There were hundreds of pots already in the water when I was dropping mine at 7am.
Jul 9, 2022 18:32:38 #
67Mustang
Loc: Washington State
Another nice batch of Dungeness this morning in area 8-1. Got our limit of 10 and 2 Rock 🦀
Jul 9, 2022 18:35:34 #
67Mustang wrote:
Crab season is open. 5 Dungees and some Rocks. Threw back bunch of females. A couple of the ladies were really nice and fat!
Mustang, do you steam up those Dungees like we do the east coast blue crab?
Jul 9, 2022 18:56:36 #
67Mustang
Loc: Washington State
Boil them in Old Bay seasoning and salt. They quite a bit bigger than the blues over there. The width of the shells are 6.5 to 8 inches across. It would take a long time to steam.
Jul 9, 2022 19:25:54 #
67Mustang wrote:
Boil them in Old Bay seasoning and salt. They quite a bit bigger than the blues over there. The width of the shells are 6.5 to 8 inches across. It would take a long time to steam.
Had some neighbors in NC when i lived there that boiled their blue crabs, then one day they tasted my steam version. From then on steamed it was.
Maybe next time you have a batch empty all but an inch or two of water. Add a cup of vinegar and put a crab or two that you didn't boil on a rack above the water and steam them for 30 minutes smothered in Old Bay while you are eating the boiled batch.
I can't say i have ever had a whole Dungee crab, so not sure if it would work or not.
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