Severn Crabbing/Fishing 5/26

[Shady]

My wife and I got out for some crabbing and fishing on the Severn river today. We left Tucker St ramp at about 7am and set out for my crabbing and fishing spot on the main river.

Set the traps in 7-12 feet of water and started fishing. My wife soon caught a nice 10" white perch. A little while later I checked the crab traps and pulled up 3 keepers in my 9 traps.

The rest of the fishing was pretty uneventful, I managed to catch a tiny 3 inch Perch and that was it for the fish. We checked the traps about six or seven more times catching one or two keepers each time and finishing up with 13 total crabs. The crabs were completely mixed in size and quality. Size ranged from 5 to 6.5 inches with some nice heavy crabs and some on the lighter side. Steamed corn and crabs for dinner tonight!

Here are some pics from our trip:

[MetroMan]

Bakers dozen, FTW!!

[J.A. Veil]

Congrats on getting enough crabs for dinner. How was the water quality and color?

[Shady]

I thought it was as clear as I've seen it. I could see my crab trap when pulling it up about 3-4 feet down.

[Sun]

Nice report! You two did better than us at romancoke. Nada for us there.

[daddyg]

Nice. I got to get my trap out...Do you use eel or necks

[Shady]

Nice. I got to get my trap out...Do you use eel or necks

neither, I use white perch... IMHO best thing to use for crab bait.

Also of note, there was one other person crabbing out there near us in a boat using a trotline. It looked like they had clam bags on the trot line and they were dipping a lot of crabs.

[Shield]

Nice report! You two did better than us at romancoke. Nada for us there.

+1

[surfdog]

moc,sun and i stopped at david taylor for a little while and picked up a few keeper wp. didnt look nice and calm like weems the wind was blowing hard from the SE with white caps out to the mouth of the Severn. at least the water has cleared up from what it was on wednesday

[moc]

Good job Ryan on the crabs. If enough of us get skilled at catching crabs, then we can catch enough for a crab feast as was mentioned on an earlier thread.

[Shady]

didnt look nice and calm like weems the wind was blowing hard from the SE with white caps out to the mouth of the Severn.

It was a beautiful flat calm morning until the big boats started flying through...

[Shady]

Good job Ryan on the crabs. If enough of us get skilled at catching crabs, then we can catch enough for a crab feast as was mentioned on an earlier thread.

I really hope we get something planned it would be fun