Eastern Shore Mid Bay 7/14 & 7/15

[Slowhand]

7/14 laid 1200' of mixed necks and clams at legal time.  Slow but steady throughout the AM.  Anything under 6" and lights went back.  Caught one female and at least 2 dozen+ under 6".  Had a guy in a 24' parker put traps 20' from my line, so I went over to ask him to move them out as for he kept riding over my line to get to his traps...  As soon as I got to him he got one of his traps wrapped up in his prop...  He said as soon as he gets it free he'll move.  I started my loop back and saw he was grabbing his traps and when he turn he ran right over my float for my line...  Boy I was fired up!  All that river and hit a float...?  Unbelievable!!  At least he didn't get wrapped up or cut the line...  Had to tighten the line back up...  Still ended up with a bent lid basket.  

7/15 laid 1200' of 2nd day mixed necks and clams at legal time.  Slower than the day before, but the quality was unreal.  Was just a few shy of a lid bender basket and had only 42 crabs in it...  These things were monsters.  Don't think I kept a crab under 7".  Had well over a dozen of 8"+.  Since it was slow figured I'd try for Rockfish being it was the last day till August...  Landed 5 and kept a 22".  Put a slab on foil with butter, garlic and old bay and steamed it with the crabs.  Good eats there!

Be safe out there!

[crab_clam]

Living large! Great post!

[Wahoo]

I want that!!!   Nice catch...

[ss498]

And they said 8-inch crabs where nonexistent... Ba humbug!  Crabon Brother Crabon !!! 

[mark fix]

Waiting on my kent county permit figure it will be going good till i get it,nice catches!