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« on: September 21, 2008, 11:26:35 PM » |
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Hey all. My dad and I went down to the Choptank Pier on Sat. We met two people who are on the board, John and Kevin. (I am terrible with remembering names. I hope I got that right.) Nice guys. They were down there trying out the place for the first time I believe. Hope that they caught some!!  As for us we were down there from sun up until about 3pm. Tide was comming in for a little while in the early A.M. then slooowly going out the rest of the day. We ended up with 47 crabs mostly mediums. My dad did catch a 7" one. No lite ones. Lots of female throwbacks. A very good catch and a nice day. I took pictures of the catch but none on the pier. I forgot to take my camera again. I have to get one just for crabbing and put it in my crabbing bag. Again my dad pulled up way more then I did. He memorized the traps that were steady catching and then makes sure that he pulls up those traps. I didn't know what he was up to until I noticed that when we would get close to certain traps he would skip some and tell me to check them so he could to check the others.  Then I realized what he was doing.  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2008, 11:30:59 PM » |
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Great report and sounds like a great day. Thanks
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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2008, 11:49:01 PM » |
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We did have a good time Thanks.
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2008, 11:49:46 AM » |
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Nice catch . great looking crabs. |
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2008, 02:06:37 PM » |
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I was crabbing there the same date from 8am to 11:30am and got only 3 crabs. Which part did you guys crab to catch so many? middle of the river?
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2008, 02:14:52 PM » |
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The crabs are out deeper. Don't waste your time near land. Go out at least half way to the middle of bridge. How many traps did you have? I had 28 traps. If you want to catch a decent number you have to have a lot of traps.
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« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2008, 09:40:13 AM » |
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How many feet of rope do you need on your traps when crabbing the choptank bridge?
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« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2008, 09:51:17 AM » |
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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2008, 07:18:59 PM » |
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How many feet of rope do you need on your traps when crabbing the choptank bridge?
I would suggest that you buy the 50' rope. it is about 25' from the bridge to the water in some spot and then about 4-6ft to the bottom. Plus you will want to have some rope to wrap around the bridge. Good Luck. |
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« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2008, 07:39:38 PM » |
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Nice looking crabs MS good job. |
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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2008, 07:41:15 PM » |
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Thanks Joe. I don't think that we are going to see too many more of them this year. Next week I am planning on going probably for the last time I think.
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« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2008, 08:40:12 PM » |
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Thanks Joe. I don't think that we are going to see too many more of them this year. Next week I am planning on going probably for the last time I think.
Michele
One thing I learned Michele, never say never again, the last time I said that in the 3rd week of October, I went back out with CrabbyD on 11/7 and we got 1 1/4 bushels still in the river. It was like 38 degrees in the morning. You know the saying it ain't over till it's over. |
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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2008, 11:30:54 PM » |
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I know I keep saying this is my last time every time I go. |
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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2008, 11:33:03 PM » |
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You still have plenty of time to catch some more. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2009, 09:08:26 PM » |
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Does anyone have pictures from on the pier?
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« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2009, 09:13:34 PM » |
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nice catch good job
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