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« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2007, 10:36:25 PM » |
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Well I finally did it! I went out on the delaware river just north of the Commodore Barry Bridge on monday after work. Took my 30 topless traps and a mess of bunker for bait. We crabbed in 6' of water at the end of the out going tide, over on the NJ side. I'm am so serious about this, we caught 34crabs from 6" to 7 3/4" in less than 2 hours. We also caught about 40 crabs or better that were between 5" and 6" inches. PA crabbing is the best.
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The crab was so big his claw cut my gas line in half and I had to swim back to the dock!
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« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2007, 10:39:25 PM » |
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cool that is so neet. you must have been about where i fish at , right at that houce at the point.  |
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« Reply #27 on: August 01, 2007, 03:39:53 PM » |
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More suprising news....i ate a couple of the crabs last night and I'm not dead yet! I don't even feel sick! To tell you the truth they tasted fantastic, go figure!
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« Reply #28 on: August 01, 2007, 03:41:04 PM » |
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that is soooooooo close to me. If I could only get there.   |
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« Reply #29 on: August 01, 2007, 03:51:56 PM » |
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Tat can you believe this ! I sold my crabbin boat boat and I got crabs 20 minutes away I would eat them.
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Don`t dry your hand`s on the cat.Seemed like a good idea at the time!
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« Reply #30 on: August 01, 2007, 03:54:34 PM » |
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Me too. I rememger about 5 years ago they were catching from the pier that use to be at the tininicum wild life preserve.
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« Reply #31 on: August 01, 2007, 03:57:03 PM » |
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Me too. I rememger about 5 years ago they were catching from the pier that use to be at the tininicum wild life preserve.
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« Reply #32 on: August 01, 2007, 04:25:23 PM » |
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Then they must be there now I would bet , the bridge isn't that far from there.
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« Reply #33 on: August 01, 2007, 08:38:32 PM » |
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Not even kidding, there are tons of crabs out there. i was out there today and got about 12 catfish, really nice ones. Didn't do any crabbing today b/c i still have a bunch in the fridge. But I did notice about 100 commercial pots out there on the Jersey side. Pretty much @ the same depth that I was crabbing the other day.
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« Reply #34 on: August 01, 2007, 08:40:15 PM » |
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you are killing me . where do you put your boat in at ?? flower st. ?
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« Reply #35 on: August 01, 2007, 08:49:35 PM » |
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Yeah.....really nice down there these days. Nobody messes with you or our truck. Most of the time there's a cop in the parking lot too. I've seen the PAFBC officers down there about 6 times since may, they were handing out citations to the guys on the pier without a license everytime. That river has been my favorite fishing spot for 2 years now. We start with catfish, then stripers, then shad, then largemouth and catfish,a couple more stripers and then back to the catfish. Now we have crabs too, it's awesome. Thats not including my canoe trip through the Delaware Water Gap National Forest........l of the smallmouth, walleye, and bald eagle a guy can handle in 3 days. I'll be up there in 2 weeks and i can not wait. We camp 2 nights and canoe 32 miles for an awesome weekend in the most beautiful part of PA.
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« Reply #36 on: August 01, 2007, 08:53:43 PM » |
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have a great trip. I fish on the jersey side where that house is near the point across from the island. I know the guy. he lets me fish there becauee he has steps and a small pier to the river.
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« Reply #37 on: August 02, 2007, 01:16:26 AM » |
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Does anyone know if you can drop a pot in PA? I may stop @ flower st tomorrow on the way to work!
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« Reply #38 on: August 02, 2007, 01:41:09 AM » |
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good question , never crabbed in Pa so really don't know.
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« Reply #39 on: August 02, 2007, 01:47:43 AM » |
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« Reply #40 on: August 02, 2007, 02:06:27 AM » |
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"CRAB POTS are limited to no more than two pots per person when taking crabs. In addition, two handlines may be used."
dOES THIS MEAN NO TRAPS?
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« Reply #41 on: August 02, 2007, 02:08:05 AM » |
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« Reply #42 on: August 02, 2007, 07:00:17 AM » |
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It says nothing about traps,I wounder if a trap is considered a hand line?I`m picking up a 7.5 merk today and gonna find a a small john boat or something to stuff in the back of the truck and give this a shot.40 pounds of chicken necks in the fridge 10 topless in the back of the car doing nothing.This is a no brainer.Fed thanks for being the first to try!
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« Reply #43 on: August 02, 2007, 07:02:52 AM » |
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Is flower st. on the NJ side of the bridge?
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« Reply #44 on: August 02, 2007, 08:32:59 AM » |
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no Pa side.
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« Reply #45 on: August 02, 2007, 12:17:33 PM » |
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Is flower st. on the NJ side of the bridge?
go down 291 till you hit the bridge, it's the light right under it. Why do I have a feeling that the peir is gonna be full soon? |
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« Reply #46 on: August 02, 2007, 12:42:52 PM » |
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I hear you on that . when they hear they are catching crabs up this far and if there is any size to them the free ramp will be packed.
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« Reply #47 on: August 02, 2007, 12:46:33 PM » |
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hey Tatoo, where do you think the DC crabs come from? I'm sure alot come up from the bay.....  |
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« Reply #48 on: August 02, 2007, 12:53:59 PM » |
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don't matter to me a crab is a crab, no matter how you look at it. |
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« Reply #49 on: August 02, 2007, 03:07:48 PM » |
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Lets keep this a secret.Just between us crabbers.
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