Humboldt Dungeness Crab

Anchor Point

Participating Member
City
Fortuna
State
California
Crab fishing has been great out of Humboldt Bay this year between weather windows. I’ve been fishing off of my buddies boat which makes cleaning my boat easy. I learn something every time I go fishing. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve learned to make sure your pfd inflator isn’t hooked on the 80 pound crab pot you’re throwing overboard and make sure you mark the length of rope on your pots. One of my pots had 150’ of rope instead of 180’. When you’re fishing 120’ of water with a 2 knot current and 6-8’ swell, your float only occasionally makes it to the surface. We retrieved 7 of our 8 pots, but are still trying to find the last one. We have It marked on plotter and have spotted it a few times but just can’t seem to be close enough to it when the floats surface.
 

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That PDF works so I would always make sure that is the one I wear going forward ;)

Hope you find the other pot, and I will let you know "if" it makes it over here :p
 
That current has really been ripping this year. I've seen it like that from time to time, but I never like it. It's easy to lose a pot with what seems to be plenty of line. If it ever calms down it will pop right up.

What were your numbers for the pot location? When I make it out there next I'll look too.
 
40 48.028 and 124 15.641. 20 fathom just south of the stack. Yellow and blue float with a green bulb. Has my name on it. I know it’ll show up. I just don’t want it to get wrapped up in someone’s prop. I figured I’ll go for a boat ride next weather opportunity. Thanks.
 
Lost crab pot found! Now I have to come up with another excuse to go boating.
 
How about the lost crab. They need help too....
 
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