Oregon Crabbing - underwater Gopro video

Hello friends, welcome to another episode. Many people have asked me how to fish for crabs here on the Oregon Coast, so this

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will answer many of those questions. The best time to fish for crabs is during the months that end with an average of September through December and I think an incoming high tide is best. There are a lot of guys you can buy, but I think this great polyform, both fenders work best. I will put a link in the

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description, it is very durable and very bright and I can see it from a very far distance as crab bait.

I use raw chicken, it gives off a very powerful scent and is very economical. You can find it anywhere. The crab pot I use is the professional one. Tue TR 5:30 Very good for Dungeness crab. You can leave it there for hours. I never worry about them running away. Okay, ready, let's go fishing. I strapped my GoPro to the pot and took a video

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, here's what it will look like. and the first crab will appear very soon so let me speed up the video a little bit to show you that the first crab that comes in didn't last long it was probably a minute so it comes in and goes straight to the bait box of course even the little one crab decided to take action.

These

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videos are great and also help me determine where you know the best body to place the bait to make it most effective. You can learn a lot from what these crabs are doing and you can adjust your presentation accordingly. Now back to the topic of bait and I would like to use chicken. I try not to use fish carcasses like the rockfish I catch, like on the jetties, those black rockfish that tend to attract. seals and will destroy you if you're not careful. I have also used a redtail perch as bait, but when I do, I tie the bait door very tightly so that the seals more or less reach it, but I would say that 99% of the time I use chicken as bait because the seals stay away from it and it leaves a very strong and cheap scent trail, you can find it anywhere and if you can see it at At this point there are more crabs entering the pot, okay guys, so let's fish a little while we wait for the paste soap.

Oh, I'm Cupid and he asked me how long I leave my pots there. Normally, we notice for about an hour to an hour and a half and the longest is about three hours once they're in the crabs can escape from these blue pots, so it's really nice, nine feet and ten feet, seriously, You get a fish as fast as you can drag it, okay? Then they don't. Don't let go and come on, we're right on a pier, uh, with all the seals around. I don't know if the rockfish will be around the spear, that's what we need a spear, yes, but a five foot long stainless steel spear.

It has an explosive tip, okay, Lin, I think we're going to move because we're right on a dock that we want to be on. Are there seaweeds that are further away? No, we can pull out the anchor and we can anchor here and just type. drifting back towards the jetty oh, right there, bring it, bring it, bring it, oh yeah, he's got it, he's got it, oh yeah, yeah, buddy, that looks good now, that's good copper, good copper, good copper , buddy, yeah, buddy, pick up that fish man. I'm going to get a fish, another type of copper, double, double, double, double, sure, Nath's fish, let me hit this guy, we'll take a photo of him, when will you get it?

I have it, I have it one, two, three, a year and a half. Back in the day you couldn't keep the copper or you're killing it, record it, record it well, yeah we got it, we got it, oh my lord, oh that was amazing, yeah okay, so that was linked and then I realized count, wait, it's a stamp. little bastard God that's not cool man steal freeloader what a freeloader that was one of the best yeah I'm going to unhook that guy OOP man yeah we got shit oh we got crabs oh we got guys crab, we have one keeper, two, keeper, three. four maybe five on a bun yeah there's a red look on that big bun so we're going to have to count it right now okay we have to count the red ones no that was seven steam 17 okay 17 I'll take it back , yes, 18 you You're right, it's not going to fit I thought so.

We have another regular grip, Oops! and small, we can be selective today. She is 20 21 22. This feels so heavy. Oh actually, yes, sacred cow. Wow, look at that sacred cow. There are many. Look at all those. crabs you're always a keeper man yes 24 holy cow 24 to the limits yes 26 man there twenty seven Oh soft shell man that keeper soft shell crabs you really unhook that heavy crap here real good I don't see that much actually look there's a big one , that's how we do it here in Oregon, that's how we do it in Oregon, yeah soft shell, oh my lord I'm pretty sure this guy doesn't need to be measured, wait, is he a soft shell, yeah, a soft shell, so it's a soft shell? let it go, sorry, deeper, I don't know about this one, you want to keep them all, okay, yeah, but these are hard shell, so definitely keep them, okay, that's the last one.