Our Best Day of Crabbing, Ever!
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2023
- My first crabbing video remains one of the most viewed. It's time to take you along on another crabbing expedition on Netarts Bay, Oregon.
I've watched videos of various types of crab catchers in action underwater. I've learned that crabs come to the bait within minutes. It's not necessary to wait for hours.
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There is something about the voice of somber, weathered gentleman that brings you into the story with his raspy narration, that then has you going back to his UA-cam channel for another dose of old-timer reality that leaves your soul filled with comfort like when your mom had hot cocoa for you and your neighborhood friends after a day of sledding down haystack hill on farmer Rob's property off of Elm Road when I was a kid. Just sounds about right!
You just made my day. Thank you.
Your friend the seagull seems to be asking for a more grippy perch! HaHa.
If so, its timing was bad. Just got done refinishing the boat.
I appreciate your UA-cam videos a great deal.
I was lucky enough to get a spot on a boat on that bay last Thursday.
Only three other boats were on the bay when we launched (about 30 minutes past low tide on the incoming tide). 74°F and no wind!
We put 6 traps in and anchored for 20 minutes. We collected the pots and there were 34 keepers!!! Amazing day!
I hope I get to head back there soon.
It's my most favorite place to crab!
If I don't luck into a boat spot, I do very well with my crab snares off the beach closer to the ocean.
Boats aren't necessary. Nereida got her first crab by picking it out of the water in the rocks by the boat launch.
@@OregonOldTimer I make crab snares that I cast with surf rods (12 foot, and 13 foot) off of Happy Camp Beach and I catch amazing crabs there as well. The boat made for a lot less work, but I do enjoy reeling in - it's always a mystery - will it be one giant male? two small females?
At the beginning of this year I was reeling in all females for an hour, all had their aprons bursting with gright orange eggs.
I took great care of them and sent them all off with kind words and encouragement to hatch those babies for future harvests
well done
Thank you.
Mr. Rush, wonderful videos, thanks for sharing! I love your sense of humor.
Glad you like them, Jason.
Looked really good, eating like kings and queen's. I love fresh crab.
We never get tired of it.
Outstanding!
Not the same as crabbing in your part of the world I'd guess.
@@OregonOldTimer Very similar procedure but our blue crabs look smaller and much less meaty than those monsters you catch out there. I leave my pots in ~24 hours for a decent catch. Normally end up with 40-50 keepers which is about the max we can pick through unless we have company.
WOW!! What a cooler full of nice crabs. You are good sportsmen always throwing the females back insures crabs for the future. The best of luck for future crabbing trips. Take care and be careful from the mountains of East Tennessee.
It's not just good sportsmanship, Jake. It's the law regarding Dungeness crabs.
Always a pleasure to watch ;)
Glad you enjoy them.
Favorite channel on UA-cam
Thank you, Dave.
Crabs with attitude. Good eatin.
It was good. For four evenings in a row with some sent home with dinner guests.
👍👍👍 I like the way you did the boat it sure looks good. That sure was a lot more than the last video of you crab fishing you did not get that many that time but you sure racked up on them this time 😎☕
There are good days and there a better days, but there are no bad days on the water. Thanks, David.
Netarts brings back many memories thanks for the refresher.
You're welcome.
I'm new to crabbing and have learned a couple of things from this video alone, like "soft vs firm" and "boil in sea water vs fresh water". Thanks for the video!
PS: Don't forget your gloves.
The only way I can "remember" gloves is to clip them to my cuffs the way my mother did when I was a toddler.
If you don't have seawater to cook crabs in, you can buy crab boil in grocery stores. Seawater is cheaper.
@@OregonOldTimer thanks for the idea.
nice boat bottle opener and crabbing video!! 😉
Glad you enjoyed both.
The boat looks great. And I will trade frozen crab for wood!!! 😍 Ever had pickled crab? It is similar to pickled herring. My boss in Alaska was well known for her pickled crab, and you had to be on her good list to even get a taste. It was one of the best foods I have ever had the pleasure of consuming!
Never heard of pickled crab, but I'll take your word for its taste. Come on down and we'll go crabbing, but I don't need any more wood right now. I had so much in my shop that I couldn't move without tripping. Just moved a lot of blanks out to a shed today.
@@OregonOldTimer Yes, always lots of wood. But is it GOOD/GREAT wood? I just acquired walnut, apricot, wormy pecan, birch, ash, box elder, and other misc pieces. Can share when you are ready.
I got to go out on Nehalem Bay in October. We got 61 keepers over 2 days. Some absolute monsters.
We launched on Nehalem Bay once a few years ago to fish, not to crab. We haven't been back because Tillamook and Netarts are closer.
Excellent VIDEO 😊
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Just a reminder to put gloves on the boat and make a hook for the ropes :)
Thank you. I needed that.
Love the video. That's a great boat for crabbing, lots of room on the deck. Nice bunch of delicious crab for you and your friends. On a side note, great taste on the beer choice also!! Have fun, good luck, and be safe out there.
Pelican Brewery's Beak Breaker Double IPA is my favorite. In moderation, of course.
Good video old timer u have a lot to teach and i have learned a lot about crabbing and fishing thnx for sharing keep up the good videos and thnx
Glad you enjoyed it.
awesome video🦀 big mahalo 4 sharing aloha
Thank you, Joe.
Great Catch Old Timer !! I remember you had a dog that you took on you're fishing trips i think
Our English Setter loved boats and everything else that moved on land or water. RIP.
I finally got here to see the video, after whining that i wanted to see more crabbing videos. 😂😂😂😂 This one didn't disappoint, glad you had such great luck.
Good to hear from you, Chuck. We hope to get out again soon, but salmon are in and it's deer season, so it may be a while.
You might like on youtube. The old couple outdoors. I enjoyed your vlog.
I will check it out. Thank you.
Wow! What a great haul! Can’t wait to get out there in November to get some.
We'll save some for you.
I wish I lived where I could fish for crab...lobster and shrimp! 😢
Well, you can move. That's what I did.
Jealous!
We all get lucky now and then.
Mr Crush what do you mean by Firm enough? What if it were soft? do they firm up later? Do you cook them alive? Sorry I am from the main Land Canada.
Crabs are soft after they have molted. They harden up, afterwards.
No apology necessary. We aren't born knowing everything.
A soft shell is a new shell, a large house for a still small crab. Not much meat and not as tasty. The shell hardens as the crab grows into it. Squeezing a leg with fingers is how I check. There is no sharp line between hard and soft, but the harder the better. I'm sure we kept some that others would have thrown back, and we probably threw some back that others would have kept. My own standard varies a little depending on how many crabs we get.
When’s the best time to go crabbing there? Low tide or high tide?
General rule is, slack tide. High or low doesn't seem to matter much. Strong tidal currents force crabs to burrow into the sand so they don't have to waste energy fighting current. But, in areas out of the current, the best time to go is when you can.
Is the water deep enough to throw nets off the bank?
Many folks cast folding traps from shore with good success. You'd have to have a good arm to get a net trap from the rocks, I think.
REAMEMBER THE BOAT. THE GAS, THE FISH FINDER, AND YOUR LIFE VEST, ALSO PHONE. AND DONT FORGET WHAT YOU ARE THERE FOR .O YA DONT FOR GET SOME MONEY .
Is there a reason why you don't do cooking and eating them because that's why you catch them right
well us viewers want to see you cooking them up in some good recipes and showing how good they really taste that makes a whole video not just catching them everybody catches them so got to do something different
The last three minutes of this video is cooking crabs. We don't do "recipes". We just boil them and eat them.
I love watching you guys!!!! Great videos and thank you for teaching me so much and I will definitely never forget what I have I learned. God bless you guys and thank you for all the knowledge you have taught us. Always Looking forward to more videos. You guys are amazing people!!
Thank you, Nicholas.