WINNERS of the 2012 Biggest crab CONTEST

[tattoo]

Congrats to the winners of the BIGGEST blue crab contest for 2012  First place , HUNTBIRD  Second place , Capt MOOSE. and third olace . MR.BREEZE.  I need your addresses and what name you want engraved on your AWARD.  congrats again and thank you all that took part in this years contest.

[Mr. Breeze]

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[lreops]

Good Job, Gentlemen.


Ron

[flounderpounder]

way to go Moose...way to represent the rec crabbers !!!!

[Mutzy crab man]

GREAT JOB GUYS....What were the sizes Rich???..Where were they caught??

[Dreampixels]

GREAT JOB GUYS....What were the sizes Rich???..Where were they caught??

OH NO! Remember Last Year?

[flounderpounder]

The contest is officially over? I think i have an 81/2" er in todays basket

[tattoo]

GREAT JOB GUYS....What were the sizes Rich???..Where were they caught??

i think they wewe all caught in MD   8 3/4 ,  8 1/2  and 8 6/16

[crabbywaters]

Take that LA Congrats guys! Nice crabs..

[flounderpounder]

Take that LA Congrats guys! Nice crabs..

Pretty sure huntbird is a comm from LA... Could be wrong

[crabbywaters]

Pretty sure huntbird is a comm from LA... Could be wrong

Oh.. Dam you LA

[flounderpounder]

actually huntbird had 1st and 2nd place from what i saw .....my bet cracked crab gets 1-6th place next year.. that dude is amazing !!!

[tedbo]

i think they wewe all caught in MD   8 3/4 ,  8 1/2  and 8 6/16

8 6/16?  Do you mean 8 and 3 little lines and 3 bigger lines? 

I thought Ridley taught you how to reduce fractions?   

[Mutzy crab man]

i think they wewe all caught in MD   8 3/4 ,  8 1/2  and 8 6/16

Thanks Rich.................

[Ron]

Congrats guys

[wag]

     YES ------>  congrats  guys  and  thanks for the contest tattoo   

         Maybe next year I can do better than my   8 and 1/16"     

[CaptMoose]

Thanks all.  FWIW, I think it has to do more with luck than skill sometimes.  EJMac110 and I caught our crab in a 10" topless on the Bohemia on a tough day.  The current was ripping and the crabs bit best at slack tide.  We managed just shy of 2 bushels.  Aside from the mumbo, the next biggest crab was 6-3/4".  The mumbo must have been lost or just really hungry.

Thanks Jeff.  I didn't crab nearly half as much as I would have liked to but it just goes to show that you don't necessarily need to crab your tail off to catch a mumbo.

[Mutzy crab man]

Thanks all.  FWIW, I think it has to do more with luck than skill sometimes.  EJMac110 and I caught our crab in a 10" topless on the Bohemia on a tough day.  The current was ripping and the crabs bit best at slack tide.  We managed just shy of 2 bushels.  Aside from the mumbo, the next biggest crab was 6-3/4".  The mumbo must have been lost or just really hungry.

Thanks Jeff.  I didn't crab nearly half as much as I would have liked to but it just goes to show that you don't necessarily need to crab your tail off to catch a mumbo.

Just got to be at the right place the right time......I'm still looking for that place

[crewstation]

Just got to be at the right place the right time......I'm still looking for that place

But from what I hear, you're running out of time. 

[Huntbird]

Thanks guys, this puts a good end to what was an otherwise horrible season!  I am actually a recreational crabber from LA, but I am originally from MD.  So I learned how to do it from the best, then I came down to do it where there are the most .  Obviously, I brought the camera and ruler with me from MD as they are apparently unavailable in LA .  I keep a few crab pots and run a trotline occasionally.  I caught the big crabs (8+") early, then struggled the rest of the year to find anything large.  Theory here is we are missing the 2010 year class of crabs.  The megalops could have been killed by the BP oil and dispersant.  Then along came Isaac and that was crabbus-interruptus for me for 2012.  Thanks for running the contest and the site!