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So happy to see all the hard work and dedication you’ve put in is finally giving your dreams to reality , you deserve it. If you don’t work hard then you ain’t no crabber 😉 Love ya from Tennessee ❤
I dont know what it is about Lukes videos but I seem to watch the whole thing every time. Easy to listen to because he is authentic , you cant make that up.
Question Luke?? Does filling the pot with new bait and then putting the pot in the hot water to clean the pot, wash out the new baits oils and smell? Maybe and 10 pot test , with pots baited before and after the pot cleaning. lol don’t waste your time it was just a question. Love your content, keep winning the day!!
My family and I ordered your steamed and seasoned crabs a couple of weeks ago and they were a huge hit! We've never had fresh crab right off the boat before and the difference in taste from the frozen we get in Colorado is noticeably so much better. We all send our thanks and blessings and hope your new boat gets fixed soon. Thank you for all of your hard work and we love watching your channel 🙏
This was a great episode. Been watching a lot great to hear the business side. Luke should go be a NERD guest speaker for an Economics 101 class showing real life experenice and market shifts, that was a great break down. Thanks Luke and crew keep catching!
As someone who commercial lobster fished in the North east for ten years. Started at 8 years old but south of Maine. you are the idle guy who keeps something going even at its wild weird low profit times. Love your videos and the Knowles channel lobstering in Maine . I know exactly where you really in your profession. I really wish more young guys would get Into the commercial industry amazing to see it still alive in some Places. This video brings me back to my younger days of being a stern man. It’s amazing to see your stand and where you are due to the social Media boosting your bussiness.
i hope you guys caught on to tht yall noticed how he was complimenting AJ and him being there the longest and being the best shaker and all that bt AJ wanted to make sure his boys got praise as well and praised them as much as he was praising AJ. Yep Aj was raised up right u can tell thats a man who is never going to think he is better then anyone ever ... this world needs more man like AJ for sure more young man like AJ
Luke, As a retired stone Mason I have realized what it means to have good help no mater the field of work. I have to express my admiration for you and your helps work ethic at such a young age. It gives me hope for the future generations of the people that are in fact the backbone of American industry. My best to you and yours.
Happy /sad ❤. Hopefully you guys keep the channel . We watch another sailing channel that stopped sailing and started homesteading ,they've been doing it for a couple years now . Raising their baby and some animals/ gardens and building a small wood sailboat . It's a fantastic channel and way of life
Well I just bought my first order of your mom’s crab cakes! I can’t wait to try them and looking forward to buying more. Thank you for all that you do to keep the crabbing community going!
Luke, this was an awesome infovlog! You're definitely a smart cookie & always impress me...cuz I ain't no crabber! 🤣😉Best wishes from the Kentucky River (where I ain't no crawdaddy or catfisher either!)
Hey Luke, thanks for rocking the 'Black Rifle Coffee ' hat. I'll definitely have to send you more BRCC merch. Then you can outfit your entire crew in tees, hoodies, and lids. Thanks and Best of Luck! God Bless!!
Luke, I am kinda wondering why you have AJ refill the bait holder with shrimp heads *B4* you place the trap into the hot-water rinse tank. Doesn't this kind of rinse the flavor (meat, scents and any leftover shrimp meat) OUT of the bait basket before you reset (drop) the crabpot?? Although it might rearrange the very efficient process you have, personally I would think that it would be better to put the bait (shrimp heads) into the crabpot AFTER you have rinsed the pot in the hot water. Just sayin'.......😮😮🤔🤔🤔🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😬😬😬😬😬😛😛😛😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪🤪🤔🤔🤔🤔😬🤔🙄🙄🙄👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for your consistent positive nature despite challenging events in your life and business this year. Your respect for the beautiful Chesapeake Bay is such a celebration of Nature and her bounty.
You put fresh bait in the pots and then cook the traps? We do it opposite up here in Maine. We cook the trap and then put the bait in so it doesn't cook the bait. But maybe the semi cooked shrimp heads fish as good.
I was wondering the same thing. Wouldn't it make more sense for the guy getting them out of the hot tub to bait the traps and then stack them? Wouldn't they lose some scent strength in the hot tub?
We use croakers in the bay off Padre Island, TX as bait fish to catch trout, they are a predators to trout eggs, so when big trout hear the croak they attach that thing, such a fun fishing method. Its personal to those trout
Wow…..great video! I learned a ton about crabs, about crabbing and about the business. You might not like the video work as much as the crabbing, but you have a knack for it.
Luke, need you to do a video on how you get rid of a boat in Maryland and the costs associated. Some people are dumping their boats along highways and burdening the state to dispose.
Given what blue crabs mean to Maryland, this video should be required viewing for every 6th/7th grader in the state of Maryland. They need to understand. I was lucky to grow up on the Eastern Shore and learn much of this as a kid but most kids don’t get that chance. Just so well done.
Hell, yeah Luke. I grew up on the Chesapeake Bay as a crabber in the 70s and back then it was pretty much the standard to throw light crabs back and let them fatten back up. I feel like you are a rarity these days though because often the crabs I buy are full of them. Kudos to you, sir.
Luke you do an awesome job what your crew everybody has fun working together I'm sorry that you'll be short-handed this week they have to get their educations
Luke you run a smooth operation there buddy y'all make it look easy. Yeah your first mate seems like a good young dude likes to work takes pride in every job he does, and that's how it's suppose to be. nice video guys. Good luck Luke.
Doesn't the bait cook in the hot water? Just finished my two dozen large through Jimmy's. Fantastic! Best crabs I've ever had. Jimmy's shipping is beyond expectations!
I'm so Happy you got a real camera and a real MIC... You aint no UA-camr if your on your Iphone!!! congrats bro. I'm so inspired I'm going to start my own channel. too bad I sell insurance and it is going to bore people to death!!
It is interesting Luke that you have had one of the windiest summers that you can remember, as it is the exact opposite up here on Narragansett Bay (in RI). We have had a very calm summer and not a single Nor 'Easter yet! 😮😮😮😮❤
Bro, I LOVE FALL CRABS! I always want crabs for my birthday in early October. If you're still open in October I'll buy yours! Of course my family give me crabs but I can't get enough of thise fall crabs.
I’m sure some of the dudes don’t wanna be on camera but definitely nice to see some different perspectives. It’d likely make the content better to have a talkative side kick
I'm no crabber but just curious if baiting the pots, then dropping into the hot water to clean, is essentially cooking your bait? I would have guessed that the stacker would pull the clean pot, then bait and stack.
Just a thought from a non-crabber, wouldnt it be better to bait post dip? the dip would wash some juice of the bait. Or does the dip warm the bait up and make it more smelly? Also, is there any money in selling pre-cooked crabs at the stand? have mini crab rolls for the people waiting in line.
Hi Luke.. will it be better to soak the crab pod in hot water without the shrimp head? I feel once u put the shrimp head in the trap and soak it in hot water all the shrimp juices and scent will bleed out into the hot water and less sent less crab to detect and so less crabs in each pot.. what u thinks brotha from another mother
If you invest in a larger wider further boat you can expand inside the boat you can still stack and you can "west-side story" set the pot or pots to the "west-side story"? ? Trade in boat for a larger taller boat? ? The hit head on roof wood problem. Or buy a larger taller boat or boats. Boeing Employee Credit Unit (BECU.) Business loan.
I live in Houston Mississippi we farm a lot of sweet potatoes actually Vardaman Mississippi is the sweet potato capital of the world …….. it sounds like crabbing and sweet potatoes have a lot in common. You have to grade them just like you do when there’s a lot of them prices are down when there’s a few of them like if you have a bad year drought or something or too much rain you know how it goes. The prices are always up and down. & just like crabbing it cost a lot of money farm sweet potatoes, high dollar tractors high dollar diggers a lot of employee cost …..Tiny ( Len Price ) Houston MS
Does boiling the fresh bait in the bath help with the pot catching the grab? Me not knowing, I would think boiling it would boil the juices out of the bait and not catch as much.
Hey Luke, new mic kinda sucks bro. Question, why do you put the new bait in before you dip the pot in hot water. Wouldn’t it be better to put them in after? Not a crabber wouldn’t know. Might be a good video for your “can it catch” series. Keep up the awesome work. Might be by the crab stand if we take the 1,000 mile journey this year.
Hey Luke. I'm curious to know if the hot water tub to clean the crap traps would potentially cook the shrimp and take some of the freshness out of the bait??
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Barrel of Monkeys was a simple game I played as a kid. Now, imagine Luke's Crabs in a Trap.
Dude Europe... This may help ur advertising
Dude commercial crab boil. Just forgetting the crawfish
Is that jog lever with a custom lever on the second station? Did you make the lever or was it already like that when you bought it?
So happy to see all the hard work and dedication you’ve put in is finally giving your dreams to reality , you deserve it. If you don’t work hard then you ain’t no crabber 😉 Love ya from Tennessee ❤
I dont know what it is about Lukes videos but I seem to watch the whole thing every time. Easy to listen to because he is authentic , you cant make that up.
I watch them to sleep i be mid sleep getting hungry
Question Luke??
Does filling the pot with new bait and then putting the pot in the hot water to clean the pot, wash out the new baits oils and smell? Maybe and 10 pot test , with pots baited before and after the pot cleaning. lol don’t waste your time it was just a question. Love your content, keep winning the day!!
"You Can only kill a crab once"... thatt line right there hit so deep wow and made sooo much since
My family and I ordered your steamed and seasoned crabs a couple of weeks ago and they were a huge hit! We've never had fresh crab right off the boat before and the difference in taste from the frozen we get in Colorado is noticeably so much better.
We all send our thanks and blessings and hope your new boat gets fixed soon. Thank you for all of your hard work and we love watching your channel 🙏
Such a nice comment 👍🏼🇺🇸
I wish people knew how much it takes to catch crab and people complain how much they cost. Love your vids Luke!
It’s the restaurants that truly rip you off. The crabbers do all the hard work and the crab houses double the whole sale price.
everyone wondering about why the reupload. it was because the last 10+ minutes of the video were cut off of the original upload.
Thank you! I was literally halfway though the first upload when it went private
@@woofy1988 no problem
I was wondering what was going on
You have to much time on your hands son
This was a great episode. Been watching a lot great to hear the business side. Luke should go be a NERD guest speaker for an Economics 101 class showing real life experenice and market shifts, that was a great break down. Thanks Luke and crew keep catching!
As someone who commercial lobster fished in the North east for ten years. Started at 8 years old but south of Maine. you are the idle guy who keeps something going even at its wild weird low profit times. Love your videos and the Knowles channel lobstering in Maine . I know exactly where you really in your profession. I really wish more young guys would get
Into the commercial industry amazing to see it still alive in some Places.
This video brings me back to my younger days of being a stern man. It’s amazing to see your stand and where you are due to the social
Media boosting your bussiness.
i hope you guys caught on to tht yall noticed how he was complimenting AJ and him being there the longest and being the best shaker and all that bt AJ wanted to make sure his boys got praise as well and praised them as much as he was praising AJ. Yep Aj was raised up right u can tell thats a man who is never going to think he is better then anyone ever ... this world needs more man like AJ for sure more young man like AJ
Luke,
As a retired stone Mason I have realized what it means to have good help no mater the field of work.
I have to express my admiration for you and your helps work ethic at such a young age.
It gives me hope for the future generations of the people that are in fact the backbone of American industry.
My best to you and yours.
Well said and I second that comment 👍🏼🇺🇸
Happy /sad ❤.
Hopefully you guys keep the channel .
We watch another sailing channel that stopped sailing and started homesteading ,they've been doing it for a couple years now . Raising their baby and some animals/ gardens and building a small wood sailboat . It's a fantastic channel and way of life
Can't wait to see the videos on the desperado.The full restoration
Well I just bought my first order of your mom’s crab cakes! I can’t wait to try them and looking forward to buying more. Thank you for all that you do to keep the crabbing community going!
I watched the first one you released this morning, then came back to watch this one when I saw it was longer.
Having each crew member walk you through their job was awesome
Luke, this was an awesome infovlog! You're definitely a smart cookie & always impress me...cuz I ain't no crabber! 🤣😉Best wishes from the Kentucky River (where I ain't no crawdaddy or catfisher either!)
Hey Luke, thanks for rocking the 'Black Rifle Coffee ' hat. I'll definitely have to send you more BRCC merch. Then you can outfit your entire crew in tees, hoodies, and lids. Thanks and Best of Luck! God Bless!!
It is super hard to find good help now a days! Great to see you guys got an awesome team going here!
Keep it up man. Great videos, it’s cool to see how crabbing really works.
I figured a new upload was coming. The end was worth watching
Great video Luke!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Luke! I’m a crabber! Great job on this video! You’re the best! Thanks for the info! Lots of love from Long Island!
u ain’t no real crabber…
Glad to see your hot water dunk tank is up and working now. You have a good working crew.
Thanks for another video!
Luke, I am kinda wondering why you have AJ refill the bait holder with shrimp heads *B4* you place the trap into the hot-water rinse tank. Doesn't this kind of rinse the flavor (meat, scents and any leftover shrimp meat) OUT of the bait basket before you reset (drop) the crabpot?? Although it might rearrange the very efficient process you have, personally I would think that it would be better to put the bait (shrimp heads) into the crabpot AFTER you have rinsed the pot in the hot water. Just sayin'.......😮😮🤔🤔🤔🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😬😬😬😬😬😛😛😛😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪🤪🤔🤔🤔🤔😬🤔🙄🙄🙄👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for your consistent positive nature despite challenging events in your life and business this year. Your respect for the beautiful Chesapeake Bay is such a celebration of Nature and her bounty.
I live in western Kansas and we are ordering crabs tonight can't wait to eat them for the best crabber on earth.
How can anyone not like this guy!?!?! Awesome job man, love the videos
You put fresh bait in the pots and then cook the traps? We do it opposite up here in Maine. We cook the trap and then put the bait in so it doesn't cook the bait. But maybe the semi cooked shrimp heads fish as good.
I was wondering the same thing. Wouldn't it make more sense for the guy getting them out of the hot tub to bait the traps and then stack them? Wouldn't they lose some scent strength in the hot tub?
My thoughts exactly. When you put the bait in the hot water, your cooking the oils weight out of the shrimp or fish. Keep up the good work
Luke ur a bad ass brother keep up the hard work
I envy you Bro! Keep going! I did it in the Auto industry, you can keep pushin on!
Love this insight Luke! Awesome video. Very informative. 👍🏻
Aw, they're giving all the crabs a little hug...!
You know so much about the bay marine biology, very educational. Love your videos.. 20 lines a day looks like a ton of work!
Just amazing!! Thank you, Luke!
We use croakers in the bay off Padre Island, TX as bait fish to catch trout, they are a predators to trout eggs, so when big trout hear the croak they attach that thing, such a fun fishing method. Its personal to those trout
Wow…..great video! I learned a ton about crabs, about crabbing and about the business. You might not like the video work as much as the crabbing, but you have a knack for it.
Wow this was a whole life time of knowledge and experience about being a crabber ! Thanks for sharing your passion and journey with all of us !
I love this video, Luke. Very educational and exciting. if I'd seen this 50 years ago I'd be a crabber today. Always following Luke and Lindsey. 🦀😃
Another great informative video. Thanks for the insight to commercial. Craving.
😂 tell my bucket list to eat a crab. Albuquerque New Mexico now
Luke, need you to do a video on how you get rid of a boat in Maryland and the costs associated. Some people are dumping their boats along highways and burdening the state to dispose.
This video was really interesting!! Cool to see how it all works! Thank you for sharing!!!
Happy Mat
Given what blue crabs mean to Maryland, this video should be required viewing for every 6th/7th grader in the state of Maryland. They need to understand. I was lucky to grow up on the Eastern Shore and learn much of this as a kid but most kids don’t get that chance. Just so well done.
You are a very hard working person and you deserve all that you get thanks for the insight of what you do
Does dipping the bait inside impact the catch yield?
I would imagine raw fish catches more
Fish like sautéed with lots of garlic.
Luke- thanks for the video, I learned alot.
Luke..Frank Sloup..From Fridays with Frank mentioned you on his latest clip..🤗🤗🤗
Hell, yeah Luke. I grew up on the Chesapeake Bay as a crabber in the 70s and back then it was pretty much the standard to throw light crabs back and let them fatten back up. I feel like you are a rarity these days though because often the crabs I buy are full of them. Kudos to you, sir.
Trout line is the most fun crabbing.
Bro it’s so awesome that you employee high school and college kids! Giving them hands on trade training!!
Luke you do an awesome job what your crew everybody has fun working together I'm sorry that you'll be short-handed this week they have to get their educations
Luke you run a smooth operation there buddy y'all make it look easy. Yeah your first mate seems like a good young dude likes to work takes pride in every job he does, and that's how it's suppose to be. nice video guys. Good luck Luke.
Great video! Cool to see how y’all make the sausage
Those mics were a game changer!
Enjoy your videos keep them comming
Great show today.. from Texas
You are living the dream brother keep up the great work! First chance I get, Im coming out there to buy some crabs from your stand! 🤙🏻
Some say, the Oxford Dictionary listing for the word "Gumption" is simply a link to this young man's youtube channel
Doesn't the bait cook in the hot water?
Just finished my two dozen large through Jimmy's. Fantastic! Best crabs I've ever had. Jimmy's shipping is beyond expectations!
LUKE! I was about 24 minutes in and you took it down for whatever reason... But it's back now, what did you change?
35 minutes to end of video
Original video cut around the 36 minute mark.
in the original upload the last 10 or so minutes were cut off so he reuploaded it with the rest of the video.
I watched them both. You didn't miss anything.
I'm so Happy you got a real camera and a real MIC... You aint no UA-camr if your on your Iphone!!! congrats bro. I'm so inspired I'm going to start my own channel. too bad I sell insurance and it is going to bore people to death!!
It is interesting Luke that you have had one of the windiest summers that you can remember, as it is the exact opposite up here on Narragansett Bay (in RI). We have had a very calm summer and not a single Nor 'Easter yet! 😮😮😮😮❤
Don’t burn your self out brother ❤from Australia
I had good crabbing around Solomons Island salty hard 6 -8 in with blue fish carcass s
best vid yet mate hi from New Zealand
Crabbing videos are great!
32:44 whats the see through stuff you knock off the cage, jelly fish, squid, slime? lol
Trot line.. TROT line !! Ur driving me nuts w that. 😜
Another great video thanks!! Wondering why you rebait the pots and then put in the hot water to clean? Would think you would bait after cleaning ?
Striped bass! We can’t keep them less than 28” great fishing in June July august
Bro, I LOVE FALL CRABS! I always want crabs for my birthday in early October. If you're still open in October I'll buy yours! Of course my family give me crabs but I can't get enough of thise fall crabs.
Crazy good!
I'm ready Luke ...but I live in Syracuse.....
Praying it goes well
I tried soft shell crab for the first time today and oh boy I can't get enough
Question on process. Looks like AJ is loading bait then dumping in the boil tank. Doesn’t this cook out the oil of the shrimp heads ?
Luke love your videos
I love your channel! Would you ever reach out to the Deadliest Catch peeps to ride along for a season with one of the Captains!
I’m sure some of the dudes don’t wanna be on camera but definitely nice to see some different perspectives. It’d likely make the content better to have a talkative side kick
I'm no crabber but just curious if baiting the pots, then dropping into the hot water to clean, is essentially cooking your bait? I would have guessed that the stacker would pull the clean pot, then bait and stack.
Furnace Branch has the best New Yorker on rye. Try it sometime
DANG!! I wish I lived closer I'd buy up some of them softies! I love a soft crab sammich!
Love the videos! Just wondering, what is the margin in crabbin?
TROT LINE - NOT A HAMMER. LOVE FROM CRABBY DADDY HERE ON THE PATUXENT RIVER
Just a thought from a non-crabber, wouldnt it be better to bait post dip? the dip would wash some juice of the bait. Or does the dip warm the bait up and make it more smelly? Also, is there any money in selling pre-cooked crabs at the stand? have mini crab rolls for the people waiting in line.
Hi Luke.. will it be better to soak the crab pod in hot water without the shrimp head? I feel once u put the shrimp head in the trap and soak it in hot water all the shrimp juices and scent will bleed out into the hot water and less sent less crab to detect and so less crabs in each pot.. what u thinks brotha from another mother
Striped bass! Luke my family are fishermen in Gloucester ma! Would love to see you collaborate
Take a shot Everytime Luke says "crabs"
Hellzz yeah make that money brother
If you invest in a larger wider further boat you can expand inside the boat you can still stack and you can "west-side story" set the pot or pots to the "west-side story"? ? Trade in boat for a larger taller boat? ? The hit head on roof wood problem. Or buy a larger taller boat or boats. Boeing Employee Credit Unit (BECU.) Business loan.
I live in Houston Mississippi we farm a lot of sweet potatoes actually Vardaman Mississippi is the sweet potato capital of the world …….. it sounds like crabbing and sweet potatoes have a lot in common. You have to grade them just like you do when there’s a lot of them prices are down when there’s a few of them like if you have a bad year drought or something or too much rain you know how it goes. The prices are always up and down. & just like crabbing it cost a lot of money farm sweet potatoes, high dollar tractors high dollar diggers a lot of employee cost …..Tiny ( Len Price ) Houston MS
Does boiling the fresh bait in the bath help with the pot catching the grab? Me not knowing, I would think boiling it would boil the juices out of the bait and not catch as much.
Schedule crabbing to optimize? ?
Great videos! What up with the new boat?
Need the cull sticks online!
Eyy the rest of the video lol
Does putting the baited pot into the hot water cook off a lot of the bait scent?
Hey Luke, new mic kinda sucks bro.
Question, why do you put the new bait in before you dip the pot in hot water. Wouldn’t it be better to put them in after? Not a crabber wouldn’t know. Might be a good video for your “can it catch” series.
Keep up the awesome work. Might be by the crab stand if we take the 1,000 mile journey this year.
Woo hoo!
Hey Luke. I'm curious to know if the hot water tub to clean the crap traps would potentially cook the shrimp and take some of the freshness out of the bait??