6-2-2020 Personal Best Spring Kayak Crabbing

[moc]

I made another attempt at Spring Kayak Crabbing. I would return to the same river that I got a big goose egg two weeks ago. This time I would head straight up the river where the depth starts to become shallow. I would run my 600 foot trotline in 7 to 9 feet of water along a ledge baited with chicken necks. That would be the right move, because I would get a bushel of crabs in 1 hour and 15 minutes from my kayak, which was a personal best. Half the basket the crabs were 5.25 inches to 6 inches and the other half was just over 6 inches to 7 inches.

[rugbyfish]

Nicely done! I was planning on taking my first crabbing trip this coming weekend. Your success is encouraging.

[J.A. Veil]

Congratulations on your personal best. That is always fun to accomplish.

I was pleased to see you on the water last Sat. While I was catching tiny rockfish after tiny rockfish plus two specs, I could hear you and your fishing buddies talking on the radio.

[rugbyfish]

I heard you guys as well, I was on the other side of prospect bay. Small stripers were plentiful on our side as well, but we got a few over 18”.

[moc]

Congratulations on your personal best. That is always fun to accomplish.

I was pleased to see you on the water last Sat. While I was catching tiny rockfish after tiny rockfish plus two specs, I could hear you and your fishing buddies talking on the radio.

Yes we did well. I was also glad to see a longtime Snaggedliner on the water too.

[MD Dore]

Yes we did well. I was also glad to see a longtime Snaggedliner on the water too.

I believe I may have seen both of you on Saturday from a distance, though from a center console (formerly known as Vessel de Veil). We fished that area for much of the morning and had some success with perch, small stripers, and, unfortunately, CNRs. We moved south for the incoming tide and found better numbers and quality of both perch and stripers. My daughter caught a 12.5" perch, which was our highlight of the day.

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[thedutchtouch]

Loved the video, and jealous of your catch, I've got to give kayak crabbing a try sometime soon. I'm a newbie to marine radio, What channel are you all usually on if you're hearing each other on radio? Or did you hear these two gents because of scanning channels?

[moc]

I launched with John Veil and we told each other what channel we would be on. I always believe in safety in numbers. Typically a lot of us would be on the popular channel 68.

[J.A. Veil]

I believe I may have seen both of you on Saturday from a distance, though from a center console (formerly known as Vessel de Veil). We fished that area for much of the morning and had some success with perch, small stripers, and, unfortunately, CNRs. We moved south for the incoming tide and found better numbers and quality of both perch and stripers. My daughter caught a 12.5" perch, which was our highlight of the day.

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I saw you in the Scout from a distance. As I headed toward you, I got into a school of small fish. I couldn't paddle 50 yds without getting a bite. By the time I finally got over to where you had been, you were gone.