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asianfisher
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| i go out at night low-tide. with one other person in a canoe so i dont disturb the mud so i can search area few times. again they in there small right now and not mating season yet. i usually split whatever is caught. i provide battery and light you bring the beer and scoop what i shine lite on. few weeks... not to long of a wait. |
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RobO
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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I plan on going fishing at the docks and thought it might be a great way to pass the time. Yes while not getting any bites from fish. :\
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PECo
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject: Picking blue crabs |
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I just got back to my older sister's house from Captain Pell's Fairfax Crabhouse in northern Virginia outside of DC. I had a dozen and a half blue crabs. They had some flatscreen TVs with ESPN on to keep me company when my wife, daughter and sister got bored and went home. But I had warned them that it would take me a while to eat my dinner!
I love picking blue crab, but it's slow going. I think I took about 10 minutes per crab. Some of the crabs were nice, but some were very light with very brittle shells. They must have recently molted. It's the wrong season, I guess.
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cthonkerheaven
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| I go middle of the day don't matter what the tide is and i RAPE them, i usually get at least 2-3 soft shell, and good size ones not the 3.5-4 inches, i mean 6+ inch soft shell, i've gotten a few 8+ inchers last year hard shell at this spot, ill go any time and just have fun, mmmm damn i want some right now, nothing like blue crab meat, but ur fingers better be ready for tons of little cuts haha |
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Never went crabbing before but it sure sounds like fun and tasty! 
Jim
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Fishface
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| SkeeterJim wrote: | Never went crabbing before but it sure sounds like fun and tasty!
Jim |
I have never went either, But I also Don't eat anything that come from the water. Its kind of funny for someone who has been fishing for over 35 years. I will catch, clean it, cook it but the fork will never reach my mouth. My girl and the kids love it.
Tim |
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Tim you don't know what you're missing!
Jim
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PECo
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:02 pm Post subject: Yeah |
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SkeeterJim
I don't understand Tim, either. Or Derek. Or Kira. Or any of the other non-fish-eating CTFishTalkers.
Phil
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cthonkerheaven
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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You guys are missing out on some AMAZING FREE FOOD, it tastes SO much better when you took the time to catch it as well  nothing so fresh |
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asianfisher
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| Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| im not missing out.... |
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ctguy30
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| ploplopfizzfizz wrote: | | Just use chicken thighs with fat on them.. |
or bunker works good to any one know of good shore place to net blue crabs i dont have my boat anymore |
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cthonkerheaven
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| CT guy where you from? |
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RobO
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:21 am Post subject: |
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I was down at the DEP docks this past Monday doing some fishing and trying to catch some crabs. We were using drop lines with chicken and catching them with a net. All of the crabs caught were too small. As usual there was a family there crabbing who I am sure were keeping illegal size crabs.
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ctguy30
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm from Norwich |
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asianfisher
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| couple more weeks the blues just starting to come in when the harbors come than the snappers than its game for crabbin...... |
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