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I have been lurking around this board for a few months gathering information and gleaning advice. I finally got out for the first time all season on 9/21. I got bunker at DCBR when he opened the door at 6:10 and drove over to Turkey Point with bunker, chicken necks and eight traps. WHAT A GREAT DAY! I had traps in the water by 6:30. Tide was running out. I had three traps I purchased from DCBR last year and five that I made. One trap I made had some sort of serious malfunction on the bottom because it didn't catch a single crab all day. I found the bunker was a much better bait than the chicken ( so much in fact I stopped using the chicken by 10:30). I got over three dozen nice heavy keepers (I only keep bigger that five inches and no girls).
The fishing was not so great for me. I usually get some perch, spot, short strippers and black bass. My gear is fresh water and it just wasn't working for me. About 8:00 two guys showed up to do some serious fishing a crushed the perch, as well as one keeper stripper and a black bass. Wasn't my day for the fish.
I was done by 1:30 with my cooler of crabs, I bid the guys fishing good luck and went over to check out the new ramp that was built on the trib to Dividing Creek (Hensey Creek Road, I think). I put my boat in on the old ramp and was afraid i wouldn't be able to get my car out with the mud but the new ramp looks awesome... maybe next week if the water in still warm.
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Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2011, 01:13:12 PM » |
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nice report,
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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2011, 01:41:46 PM » |
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UUUUUUMMMMM legal size is 5 1/4 and over not over 5 ' and over..
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2011, 01:52:00 PM » |
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UUUUUUMMMMM legal size is 5 1/4 and over not over 5 ' and over..
NJ regulations state 4 1/2 inches. You know something I don't? |
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« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2011, 01:54:31 PM » |
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Sorry didn't know u where in NJ.. Turkey point to me is in MD.. Anyway not much meat in 5 inch crabs.. not worth the time to pick..
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« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2011, 02:07:56 PM » |
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Thats why i posted it in the Jersey thread... Five inch crab isn't so bad, it is what you make of it. Forty crabs, couple of friends; the glass is half full if you know what I'm saying. Besides Jersey crabs taste better than MD crabs.
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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2011, 02:32:20 PM » |
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I WILL TAKE 5" CRABS ALL DAY LONG AS LONG AS THEY PASS THE PINCH TEST
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« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2011, 02:47:48 PM » |
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I'm with Boxy and Kathy on this  |
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« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2011, 02:51:24 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2011, 05:53:55 PM » |
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Thumbs up to boxy!!!!
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« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2011, 06:16:49 PM » |
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What type of bait were the fisherman using?
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« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2011, 07:44:53 PM » |
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This year my buddy got me the crab master and so far it works like a champ so even little crabs are pretty easy.
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« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2011, 10:38:27 PM » |
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UUUUUUMMMMM legal size is 5 1/4 and over not over 5 ' and over..
5' crabs would be a bear to handle. |
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« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2011, 10:41:28 PM » |
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5' crabs would be a bear to handle.
Ask Shedking............It Take 2 Hands to Handle a Whopper..............  |
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« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2011, 11:07:02 PM » |
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What type of bait were the fisherman using?
Bloodworms, frozen peanut bunker and some minnows from my trap (killies and what look like smelt). Mostly bloodworms. |
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« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2011, 11:18:45 PM » |
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Thanks ron cant wait for 2012 assault
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« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2011, 07:25:09 AM » |
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It wasn't so much of a squeal.....more like the way a teenage girl shakes and screams when she sees her favorite boy band  |
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« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2011, 11:55:38 AM » |
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« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2011, 05:22:18 PM » |
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It's scary......isn't it?
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« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2011, 09:19:50 AM » |
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« Reply #20 on: September 29, 2011, 09:55:30 AM » |
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what is this pinch test. why,where, By they way ron the ABC fest was great.
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