We just went this past weekend to bandon. Took my boys over and we caught 12 at 7 inches Dungeness crab.you always have some awsome pulls no matter what pots you use
@@adong1 I actually befriended the crabs and they accepted me as their equal and took me to their underwater city. They don't have the internet there so I don't get online as often as I would normally.
Interesting! I go crabbing a lot too. Well, I used to more. Now I go out fishing on the ocean whenever I can. It’s all pretty much fun, especially when the catching is good. I posted a video of my trip last Saturday.
PK, I did have a friend that had a live feed camera on his boat and he could sort of pick and choose what fish he would go after. It was fresh water so it was a clearer picture. Always kind of felt like cheating to me though. I do send your vids to a friend just to show how often we should be pulling up our snares. I was dazzled at how fast the crabs get to the bait and it explained why we often came up with an empty bait box. Now I cast one snare and let it soak while I'm baiting the other one. As soon as the second snare is cast I pull the first one up. All because of you guys take the risk of losing your go pro to show us the speed a carb will get to your bait!
Maybe you can just lift the net a little every minute, if it's heavy you know it's full The crabs won't run away at your lifting, they are not like fishes Or better, use a live water proof camera connected to your laptop to show the underwater
So many crabs in such a short time! If you would test an area with one one pot for ten minutes and then move to a different location if you saw little results. If the pot is full in ten minutes drop the rest of your pots close by and then just start hauling and culling. Time and fuel efficient.
Would you recommend this pot for crabbing off the docks? I'm going to be going grabbing at the end of the month, and want to know if i should get one or just keep using my pots.
I definitely learned a lot from your video. 1. Hoop pots need to be checked every ten minutes. It may be more work but you'll get five times more crabs. If you hadn't made the video, the end result of just a few crabs would have been misinterpreted to mean there weren't very many crabs around. 2. I can envision that fishing with just two hoop traps, checking every ten minutes or less, one would work their ass off. But they would go home with a limit of crabs in less than an hour. 3. Heavy rebar construction is much better at keeping the crabs from lifting the trap off the bottom. Your lightweight trap was easily lifted by the crabs allowing them to feed from below. 3. A heavy-duty small-mesh bait box will allow your bait to last much longer. These crabs are amazing when it comes to robbing the bait.
That's just nuts! Our weather is so bad in WA during fall that you need a big boat to go out. We get the low pressure systems coming off the gulf of Alaska and they are what I would compare to a tropical storm in Louisiana where I am originally from. Is your weather half decent in OR to go out on a 20’ boat or less?
Maybe you can just lift the net a little every minute, if it's heavy you know it's full The crabs won't run away at your lifting, they are not like fishes Or better, use a live water proof camera connected to your laptop to show the underwater
@@nia6849 it's a bit much... simply paying attention to the soaking time, month, tide, swell, and any information the ODFW releases is enough to limit like this guy PK does. This guy cleans up like nobody else I've ever seen. It's all about those aforementioned factors. Crabs are there, this is evident from the numerous divers who have surveyed the floor of most oregon coast bays (nehalem, coos bay, tillamook, etc.)
When I was much younger man I worked as a sternman on a lobster boat up here in Maine. For us crabs were the enemy. They would get in the traps and eat all the bait. The old guy I worked for would have me put a crab on the bait string along with the regular bait. He said it would keep the other crabs from coming into the trap. I'm not sure it really worked, but we did it anyway. We would set a string of traps in an area we knew the crabs were use those for the day. He would let a 10 trap string soak overnight, and when we hauled them the next day we would have tons of them to use. I've seen a 4 foot trap come over the rail so stuffed with crabs both inside and clinging on the outside that you could not see the trap itself. It literally looked like a huge ball of crabs. All so I could kill them and use them as both bait and deterant. One man's trash is another man's treasure, I guess.
I was blown away how fast it filled. Please try slip ring traps. Crabs CAN'T escape when pulled! Mount Go Pro facing down where 3 ropes connect. I don't use a light. 50' down on a sunny day.
I somehow thought you were maybe watching this live on your phone through the GoPro app and I was thinking why the hell is he waiting so long to pull it up.
Hiya! I have just started crab hooping. Yay! And, I have the same issue. HOW DO I KNOW THAT CRABS ARE IN MY HOOP? Yesterday, crabs took ALL my bait, and I had no idea that they were even there. So, I've been thinking about setting up a rigged floater system. I tie a floater/small buoy to a piece of bait, in my case, sardine. When the crab eats the sardine, the buoy is released and floats to the top. Then I can wait a few mins, before pulling it up.
It definitely is!! After a great day of fishing and crabbing you have to stop in at the "FAT IRISH PUB" for a great meal and their famous bottom filled beers! Staff is incredible.
When we catch mud crabs in Northern Territory of Australia I will throw my crab pots out we have 10 as soon as my last one goes in I go back to the first one and start putting the crab pots in and I normally get monsters
Great video with full crab ring within 10 minutes. Unfortunately, the crab ate up all the bait and left before you pulled it out of the water. Maybe invest in a crab bait bag or container to make you bait last longer and the crab will not leave so soon. I noticed in most of your crab videos, you load up your crab pot bait container like you intend to feed the crab vs just to attract the crab.
Huh? I hope you just didn't learn that there is a crab minimum size 5 3/4" and NOT to keep females. There are some who keep the ones just short of the minimum legal size and most likely take the backs off so no one can tell. Thanks PK for throwing back those that are just a "hair" short.
NICE! You’re right, need a live feed (at least when using the open top types of “traps.” There are fish cameras designed to see what is down there,I have seen them for under $500 with a cable 50 feet long....
On a dock in Maryland in like canal or river set at dock put my chicken bones was eating in my trap . Hand trap 4 doors let slack ropes hold for 10 minutes you can feel them walking in pull up bunch blue crab . Maine has bait bags tighter mess my buddy always in the evening he was making bait bags in living room. He also built 2 wood boats 39 an 44 lobster boat .
Crabbing season is year round in Oregon. Department of fish and wildlife determines closures on domoic acid levels. They provide updates/closure announcements on their website at: www.oregon.gov/ODA/programs/FoodSafety/Shellfish/Pages/ShellfishClosures.aspx . I check that site each time before an outing.
@@oregonlife awesome! Thanks PK, always learning from your channel! I ended up going with a celilo based on your recommendation! It has slayed the perch.
I have the same pots and put some ridged plastic mesh on the bottom it makes it easier to get the crabs out they can grab the bottom mesh , I did ituse before my last trip and all the crabs fell right out into my tub , I may do the sides after seeing them have trouble with the sides in your video
i fish crab in north atlantic great vid we set 300 traps 8000 pounds a day so heres a joke for you why cant a lobster get along with his wife he was married to a crab
It would be interesting to have a bigger net 10ftx10ft layed down first and drop the crab basket on top. Then at 10 min pull the 10x10 net and get them all... Food 4 thought... ;-) BTW you could attach old junk fishing poles to the sides of the 10x10 to make it lay flat on the bottom...
Wow! Imagine if you had the cage with the doors. That would be a heavy pull! Thanks for sharing PK.
Yo
Port heueneme pier one of the best crab catches i reemeber. This gave a throwback!
I'm new to this channel and not disappointed at all. This is the second video I've seen and I already love the content, can't wait to see more👍
We just went this past weekend to bandon. Took my boys over and we caught 12 at 7 inches Dungeness crab.you always have some awsome pulls no matter what pots you use
I just got a trap last week, just threw it out and came online to see what to do next. I'll be right back!!
Bro has been checking his crab pot for 2 years. Mans fell in the ocean 💀
@@adong1 I actually befriended the crabs and they accepted me as their equal and took me to their underwater city. They don't have the internet there so I don't get online as often as I would normally.
Interesting! I go crabbing a lot too. Well, I used to more. Now I go out fishing on the ocean whenever I can. It’s all pretty much fun, especially when the catching is good. I posted a video of my trip last Saturday.
PK, I did have a friend that had a live feed camera on his boat and he could sort of pick and choose what fish he would go after. It was fresh water so it was a clearer picture. Always kind of felt like cheating to me though.
I do send your vids to a friend just to show how often we should be pulling up our snares. I was dazzled at how fast the crabs get to the bait and it explained why we often came up with an empty bait box.
Now I cast one snare and let it soak while I'm baiting the other one.
As soon as the second snare is cast I pull the first one up.
All because of you guys take the risk of losing your go pro to show us the speed a carb will get to your bait!
It’s 3 am. Wtf am I doing with my life
🤷🏻♂️ you should go crabbing😁
@@mokuohaisaia8447nice idea😂
This is me right now🤣
@@EthanHicks-j4y hello bro
@@EthanHicks-j4y yo bro
LOVING the daily vids PK! Thanks for the entertainment!
Great vid Pk! We all learn from your underwater vids...tight lines 😎
🤙 Thanks, Roland.
thanks. I won't be using that type of crab pot in the future. That was a bait robbery for the most part.
I so love living on the west coast.It's just like living in wonderland.
This reminds me of what a fishin shop told me about using rings: "Only let them soak for 10-20 minutes"
Maybe you can just lift the net a little every minute, if it's heavy you know it's full
The crabs won't run away at your lifting, they are not like fishes
Or better, use a live water proof camera connected to your laptop to show the underwater
Why do you have to soak the trap for 10 minutes? Thx I'm rookie
@@haunsolo1999the scent to be released in the water when the trap is thrown in the 10 min. soak.
That was pretty cool to see. it can be a learning experience maybe. to know to bring it up sooner. awesome job!
So many crabs in such a short time! If you would test an area with one one pot for ten minutes and then move to a different location if you saw little results. If the pot is full in ten minutes drop the rest of your pots close by and then just start hauling and culling. Time and fuel efficient.
Thanks for sharing love too a trap just raking it in but like you said wanna be able to see underway and know when to pull it up!
There were some monsters in that pot...
Safe Journeys and Enjoy Life...😷😷😷
Good of you to feed all those crab
Awesome, heartwarming video.
Man the scent from that bait just drives them insane! Sped up the video is pretty creepy lol.
Would you recommend this pot for crabbing off the docks? I'm going to be going grabbing at the end of the month, and want to know if i should get one or just keep using my pots.
great video!! I cant wait to start crabbing, I dont have a boat so, Ill be surf and off piers etc.
I definitely learned a lot from your video.
1. Hoop pots need to be checked every ten minutes. It may be more work but you'll get five times more crabs. If you hadn't made the video, the end result of just a few crabs would have been misinterpreted to mean there weren't very many crabs around.
2. I can envision that fishing with just two hoop traps, checking every ten minutes or less, one would work their ass off. But they would go home with a limit of crabs in less than an hour.
3. Heavy rebar construction is much better at keeping the crabs from lifting the trap off the bottom. Your lightweight trap was easily lifted by the crabs allowing them to feed from below.
3. A heavy-duty small-mesh bait box will allow your bait to last much longer. These crabs are amazing when it comes to robbing the bait.
Note to self, use a different style of pot. That's an amazing haul in such a short time. Too bad they escaped.
PK great underwater video. smaller mesh bait boxes??
Yes, that will work too. I need to get one.
Wow!!! Great video as usual PK....
That's just nuts! Our weather is so bad in WA during fall that you need a big boat to go out. We get the low pressure systems coming off the gulf of Alaska and they are what I would compare to a tropical storm in Louisiana where I am originally from. Is your weather half decent in OR to go out on a 20’ boat or less?
The swells here are usually rough. I've only been out twice in my 16 foot boat into open ocean. Low swells in the 1-2 foot is ultra rare here.
Incredible!
I cannot believe that net would've been able to catch that many! If I get lucky, I'm usually at 3 max!
Maybe you can just lift the net a little every minute, if it's heavy you know it's full
The crabs won't run away at your lifting, they are not like fishes
Or better, use a live water proof camera connected to your laptop to show the underwater
I've tried that. The connection gets lost thru water. It would have to be connected thru a cable wire to be able to watch it live.
@@pdxfishing6840 I was just about to say this. RF has a hard time with water
@@nia6849 it's a bit much... simply paying attention to the soaking time, month, tide, swell, and any information the ODFW releases is enough to limit like this guy PK does. This guy cleans up like nobody else I've ever seen. It's all about those aforementioned factors. Crabs are there, this is evident from the numerous divers who have surveyed the floor of most oregon coast bays (nehalem, coos bay, tillamook, etc.)
When I was much younger man I worked as a sternman on a lobster boat up here in Maine. For us crabs were the enemy. They would get in the traps and eat all the bait. The old guy I worked for would have me put a crab on the bait string along with the regular bait. He said it would keep the other crabs from coming into the trap. I'm not sure it really worked, but we did it anyway. We would set a string of traps in an area we knew the crabs were use those for the day. He would let a 10 trap string soak overnight, and when we hauled them the next day we would have tons of them to use. I've seen a 4 foot trap come over the rail so stuffed with crabs both inside and clinging on the outside that you could not see the trap itself. It literally looked like a huge ball of crabs. All so I could kill them and use them as both bait and deterant. One man's trash is another man's treasure, I guess.
I was blown away how fast it filled. Please try slip ring traps. Crabs CAN'T escape when pulled! Mount Go Pro facing down where 3 ropes connect. I don't use a light. 50' down on a sunny day.
I somehow thought you were maybe watching this live on your phone through the GoPro app and I was thinking why the hell is he waiting so long to pull it up.
Great video, thank you
Long John Silver's couldn't get you your Seafood that fast...
Dork…stay in your apartment.
okay so the firsts 10 min are the best moment to pull trap of the boat
Perhaps, especially for traps that have no doors.
damn, you're making me hungry!
I know I am late but I can swear that with a gopro you can have a live feed going. Might want to look into that!
If it is a gopro can you not open wifi, connect via app and then see the live feed?
Hiya! I have just started crab hooping. Yay! And, I have the same issue. HOW DO I KNOW THAT CRABS ARE IN MY HOOP? Yesterday, crabs took ALL my bait, and I had no idea that they were even there. So, I've been thinking about setting up a rigged floater system. I tie a floater/small buoy to a piece of bait, in my case, sardine. When the crab eats the sardine, the buoy is released and floats to the top. Then I can wait a few mins, before pulling it up.
"You're gonna need a bigger pot."
Brookings is Beautiful .....
It definitely is!! After a great day of fishing and crabbing you have to stop in at the "FAT IRISH PUB" for a great meal and their famous bottom filled beers! Staff is incredible.
Do you know if this pot is legal in wa? I can’t find any regs on this specific
Hey PK! Where in Oregon is this? I normally go to Tillamook and Netarts but would love alternative places for a change of scenery.
Waldport. Google "oregon clamming maps", and there are many maps on ODFW website.
When we catch mud crabs in Northern Territory of Australia I will throw my crab pots out we have 10 as soon as my last one goes in I go back to the first one and start putting the crab pots in and I normally get monsters
Thanks for the tip!!
Wow that's a lot of crab you need a bigger trap
Ive always run my pots at 20 minut intervals, but now im thinkin that im gonna have to pull my pots every ten minuts
Same here - never knew it was more like teen boys at a sorority party...! 🤪😇
@@Kjellmclean
Great analogy 🤣🤣🤣
Crabs 10pts. Crabber 0pts.
This violates the man-crab armistice (clawistice), our optimised claws shall rise from the waves and crush you! Crab.
imagine if you could attach a wire to a floating antenna that would broadcast the video to you so you'd know when to pull the pots
that's cool. what was the bait you used?
Great video with full crab ring within 10 minutes. Unfortunately, the crab ate up all the bait and left before you pulled it out of the water. Maybe invest in a crab bait bag or container to make you bait last longer and the crab will not leave so soon. I noticed in most of your crab videos, you load up your crab pot bait container like you intend to feed the crab vs just to attract the crab.
Crabs ate my build-back-better plan...
Need the bait boxes in the corners
How deep is the crab pot ?
Thanks to the gov regulations to keep size and females. The crab 🦀 population looks healthy.
Huh? I hope you just didn't learn that there is a crab minimum size 5 3/4" and NOT to keep females. There are some who keep the ones just short of the minimum legal size and most likely take the backs off so no one can tell. Thanks PK for throwing back those that are just a "hair" short.
Do you mind if I use this video with a voiceover for my channel? I want to do one on the crabs in a bucket mentality
Nice! What are the chopsticks for on the pvc pipe??
Drag?
Damn looks fun af I wanna try it ...
Have you tried or know someone who tried using both fish and chicken in the same trap as bait?
May I ask what kind of LED you used that's waterproof?
How did you mount the camera to the trap and why two different size pipes
wOooO。。。。。so many Crabs.............so desprateeeeeeeeee.......full houseee
Where did you get the trap? And what’s it called
Can you tell me which area you lay out the nest?
Good trap very much crab
NICE!
You’re right, need a live feed (at least when using the open top types of “traps.”
There are fish cameras designed to see what is down there,I have seen them for under $500 with a cable 50 feet long....
There are plenty on Amazon for around $150. I'll be looking into getting one soon.
LOL, he listed every thing except that particular pot.
How deep was that?
Was the chicken bait raw or cooked?
Raw.
@@oregonlife thank you 😊
Look at their little claws though how are they worth anything or are these caught for some other purpose??
On a dock in Maryland in like canal or river set at dock put my chicken bones was eating in my trap . Hand trap 4 doors let slack ropes hold for 10 minutes you can feel them walking in pull up bunch blue crab . Maine has bait bags tighter mess my buddy always in the evening he was making bait bags in living room. He also built 2 wood boats 39 an 44 lobster boat .
PK are there concerns of domoic acid in Oregon? Is that why there isn't a season really for crabbing?
Crabbing season is year round in Oregon. Department of fish and wildlife determines closures on domoic acid levels. They provide updates/closure announcements on their website at: www.oregon.gov/ODA/programs/FoodSafety/Shellfish/Pages/ShellfishClosures.aspx . I check that site each time before an outing.
@@oregonlife awesome! Thanks PK, always learning from your channel! I ended up going with a celilo based on your recommendation! It has slayed the perch.
I have the same pots and put some ridged plastic mesh on the bottom it makes it easier to get the crabs out they can grab the bottom mesh , I did ituse before my last trip and all the crabs fell right out into my tub , I may do the sides after seeing them have trouble with the sides in your video
Do you know if this pot is legal in wa? I can’t find any regs on this specific
Should have gotten a bigger pot.
Bruh eyoyo cámaras work great
title says 10 mins he says 40 mins and the actual video is only 7:49 minutes... anyone else confused ...ROFL 🤣 🤣
were was this located?
What's the purpose of having a crab pot they can escape from
I would use the other crab net it's a basket where they come in and can't come out
Where is this
Good job, this is insane crabing thanks, this is a good way to get rid of your ex wife body lol
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Where’s a good spot to fish for surf perch in the month of august. Pk pls respond
He said "the water... won't find very many on land!" 😜
Jk'n I'd like to know too!! 😊
Wow
Guess that's the downside
of having an OPEN pot! 🙄
What is the food which put on the net?
Chicken
If you run a cable to the camera then you would be live video and you could have pulled the pot much earlier
You could have had a mother load at 8 minutes!
Put a deer cam underwater😂
7:33 crab rave
So what did we learn.....don't wear chicken when you go diving.
i fish crab in north atlantic great vid we set 300 traps 8000 pounds a day so heres a joke for you why cant a lobster get along with his wife he was married to a crab
It would be interesting to have a bigger net 10ftx10ft layed down first and drop the crab basket on top. Then at 10 min pull the 10x10 net and get them all... Food 4 thought... ;-) BTW you could attach old junk fishing poles to the sides of the 10x10 to make it lay flat on the bottom...
Limit in Oregon Is 12 per person lol
There's restrictions on how big a trap/net you can use.
Hello can I have some of these crabs thanks
You need a bigger cage
You need a bigger pot and more bait.. Yank it up at 12 minutes..!!
So pull at 15 min 💸
I just wanted to see crabs going into a cage...not all the blah blah