Went to Slaughter Creek this morning. I was there with my 26 topless traps watching the sunrise. Waited until it was legal and dropped them. It was a little chilie this morning but I was dressed for it and it warmed fairly quickly.
It was a typical day for Slaughter. There weremany small crabs, I know I through back several hundred of them. Only a handful were females, very different from my last few trips to the Choptank where 3/4 were females. Or even the Wye where up to 1/3 were females.
I ended up with 59 keepers. They ranged from just legal to decent size, no mumbos. But there are rarely mumbos at Slaughter Creek.
Another fun year, I got to eat many crabs with friends and family. I also gave plenty away to people who like me more now than they use to
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Good luck to all and have a safe winter, it will be May before you know it.
Izzy
