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| Wed, 07-02-2008 - 9:40pm |
Today is the first day of crab season here in Washington. Dh had to get up at 5:30 in order to get the boat launched and the crab pots in by 7 AM. I got to stay home and sleep in for a bit, or at least that is what DH told me.
He called at 9 AM to make sure I was up and getting ready to come down to meet him. We had a pretty good day. Not as warm as last week, but nice. We are only allowed to keep 5 male crab per license. The crab must be at least 6 1/2 inches across the back of their shell. So although we had a lot of Dungeness crabs in our pots, we only had 6 keeps, so one went back into Puget Sound to wait another day.
But we are having Dungeness crab tonight for dinner. I also got an nice lunch out of the day. DH took me over to Coupeville for a hamburger on the pier. It was nice. So all in all, I had a great day.

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Lou,
Better luck with the next crabbing adventure. We have plenty of crab in SC, but I have never been done that myself. I have cleaned many though.
sounds delicious
what a great little enterprise!!
sounds like a great day
I remember doing a little crabbing on Long Island (NY) as a kid
also clamming
enjoy!
Dutch
Dutch
I have never gone crabbing and it sounds like fun and very interesting.
Ok, I'll bite, What is quohogging?
Y'all are making me hungry!
Isn't it strange that when we go crabbing around in the GA, FL, AL waters for little Blue Crab, we can keep the males, but have to throw the females back.
lottie77~~~
Lottie:
We have to throw the females back here in Washington also.
O'kay, didn't realize it would be a mystery, but our quohogs sound like your description of your Gooy-Ducks!
Ok, I want your addresses, I am going to show up on your door steps for supper.
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Cal:
I am sure your DGS love crab as much as I do.
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