Where I Can Catch Crab In Seattle, Wa Area

[Edwaldo]

I will like to catch crab, where could be the best place to go in the seattle area. I am living in Bellevue.

[Everleigh]

tacofiller said: 2 Try a portajohn or gas station toilet seat. Hope this helps. 89 months ago

[Reule]

My Brother is a wealth of information when it comes to fishing. Ifound the best 3 locations closest to you to go crabbing, but as omnipointed out, crabs are in saltwater, and Lake Washington is afreshwater lake. If you are willing to drive to the sound, closestplace is Mukilteo or Edmonds, let me know.You can catch crayfish in Lake Washington...Taken from:

[Maher]

I put together a crabbing In Seattle for noobs guide at The Seattle Noob. Check it out :) http://theseattlen00b.blogspot.com/p/abes-crabbing-in-seattle-for-n00bs.htmlI hope that covers everything :)

[Cartwright]

SeattleNoob said: 3 I put together a crabbing In Seattle for noobs guide at The Seattle Noob. Check it out :) http://theseattlen00b.blogspot.com/p/abes-crabbing-in-seattle-for-n00bs.htmlI hope that covers everything :) 54 months ago

[Crombwiella]

i would not recommend doing this though, it could be harmfull to your health, for STD's are not good to have.

[Terrence]

Head west to Puget Sound' and catch some Dungeness Crab http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/28242_crab21.shtmlPuget Sound's Dungeness bounty is fun to catch and great to eatBy GREG JOHNSTONSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERThey're strange little creatures, these brownish-purple "bugs," as some call them. Armored with a hard shell, armed with fearsome pincers, they're feisty and scuttle around with attitude. But they're about the tastiest thing you can pull out of Puget Sound. Owen Owen "Mike" Hunt shows off some of the Dungeness crabs he caught near his Camano Island home. Dan DeLong / Seattle Post-IntelligencerClick for larger photoSo you grab the buoy, toss it aboard and start pulling in the pot line. The pot feels heavy - that's a good sign - and after 40 or so pulls your arms are feeling a bit tired, your hands a little chilly and chafed. You look over the gunwale and see the pot come up, full of color.It's loaded, and as the water drips off and you pull it aboard, a dozen or more Dungeness crabs click and claw about, a couple of them holding fast to the bait container loaded with a salmon backbone and head, refusing to give up their meal.You open the pot's top and start pulling out the small ones gingerly and tossing them back. The larger ones you grab carefully by the two back legs, so they can't reach your fingers with those wicked pincers, and measure them with a crab caliper. Anything less than 6.25 inches across the back of the shell(6 inches in Hood Canal) goes back, as do all females, by regulation.The big boys are going home with you."When you first pick that pot out of the water, you feel an anticipation of what's going to be there,' says Norm Lemberg, a state shellfish biologist based in La Conner and a recreational crabber. "You bring it up and it's covered with those purple shells - it's an experience you just enjoy, and then you get the added benefit of a seafood that is top-notch."Strict regulations Karyl Beyerle checks her catch Karyl Beyerle checks her catch after pulling in a pot from lower Hood Canal near Hoodsport. Dan DeLong / Seattle Post-IntelligencerClick for larger photoChasing the delectable Dungeness crab, using pots or traps from boats or docks, or by wading at low tide with dip nets, is one of those intensely enjoyable, traditional Puget Sound pastimes that allow you to really experience the ebb and flow of this incredible inland sea and its bounty. However, it is a pastime growing in popularity, which, along with the full exercise of their treaty rights now by Puget Sound Native American tribes, has caused a major overhaul of crabbing regulations by the state.State biologists say the crab population on Washington's inland marine waters has surged over the past five years, annually producing a total catch of about 6 million pounds, and remains healthy. But to rein in demand and prevent overharvest, recreational crabbing is no longer open year-round. In the past, the use of pots was closed every spring and early summer, the time Dungeness crabs shed their old shells, or molt, and grow new, larger ones. But wading for crabs and the use of flat-bottom, open-ring nets were allowed during that time, which was always April 16 through July 15. photo Owen "Mike" Hunt takes his pots to another location after catching several Dungeness crabs at the first site he had first selected near his Camano Island home.Now the state has adopted a policy that all crabbing in a given area will be closed during molting season, and openings will be based on when the crabs' new shells have hardened up. Furthermore, catches by recreational, non-Indian commercial and tribal crabbers are now governed by quotas and, to prevent recreational quotas from being exceeded, sport seasons in the more popular areas are now open only Fridays through Mondays each week.Some are crabbyNot all sport crabbers are happy about that, and when recreational openings are preceded by commercial seasons, some get downright angry. That happened earlier this month in Saratoga Passage between Whidbey and Camano islands, a productive and popular crabbing area."This is terrible," said Owen Hunt, a retired Camano resident who enjoys crabbing and fishing. "They closed it all this time because of soft-shelled crabs, then open it and you get a chance, but first they open it for commercial crabbers and the Indians. It's incomprehensible."Many see no need for total closures during the molt. Therese Cain, a state shellfish biologist, said the policy was made because handling easily damages crabs when their new shells are soft. But people who primarily wade and catch crabs by hand or dip nets, or who use open-ring nets, say damage is minimal with careful handling. photo A crab caliper is used to measure whether the crab is the legal size for harvesting."Responsible people who hand-pick are going to hurt very few," says Frank Mudge of Seattle, who has a cabin on Guemes Island near Anacortes. "There ought to be some allowance for that."Clyde McBrayer of Olympia, a recreational crabber and member of the Fish and Wildlife Department's crab advisory committee, defends overworked state biologists, who now must regularly test for softshell crabs in many areas but without additional budget."We're going to see crab seasons in the future more like fishing seasons, and it's going to be hard for the public to adjust to," he said. "Seasons will open and close and be open on different days of the week. For us fishermen it's confusing, but it is done to accommodate the public as best as possible."Crabbing techniquesWhen it is open, crabbing is a super-fun activity.I most enjoy wading because you are in the very environment where the belligerent beggars live, and there is some sport to it. Wading is done during minus tides when much of their habitat is exposed, and the best spots are lagoons and bays with a sandy bottom and extensive beds of eelgrass.You simply wade out(most people wear chest waders or hip boots) and look for them, and when you spot one, use a dip net to scoop it up. This is much easier written than practiced, because the crabs will try to scuttle away to deeper water or hide in the eelgrass, which provides preferred habitat. Sometimes you miss them on the scoop, and they escape in the clouds of bottom silt kicked up by the commotion.Once at Dosewallips Flat I was wading in waist-deep water for crabs and spotted two very large males fighting at a depth just beyond my reach. A crab confronts its enemies on its back legs, its front raised up and pincers held high and wide. These two big boys went at each other thusly, dancing around, circling and moving here and there around the bottom.They paid me no attention, and I figured if I waited they might move into water shallow enough for me to make a sweep with the dip net.Call it a case of crab fever. Overeager, I made a pass with the net too soon, and one got away clean while the other was hooked just on one side. As I brought it to the surface, it freed its legs from the mesh and disappeared into the depths.Deleted some for space...........-- The daily limits is six male Dungeness crabs at least 6.25 inches across the back or 6 inches in Hood Canal. You also may keep six red rock crabs of either sex, but they must be at least 5 inches across the back.-- You'll need a state shellfish license and catch record card(about $9 with the dealer fee for residents ages 16 through 69). They are available at most sporting goods stores.-- Currently open to crabbing Fridays through Mondays are Hood Canal, and state Catch Area 8, which includes the marine waters between Whidbey Island and the mainland and Camano Island and south past Everett to Mukilteo. The north part of Admiralty Inlet, including Port Townsend Bay and Kilisut Harbor, is open seven days a week.-- More areas will open as summer progresses and most inland marine waters will be open by August. For updates, see the state Web site or call the state's shellfish rule change hot line, 360-796-3215. Sport crabbing with pots is open Dec. 1-Sept. 15 at the mouth of the Columbia River, the Pacific Ocean, Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor; it is open year-round in those areas with other gear. Sources: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/28242_crab21.shtml awarulz 89 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. 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[KyndMryn]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/28242_crab21.shtmlPuget Sound's Dungeness bounty is fun to catch and great to eatBy GREG JOHNSTONSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERThey're strange little creatures, these brownish-purple "bugs," as some call them. Armored with a hard shell, armed with fearsome pincers, they're feisty and scuttle around with attitude. But they're about the tastiest thing you can pull out of Puget Sound. Owen Owen "Mike" Hunt shows off some of the Dungeness crabs he caught near his Camano Island home. Dan DeLong / Seattle Post-IntelligencerClick for larger photoSo you grab the buoy, toss it aboard and start pulling in the pot line. The pot feels heavy - that's a good sign - and after 40 or so pulls your arms are feeling a bit tired, your hands a little chilly and chafed. You look over the gunwale and see the pot come up, full of color.It's loaded, and as the water drips off and you pull it aboard, a dozen or more Dungeness crabs click and claw about, a couple of them holding fast to the bait container loaded with a salmon backbone and head, refusing to give up their meal.You open the pot's top and start pulling out the small ones gingerly and tossing them back. The larger ones you grab carefully by the two back legs, so they can't reach your fingers with those wicked pincers, and measure them with a crab caliper. Anything less than 6.25 inches across the back of the shell(6 inches in Hood Canal) goes back, as do all females, by regulation.The big boys are going home with you."When you first pick that pot out of the water, you feel an anticipation of what's going to be there,' says Norm Lemberg, a state shellfish biologist based in La Conner and a recreational crabber. "You bring it up and it's covered with those purple shells - it's an experience you just enjoy, and then you get the added benefit of a seafood that is top-notch."Strict regulations Karyl Beyerle checks her catch Karyl Beyerle checks her catch after pulling in a pot from lower Hood Canal near Hoodsport. Dan DeLong / Seattle Post-IntelligencerClick for larger photoChasing the delectable Dungeness crab, using pots or traps from boats or docks, or by wading at low tide with dip nets, is one of those intensely enjoyable, traditional Puget Sound pastimes that allow you to really experience the ebb and flow of this incredible inland sea and its bounty. However, it is a pastime growing in popularity, which, along with the full exercise of their treaty rights now by Puget Sound Native American tribes, has caused a major overhaul of crabbing regulations by the state.State biologists say the crab population on Washington's inland marine waters has surged over the past five years, annually producing a total catch of about 6 million pounds, and remains healthy. But to rein in demand and prevent overharvest, recreational crabbing is no longer open year-round. In the past, the use of pots was closed every spring and early summer, the time Dungeness crabs shed their old shells, or molt, and grow new, larger ones. But wading for crabs and the use of flat-bottom, open-ring nets were allowed during that time, which was always April 16 through July 15. photo Owen "Mike" Hunt takes his pots to another location after catching several Dungeness crabs at the first site he had first selected near his Camano Island home.Now the state has adopted a policy that all crabbing in a given area will be closed during molting season, and openings will be based on when the crabs' new shells have hardened up. Furthermore, catches by recreational, non-Indian commercial and tribal crabbers are now governed by quotas and, to prevent recreational quotas from being exceeded, sport seasons in the more popular areas are now open only Fridays through Mondays each week.Some are crabbyNot all sport crabbers are happy about that, and when recreational openings are preceded by commercial seasons, some get downright angry. That happened earlier this month in Saratoga Passage between Whidbey and Camano islands, a productive and popular crabbing area."This is terrible," said Owen Hunt, a retired Camano resident who enjoys crabbing and fishing. "They closed it all this time because of soft-shelled crabs, then open it and you get a chance, but first they open it for commercial crabbers and the Indians. It's incomprehensible."Many see no need for total closures during the molt. Therese Cain, a state shellfish biologist, said the policy was made because handling easily damages crabs when their new shells are soft. But people who primarily wade and catch crabs by hand or dip nets, or who use open-ring nets, say damage is minimal with careful handling. photo A crab caliper is used to measure whether the crab is the legal size for harvesting."Responsible people who hand-pick are going to hurt very few," says Frank Mudge of Seattle, who has a cabin on Guemes Island near Anacortes. "There ought to be some allowance for that."Clyde McBrayer of Olympia, a recreational crabber and member of the Fish and Wildlife Department's crab advisory committee, defends overworked state biologists, who now must regularly test for softshell crabs in many areas but without additional budget."We're going to see crab seasons in the future more like fishing seasons, and it's going to be hard for the public to adjust to," he said. "Seasons will open and close and be open on different days of the week. For us fishermen it's confusing, but it is done to accommodate the public as best as possible."Crabbing techniquesWhen it is open, crabbing is a super-fun activity.I most enjoy wading because you are in the very environment where the belligerent beggars live, and there is some sport to it. Wading is done during minus tides when much of their habitat is exposed, and the best spots are lagoons and bays with a sandy bottom and extensive beds of eelgrass.You simply wade out(most people wear chest waders or hip boots) and look for them, and when you spot one, use a dip net to scoop it up. This is much easier written than practiced, because the crabs will try to scuttle away to deeper water or hide in the eelgrass, which provides preferred habitat. Sometimes you miss them on the scoop, and they escape in the clouds of bottom silt kicked up by the commotion.Once at Dosewallips Flat I was wading in waist-deep water for crabs and spotted two very large males fighting at a depth just beyond my reach. A crab confronts its enemies on its back legs, its front raised up and pincers held high and wide. These two big boys went at each other thusly, dancing around, circling and moving here and there around the bottom.They paid me no attention, and I figured if I waited they might move into water shallow enough for me to make a sweep with the dip net.Call it a case of crab fever. Overeager, I made a pass with the net too soon, and one got away clean while the other was hooked just on one side. As I brought it to the surface, it freed its legs from the mesh and disappeared into the depths.Deleted some for space...........-- The daily limits is six male Dungeness crabs at least 6.25 inches across the back or 6 inches in Hood Canal. You also may keep six red rock crabs of either sex, but they must be at least 5 inches across the back.-- You'll need a state shellfish license and catch record card(about $9 with the dealer fee for residents ages 16 through 69). They are available at most sporting goods stores.-- Currently open to crabbing Fridays through Mondays are Hood Canal, and state Catch Area 8, which includes the marine waters between Whidbey Island and the mainland and Camano Island and south past Everett to Mukilteo. The north part of Admiralty Inlet, including Port Townsend Bay and Kilisut Harbor, is open seven days a week.-- More areas will open as summer progresses and most inland marine waters will be open by August. For updates, see the state Web site or call the state's shellfish rule change hot line, 360-796-3215. Sport crabbing with pots is open Dec. 1-Sept. 15 at the mouth of the Columbia River, the Pacific Ocean, Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor; it is open year-round in those areas with other gear.

[Jooseppi]

find a person with crabs and have intercourse with them. i would not recommend doing this though, it could be harmfull to your health, for STD's are not good to have. Sources: my opinion: ask for someone that has crabs and have intercourse with them. newbie3765381 89 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Suzu]

Try a portajohn or gas station toilet seat. Hope this helps.