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« on: November 18, 2011, 05:14:12 PM »
I've been a recreational crabber all my life, first as a small child on the west coast with dungeness and for the last 20 years on the TX coast with blues and stones.

From time to time I've considered buying a commercial License when they rarely come available, but since I'm gone during the peak season I quickly put that out of mind, but perhaps someday.....

I go by my own set of rules.
While the legal size is 5" here I don't keep anything less than 5 1/2", frankly any smaller isn't worth the trouble in my mind.
And while females are legal I throw them back, perhaps it's just habit from my dungeness days, but doesn't it make sense for continued propagation of the species?

I would welcome thoughts from others on "my rules" specifically on not keeping females and if some of y'all do the same.

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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2011, 05:27:10 PM »
Welcome Crabby.

You will find allot of folks on the BCA that share your way of thinking.  For year, allot of us preached "throw the females back" now it's the current law for Rec's crabbing in Maryland.   Cool  I crab in VA where it's legal to take them, but do not harvest Sooks.  Just my personal preference.
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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2011, 07:00:24 PM »
Welcome and I agree  Wink
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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2011, 07:38:42 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2011, 10:27:26 PM »
I agree as well.. Do you crab year round where you live in tx. If so post your reports, i would love to read reports from tx this winter while sitting  here in the snow.
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2011, 08:10:39 PM »
WELCOME ABOARD
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2011, 11:12:29 AM »
Thanks for the welcome, and I'm glad others feel the same way about not keeping females.
I just wish the commercial guy across the harbor agreed as well, but I understand he has to make a buck too.

Crabbywaters, I'm a sunbird so I spend June through October on the shore of Lake Huron, thus I miss the peak season here.
Right now it's mostly females in the traps, though I've just been crabbing off my dock and not in the bay yet as I've been busy with other things.
Last winter was an unusually a good year for stone crab and not as good for blue (at least for me)
Time will tell what this winter will bring.

Now I'm off to bait the traps and get some work done around this slum
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2011, 02:35:02 PM »
Welcome aboard COM.
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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2011, 02:45:22 PM »
Welcome aboard.. BTW admitting you were a lurker is the first step to being accepted here ....   laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh


lot's of good folks on hee to share tips and stories and info with...... except I am not so sure about Ronster....   Roll Eyes Roll Eyes laugh laugh laugh laugh
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2011, 04:14:33 PM »
Yeah.   Best not trust Ronster with your crabbing locations or around your daughters...
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2011, 09:29:01 PM »
LOL, I think I'm going to like it here.
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2011, 10:47:04 AM »
Quote from: Ronster on November 21, 2011, 04:14:33 PM
Yeah.   Best not trust Ronster with your crabbing locations or around your daughters...

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