Crabbing on Monday Nov 14

I am going to bring a light rod for surf perch.  I am hoping to find some along the Jetty.  I need more AOTY points. I may also bring a salmon rod, but I kinda want to keep it simple.  I need points and the odds of me getting a perch are higher than a coho or larger king.

Watch yourself around the Jetty, It is no place to be in a kayak on an outgoing tide. In all seriousness I would steer well clear of that area on an outgoing tide.  Try the pilings just south of Wheeler, just upstream of Brighton for perch, much safer..

What's the best way to keep crabs on a yak, transport them home and prepare them? See below link.

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What's the best way to keep crabs on a yak, transport them home and prepare them? See below link.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/524925

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I keep my crab in either a milk crate, or a big mesh divers bag while on the water.  Drop them in bag and the calm right down and feel all snuggy. 
Then if you don't plan to cook them right away, pop their noggins, crack in half and shake out the guts. 
Now you have at least a couple days before you have to cook them, as long as you keep them on ice. Not IN ice, but on ice.
Steam for 12 minutes once steam is back up to full power and enjoy.  Or stir fry them in your favorite spicy concoction and beer.

See my tutorial below popping them spiders live, instead of after they are cooked.

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Then if you don't plan to cook them right away, pop their noggins, crack in half and shake out the guts. 
Now you have at least a couple days before you have to cook them, as long as you keep them on ice. Not IN ice, but on ice.
Steam for 12 minutes once steam is back up to full power and enjoy.  Or stir fry them in your favorite spicy concoction and beer.

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INSAYN, I need to try that. Sounds like its a lot less messy in the end.

In the past, I've always just hung on to keepers aft of my seat in a milk crate or 5 gallon bucket. If my kids are playing along the beach, I usually return with a couple at a time and throw them in a 5 gallon bucket on the beach for the kids to watch. You need to change the salt water out every hour or so as they will need the fresh oxygenated water. Once its time to pack up and head back to Portland, I usually drop them in a large dark empty cooler. I usually drop a bag of ice(unopened) into the bottom of the cooler first and then the crabs on top. This has worked just fine, as all the crabs have perked right back up prior to hitting the boiling water back in PDX. I hope you guys hammer 'em!

I am going to bring a light rod for surf perch.  I am hoping to find some along the Jetty.  I need more AOTY points. I may also bring a salmon rod, but I kinda want to keep it simple.  I need points and the odds of me getting a perch are higher than a coho or larger king.

Watch yourself around the Jetty, It is no place to be in a kayak on an outgoing tide. In all seriousness I would steer well clear of that area on an outgoing tide.  Try the pilings just south of Wheeler, just upstream of Brighton for perch, much safer..

Cool.  Thanks a lot for the info and safety tips Pelagic. 

You need to change the salt water out every hour or so as they will need the fresh oxygenated water.

Crab can handle being out of the water for several hours just fine.  In reality is not really necessary to keep them submerged in a bucket of salt water. 
Just keep them cool, covered and/or out of the sun.  The mesh divers bag is easy to dip or hang over the side of the kayak to give them a drink every so often.

You need to change the salt water out every hour or so as they will need the fresh oxygenated water.

Crab can handle being out of the water for several hours just fine.  In reality is not really necessary to keep them submerged in a bucket of salt water. 
Just keep them cool, covered and/or out of the sun.  The mesh divers bag is easy to dip or hang over the side of the kayak to give them a drink every so often.

Those mesh divers bags are great. I personally choose to keep my crabs in salt water(on the beach only) during the day for a couple reasons. Mostly because it gives my kids(and other kids) a window to watch them, but keeps them back a little bit so nobody gets pinched and also keeps my catch at a more sustained temp through out the day on the sand. Most the crabbing I do is with my family and we usually have a spot on the beach in the bay. Now I want crab.... Good luck guys!

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Good luck boys!

It's been 4hrs.............  hope all is going well.  Post pics when you get back in.

Crab an Lobster can stay indefinately with the right marine enviornment of course. They will safely transport out of water live much longer than you would think if you keep them cold and moist. Not subberged IN ice as INSAYN said. They will go into a stasis- a hybernation of sorts for several days. I have transported live crab here from Oregon back to Indiana this way on a 3 days drive! I have also brought home (to Oregon) live Main lobster that were packed in newspaper and dry ice. I think you can still get them "mail order" this way, but I havent looked or tried since 9/11.

There is no doubt there is a quality factor that starts the moment you pull them out of their native enviornment. Hands down, the best crab I ever had was when they were boiled in sea water right there on the boat with several of my favorite beverages 

I hope you guys are having fun while I am sitting here at work? You can make me feel worse by posting pics of all the fun.
Take No Prisoners!!

I'm anxiously waiting here for a report... Hope everyone was safe!

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We had a blast! 7 us us made it - even though the crabbing was somewhat poor, the weather and conditions were pretty good.

I am sure some of the guys who took cameras will post some pictures.

I caught about 50 crabs.  1 out of all of those was a keeper.

I did have a blast, and I was not swept out to sea, so I count today a success.