Topsail August 25- 28th , 2021

[saxon4646]

Man was the heat coming down. Set out 2 full sized pots and 7 half size this time. Not real good results but I post what I get. Set out Wed afternoon and checked Thurs morning. Caught 31 crabs, 12 keepers and 6 stone crabs. Got 6 claws !  I was shocked and pleasantly surprised. Throwing them back all summer must be paying off.  Ok back to reality- checked Thurs evening- 18 crabs caught- only 4 keepers. Rebaited and checked Friday morning. High expectations were SMASHED !!! I caught 16 crabs with 8 keepers 1 nice flounder and 2 stone crabs that were too small ( claws ) . Checked again just before dark and had 14 crabs with 7 keepers. Final pull this morning- Saturday and had just 13 crabs with 5 keepers.  So my totals = 92 crabs caught, 36 keepers  and 8 total stone crabs  and a flounder. Used some dolphin scraps mainly this time and the rebaited times were with small croakers and pin fish from Thursday on. Water temp 87- SMOKIN !!!!

[tattoo]

Great catches

[LKNGreg]

Karma pays you back on the stone crabs, hope you enjoyed them.  Thanks for sharing, well done. 

Best,
Greg

[seabass]

Nice report Sax, way to stick it out. Stone crabs a bonus!



Greg