Topsail sound crabbing Aug 17-20

[saxon4646]

Set out 4 full sized pots and 4 1/2 size this trip. MUCH nicer conditions this time. I made 4 pulls and moved a couple pots to different locations due to no crabs or small. Ended up catching only 76 crabs total. That could have been partly my fault as I was trying to target stone crabs. I ended up with 39 keepers and did catch 15 stone crabs but was only able to collect 4 claws. I had 4 flounder in the pots- 3 would have been legal size in the 17-18 inch range and one was a couple inches short of what would have been legal ( 15 in ) also caught 5 blowfish. I caught 1 more sponge crab which I was glad to see. Not seeing many of them at all anymore. Red drum all over the place, caught 7 - largest was 32 inches which came within about 4 cranks of my reel from spooling me. Thought for sure I would have never got that one in. Had a blast.

[seabass]

Nice report Sax, way to get on them crabs. What bait were you using to catch the Reds?

Greg

[saxon4646]

Live finger mullet on a Carolina Rig- Greg- Cast it out and sit the rod in the holder, I never move it or it gets hung up in the grass

[seabass]

Thanks Sax!

Greg