Well, it wasn't a total bust but we only caught six keepers. And a stone crab that went back in unharmed. I think the real reason we went was to clean up the dock and the area around it. My kid pulled two ghost traps and a coke can out of the water.
It is very rocky there. I had to send my kid out to rescue a trap for me and I was a bit worried as there are a lot of sharks in that area of the river. But hey, it was a nearly new metal basket trap!
When the tide was up over the rocks near the beginning of the dock, I started to catch Sailor's Choice which we turned into bait. I run a cable tie through the gill and out the mouth and tie them into the trap. That's when I started to catch crabs but only six were big enough to take home. Oddly enough, they all had barnacles on them. All females, no egg bearing ones.
I have only caught one egg bearing female so far this year. That concerns me. Usually we catch two or three each trip.
This dock is very secluded but does have a considerable amount of boat traffic as it is near the public boat ramp.
We met Shellfish (Jim) who showed up to say hello.
