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[lightsorcerer]

I've got them in the garage in cooler with sea water with an aquarium aerator.

Six keepers from two traps in a two hour soak. Winter crabbing - its the future!

6 keepers??

[BananasQ]

Don't worry - the kids were out with me and they are licensed so I was well within our limit. I think that may be one of my favorite things about them. 

[Dude]

Thats awesome!!!

[Jewelz]

I've got them in the garage in cooler with sea water with an aquarium aerator.

Six keepers from two traps in a two hour soak. Winter crabbing - its the future!

Where did u end up going?  Cause I went out to drop some traps at Tsawwassen one day and out in front of Wreck Beach another day and got skunked both times. And when I say skunked I mean skunked, like no crabs in the traps!

[BananasQ]

Belcarra. Traps had a mix of chicken backs and salmon heads, plus some pellets which had been soaked in Ace of Baits Copper River attractant. Traps came up with about twenty in each - getting them in the canoe was *not* easy.

[top fuel]

But the question is was there any keepers?

[BananasQ]

I have left a series of fiendish clues in my posts in this thread - see if you can deduce the answer. 

[Rodney]

We were out at Ambleside in late January.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgLO7Ny_Ce8

[Dude]

Nice Video Rob!   Good old winter crabbing

[FishOn]

Anyone try Tsawwassen recently? Thinking of going this weekend.

[Jewelz]

Well me, my dad and my little girl went out to Belcarra today and got 9 keepers.  2 pots soaked from 11:15 to 1:15 and then again till 2:15. Got 6 on the first pull (1 and 5) and then 3 on the last (1 and 2).  Back out tomorrow.

[kanuckle head]

We were out at Ambleside in late January.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgLO7Ny_Ce8

Great to see how the small one use there size to have a drive through restaurant, a few more traps in their travels
 & they'll reach 6 1/4 in no time..........Great video Rod

[firstlight]

Great to see how the small one use there size to have a drive through restaurant, a few more traps in their travels
 & they'll reach 6 1/4 in no time..........Great video Rod

The legal size for Dungeoness Crab is 165mm which is very close to 6.5 inches.

[BananasQ]

Well me, my dad and my little girl went out to Belcarra today and got 9 keepers.  2 pots soaked from 11:15 to 1:15 and then again till 2:15. Got 6 on the first pull (1 and 5) and then 3 on the last (1 and 2).  Back out tomorrow.

Good for you guys - love that it was 3 generations, that's awesome! Belcarra gets a lot of pressure so enjoy the good times as by the summer its pretty slim pickings.  If you ever see someone in a yellow clipper canoe, likely with a kid or two in there, doing some crabbing in that area please say Hi.

Now, onto the next challenge - Winter Prawning! 

[Rodney]

Now, onto the next challenge - Winter Prawning!