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Topic: Pacific City Saturday Sept 15  (Read 2262 times)

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Dungydog

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Saturday the 15th looks promising at PC.  Thinking of dropping a crab pot and trying for rockfish. 

I haven’t been in open water before so would welcome a tour guide.   ;)

Anyone interested? 
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hdpwipmonkey

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Ah man, if it wasn't my anniversary this weekend I'd be there.  Looks like it may be a "Ray day"
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Stinger Hook

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I plan on being there Saturday, provided that the forecast remains good. It is changing on a daily base at the moment and also the wind forecast is going up and down (yesterday there was still a pretty bad wind forecast for Saturday, now it looks much better). If I go I will also bring a crab pot.

Final go/no-go decision on Friday.


onefish

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How do you freeze your crab?  I’ve done cooked  crab cakes vacuum selaled, but that’s about it with crab.

I’m planning on fishing Friday for coho at pc, but might just fish for lings and crab if it’s sloppy from all the south winds
« Last Edit: September 12, 2018, 07:33:57 PM by onefish »
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Stinger Hook

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@Dungydog:

As you wrote you haven't been in the open water before, you may be unaware of this: the location at PC where almost everyone drops his pots is 60ft deep. One of the standard lengths for rope is 50ft, so if you have this then your rope is too short.....(I heard of one location with decent crabbing with 40ft of water but have never tried that) 


Dungydog

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@Stinger Hook. Thanks for the heads up.  My plan is to double up my rope (to 80ft) and will probably add a second bouy too. 

That reminds me, I need a refresher on setting waypoints on the ff so I I’ll be able to find the darn thing.
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Cosmo

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@Dungydog:

As you wrote you haven't been in the open water before, you may be unaware of this: the location at PC where almost everyone drops his pots is 60ft deep. One of the standard lengths for rope is 50ft, so if you have this then your rope is too short.....(I heard of one location with decent crabbing with 40ft of water but have never tried that)

+1 on Stinger Hook.  If you are going to double up your rope, might as well make it an even 100 ft.  If you ever plan to crab out of Depoe Bay, one of my go to spots, and popular with the charters is at 80ft.  However, use weighted rope or get a clip on rope weight, as the Dory guys, and most people get pissed if they see a ton of line floating on the water.

Also, one full size foam buoy is plenty.  A second buoy isn't necessary and will take up already limited space in your kayak.   I head out with my trap already set up and baited, with the rope and buoy inside and ready to go. When you deploy, let all of your rope and buoy out first before you toss the trap overboard.  One knot in the wrong spot, and everything goes to the bottom.

Even with your GPS locked in on your trap, there will be other buoy's there most likely, and it's a good sign you are in the right spot.  Use a fat sharpie pen and put your name or big initials on your float so you can ID it.  All of the floats are red and white, yellow or orange.

For crabbing locations at PC, pretty much anywhere south and south east of the rock in at least 50ft, and relatively flat bottom is a good spot.  Two weeks ago, crabs were plentiful, big, hard shelled and full of meat.
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INSAYN

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For a second buoy you can take a dry bag and fluff some air inside, roll up tight and clip the handle around the rope. 

 

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craig

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It makes me happy to see so many people dropping their pots further out!  That way mine is by itself and I only have to lift it half as far.  ;D


onefish

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Crabbing has sucked this summer.  Deeper water is probably a better bet.  It’s definitely picked up as of late but nothing like last couple of seasons.
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Are you looking at the wind waves - those 2-3ft at 4 seconds swells coming out of the South?
I expected the worst, but it was worse than I expected...


Dungydog

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@Tinker  - thanks for the heads up.  Yeah I think I'll be changing plans, as it's no fun fishing in a washing machine.  The initial swell looks decent, but wind speed and wind waves have me nervous.

With kayaking, I always error on the side of safety and common sense - 1 because of risk and 2 because of enjoyment. 

That said, anyone think I'm overreacting?
 

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INSAYN

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@Tinker  - thanks for the heads up.  Yeah I think I'll be changing plans, as it's no fun fishing in a washing machine.  The initial swell looks decent, but wind speed and wind waves have me nervous.

With kayaking, I always error on the side of safety and common sense - 1 because of risk and 2 because of enjoyment. 

That said, anyone think I'm overreacting?
 

It's your gut and your day.  Completely your choice and not to be condemned or considered overreacting. 

I have my limits for days on the water, and my limits are not entirely based on my ability to get out and go fishing.  Some of my limits are set on how the immediate ocean surface or the wind will be reacting.  I know what I can handle in terms of launches and conditions, and with experience I have easily called off a day on the ocean, or left early because I have no desire to fish in a washing machine or the wind.  I can always go another day and not get beat around on confused surface conditions.
 

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MSW shows the wind waves settling down a bit right now.  Not a lot, but some.  I'd still expect a washing machine, but a lesser washing machine than they were predicting six hours earlier, and I'd also keep an eye on later changes in their prognostications.

I've been overheard saying that a forecast for the coast is good for maybe 3 hours.  It's true.
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alpalmer

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@Tinker  - thanks for the heads up.  Yeah I think I'll be changing plans, as it's no fun fishing in a washing machine.  The initial swell looks decent, but wind speed and wind waves have me nervous.

With kayaking, I always error on the side of safety and common sense - 1 because of risk and 2 because of enjoyment. 

That said, anyone think I'm overreacting?
 

I look at this webcam to gauge the MSW forecasts.   I think the wind forecast looked a bit dodgy as well. https://www.capekiwandarvresort.com/MOBI/Webcam.html
« Last Edit: September 14, 2018, 11:42:53 AM by alpalmer »
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