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« on: June 07, 2012, 12:10:50 PM » |
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Tried at Jamaica bay yesterday with two trap didn't get any but I saw a guy catch one. He had six traps lol.
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« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2012, 02:07:24 PM » |
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better luck next time , the more traps you have , the better are your chances.
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2012, 02:04:45 PM » |
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You guys know about water quality in Jamaica Bay? I know it's closed to shellfish harvesting, but what about fishing/crabbing? Also if anyone knows of good crab/oyster/clammin spots within an hour's drive of Brooklyn I'd love to know!
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2012, 05:01:59 PM » |
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You guys know about water quality in Jamaica Bay? I know it's closed to shellfish harvesting, but what about fishing/crabbing? Also if anyone knows of good crab/oyster/clammin spots within an hour's drive of Brooklyn I'd love to know!
Fishing and crabbing in Jbay is fine. Just no clams. |
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2012, 05:47:27 PM » |
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Tried at Jamaica bay yesterday with two trap didn't get any but I saw a guy catch one. He had six traps lol.
Jamaica Bay....My old crabbing grounds in the late 50s...Now that place was HOT |
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« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2012, 08:05:00 AM » |
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I caught 5 crabs in 4hours yesterday. 1x7.25", 2x6", 1x5.5", 1x4.75". Cooked them in the evening tastes great dry curried  oh I had 5traps, on incoming tide(low to high) |
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« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2012, 07:52:47 PM » |
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You guys know about water quality in Jamaica Bay? I know it's closed to shellfish harvesting, but what about fishing/crabbing? Also if anyone knows of good crab/oyster/clammin spots within an hour's drive of Brooklyn I'd love to know!
Jamaica Bay is actually much cleaner than most people think. I know lots of people that fish and crab down there, never had any problems with quality. |
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« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2012, 09:10:51 AM » |
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I went twice in the past week and I caught nothing, while others were catching right next to me.
I believe my bunker is the problem because my freeze went out on a power surge for a few days and the bunker I caught were defrosted.
I just kept them because I didn't think it would make a difference to the crabs, but now I see that it does.
Fresh bunker out crabs old stale refrozen bunker.
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« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2012, 09:57:50 AM » |
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Fresh bait always outcrabs old bait. Same with chicken...
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« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2012, 06:47:25 PM » |
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Fresh bait always outcrabs old bait. Same with chicken...
i caught some pilcrads today if i freeze them and use them for next week would it still be concedered as fresh and chicken as well |
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2012, 03:59:54 AM » |
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Well as wendy's said..."Fresh never frozen!"
I used chicken a few weeks ago, had a lot left over, froze it, and used it again this week and had my best day of the season. Who knows? I might start using old sneakers!
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« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2012, 02:28:03 PM » |
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Crabbed two days ago and caught only 4 keepers around 5"-6" in 4hours. I guess the crabs are being over harvested at the bridge.
I did see thousands of snappers none of which were taking bait/spoon/crank bait. They were feeding splashing out of the water, but wont bite on any lure or freshly caught spearing.
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« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2012, 02:08:39 PM » |
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Went again yesterday 5 crabs 3hours. Those "snappers" I saw before were not "snappers" after all. I caught one in crab trap and it turned out to be a Northern Kingfish. This explains why they were not biting lures or bait.
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« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2012, 02:19:15 PM » |
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They are good eats.. We use bloodworms to catch them in the surf. |
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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2012, 09:20:30 AM » |
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what size hook/rig? there mouth seem really small.
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« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2012, 09:09:38 PM » |
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2 crab 4hours +1 cocktail blue 10mins + I locked my keys in the trunk LOL 1.5hours and I scratched up the upholstery and doors  The blues were out in the evening feeding on peanut bunker. I was about to leave and I decided to use a spoon with my last 10mins to see what I came up with. I hooked 4 only one made the journey up to the bridge; the rest fought hard and came off the hook  |
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« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2012, 11:57:39 PM » |
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peanut bunker + cocktail blues are in   Plenty of you reading this probably fish on the bridge as much as I do post some replies! |
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« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2012, 06:16:32 PM » |
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Jbay is getting cleaner, but I won't eat anything out of it, catch and release for me...more for you guys/gals! Reminds me when I did some research in the gowanus canal, and founds TONS of blues in the traps...none for me thanks...BTW the Gowanus is getting cleaner, but it has been the dirtiest waterway in NYC...
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« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2012, 09:06:16 AM » |
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Yea I've heard about the Gowanus it has tons of commercial business and traffic, and it is an inlet. I would not catch and eat anything from there. I've read about "wastewater treatment plants" dumping in Jamaica bay, but there conservation focuses on the nitrogen content in the water. Pollution affects every place on earth directly or indirectly, so even by avoiding eating fish/crab caught at Jamaica bay your still getting your fill of pollutants.
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« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2012, 02:22:48 PM » |
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Crabs starting to come out, seeing females now. plenty peanut bunker and other bait fish, cocktail blues .... |
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« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2012, 08:19:00 AM » |
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crabbin is slow ~.~ plenty small fish though lol
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