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FISKE27
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Spring is coming
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Crabbing season is coming,Watch the waters starting to open & sun is longer & warmer.Rivers are running faster.Boys are getting restless.Time ready to change.Lets all stay safe this season,& try to get along.
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Quote from: FISKE27 on March 03, 2011, 08:49:31 PM
Crabbing season is coming,Watch the waters starting to open & sun is longer & warmer.Rivers are running faster.Boys are getting restless.Time ready to change.Lets all stay safe this season,&
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Now you are asking way too much!!.......
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Quote from: robc22 on March 04, 2011, 04:51:22 AM
Now you are asking way too much!!.......
whatever happened to 125bf anyway? seems like this forum missed a good kayak thread this winter
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idk but i saw a bunch of really nice ones at Dicks, for pretty cheap was thinking of picking one up
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Quote from: thedutchtouch on March 04, 2011, 06:14:46 AM
whatever happened to 125bf anyway? seems like this forum missed a good kayak thread this winter
Ya.....what did happen with that kid?
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Wondering what the impact is with crabbing on when the herring & or bait fish come back into the canal & or both ends of the bays?Have reports of sightings in the rivers already
Good sign?
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Quote from: FISKE27 on March 04, 2011, 07:17:07 PM
Wondering what the impact is with crabbing on when the herring & or bait fish come back into the canal & or both ends of the bays?Have reports of sightings in the rivers already
Good sign?
Buzzards bay blue crabs will not show untill Late may/june....... Masspi......The all knowing dude of the BB bluecrab would be the member to talk to on this subject......
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Quote from: robc22 on March 04, 2011, 07:31:11 PM
Buzzards bay blue crabs will not show untill Late may/june....... Masspi......The all knowing dude of the BB bluecrab would be the member to talk to on this subject......
yea well im waitin for a certain guru ,, to take me out and show me were all the crabs are ,,,wink wink,,
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Well the geese have been showing up around southern PA in huge numbers and large flocks of snow geese now.. so you know spirng is on it's way... lot's Robins in the past week....... so it will be your way soon enough...
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Quote from: CrabDog on March 08, 2011, 02:27:13 PM
Well the geese have been showing up around southern PA in huge numbers and large flocks of snow geese now.. so you know spirng is on it's way... lot's Robins in the past week....... so it will be your way soon enough...
Haven't seen a robin yet. But yes, lots of snow geese at Middle Creek refuge.
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Quote from: CrabDog on March 08, 2011, 02:27:13 PM
Well the geese have been showing up around southern PA in huge numbers and large flocks of snow geese now.. so you know spirng is on it's way... lot's Robins in the past week....... so it will be your way soon enough...
yeah you ain't lyin....saw more last week than in the last 10 months...had 1000 birds on my lease the other day
and another 400 on some other pond I can hunt
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and codorus yesterday had more ducks ands geese than the bay...it was nuts with fowl..
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Spring is here ,snowing & less than Av. temps. for rest of this week.What does that mean for ocean Temps & movement of crabs & lobsters? What brings up Ocean Temp.s ,Sun Position,Climate change ,Current changes,Moon Phases,Is there a good sign ?
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Quote from: FISKE27 on March 21, 2011, 08:52:16 PM
Spring is here ,snowing & less than Av. temps. for rest of this week.What does that mean for ocean Temps & movement of crabs & lobsters? What brings up Ocean Temp.s ,Sun Position,Climate change ,Current changes,Moon Phases,Is there a good sign ?
The lobsters will start moving soon but when the dandelions show the tautog invasion will begin in the ditch.....I have caught up to 8 in one trap.....they are a real PIA........
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Re: Spring is coming
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Quote from: FISKE27 on March 21, 2011, 08:52:16 PM
Spring is here ,snowing & less than Av. temps. for rest of this week.What does that mean for ocean Temps & movement of crabs & lobsters? What brings up Ocean Temp.s ,Sun Position,Climate change ,Current changes,Moon Phases,Is there a good sign ?
Down here Sun Shine is the ticket. The saltwater marches, around here, are shallow. Sometimes only inches of water on the High tide. With the dark muddy bottoms the Sun heats the water fast.
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Re: Spring is coming
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Quote from: robc22 on March 22, 2011, 01:18:58 AM
The lobsters will start moving soon but when the dandelions show the tautog invasion will begin in the ditch.....I have caught up to 8 in one trap.....they are a real PIA........
I was told Taug run in the Ditch in Fall? I'd like to catch those big lipped ugly Fish ,Not in my Trap Though!
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Quote from: FISKE27 on March 22, 2011, 08:33:22 PM
I was told Taug run in the Ditch in Fall? I'd like to catch those big lipped ugly Fish ,Not in my Trap Though!
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they will be in your trap's a month from now.....they make a great chowder!!.........
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Alot of geese on the lake where ilive. strarlings and swans Trout popping the water in the morning. Right now 1- inch of snow on the boat in the yard?
?? Soon to be in Fl. tuna fishing watch out blue crabs and stones crabs I will twist a few claws off for all (stones that is) Water in Conn. is perfect for another great year here!!!!!! To all local crabbers groton long pt. to up the Thames river and all the coves are going to be hot. easy two to four hours at night 100 keepers are easy. BE safe on the water.....
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Quote from: robc22 on March 04, 2011, 12:54:25 PM
Ya.....what did happen with that kid?
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Here I am? I haven't been on in a longtime, I have been preoccupied with other things. I sold my boat for a truck, and now I have my license. Quit my job at McDonald's, and now I'm applying at Kent Island Crabs tomorrow.
MAN! I could of made a thread about my truck.
I have a good 92 pictures on Facebook of it...Darn.
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Quote from: 125blackfire on March 27, 2011, 11:19:04 PM
Here I am? I haven't been on in a longtime, I have been preoccupied with other things. I sold my boat for a truck, and now I have my license. Quit my job at McDonald's, and now I'm applying at Kent Island Crabs tomorrow.
MAN! I could of made a thread about my truck.
I have a good 92 pictures on Facebook of it...Darn.
Ya....great to hear from you......and ya
I know all about trucks.......
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Can you believe,they are calling for a foot of wet snow on Fri.Apr.1 2011,We Do Not Need This! We Need Warmer Waters!
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went down to check traps today,had a couple of good sized crabs in there,they are coming out of the mud!
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went down to check traps today,had a couple of good sized crabs in there,they are coming out of the mud!
there comming buddy wont be long now !!!
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