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[Nc.]

So.. I work on a commercial crabbing boat out in the bay and the water was sooo freakin rough today..
Thought i was gonna go over a few times. Only got freakin one bushel, but there was this uber-sexy girl at the feul dock.

Where do you guys work?
If its one of those, "If i tell ya, i'd have to kill ya" then please, dont tell me.

[UNDEAD 1]

So.. I work on a commercial crabbing boat out in the bay and the water was sooo freakin rough today..
Thought i was gonna go over a few times. Only got freakin one bushel, but there was this uber-sexy girl at the feul dock.

Where do you guys work?
If its one of those, "If i tell ya, i'd have to kill ya" then please, dont tell me.

i assume your talking about blue crabs? i grew up in md and we used to go out on our boat and crab every sat in the summer ,alot of fun !

[Nc.]

Hell yea, best crab in the US from what i hear.
Wont lie though, had some texas crab and they aint half bad.
What part of MD? Im in Pasadena, we crab outside the Magothy river if ya ever heard of it.
We got about 900 or so pots out in the water.
Good times.
-Nick

[UNDEAD 1]

i actually had some crabs from texas that were fantastic! im out of the towson area so not far from you in pasadena ,did 10 summers in oc until i flew south for life. we used to go out of essex and drop our traps and take the day at millers island or go crab linning or something.back then we would come home with a bushel every time we went ,doubt thats possible now. the second thing i miss the most is fishing for rock fish .



ps-i tried to make my wife a crab dip the other night and bought some lump and man did it smell rank , ended up throwing it away. totally miss the food from up there!

[flatliner]

Where is Maryland?


Just kidding.

Nc, I live 30 minutes form DC in Maryland.

[Nc.]

Nicee, yea boss keeps his boat over in the compass point area. So right near the key bridge, we sell the crab to "Capt Jimmy's Seafood" which is over near Essex.
We catch a lot of crab though, about 5 or 6 per pot and we hit about 400 pots a day. But today we called it wayyyy early because of the waves.
The big hurt though is quality, i call (sort) the crabs and there's just so much Junk.
Last season i think our best day was... 28bushel. maybe 30, cant recall.
-Nc

[M@ster of Dis@ster]

Nicee, yea boss keeps his boat over in the compass point area. So right near the key bridge, we sell the crab to "Capt Jimmy's Seafood" which is over near Essex.
We catch a lot of crab though, about 5 or 6 per pot and we hit about 400 pots a day. But today we called it wayyyy early because of the waves.
The big hurt though is quality, i call (sort) the crabs and there's just so much Junk.
Last season i think our best day was... 28bushel. maybe 30, cant recall.
-Nc

I'm curious. What is your opinion on "snow crab"? That is what they fish where I live (PEI, in Atlantic Canada). Other coast the crab is king crab. Would you say your varieies are superior, inferior, or don't know?

The one thing I do know is that the snow crab fishermen here make a FORTUNE because the prices really picked up several years ago.

[Nc.]

Snow & King crab legs are very good, your crab are much larger then US crabs.
And those crabbermen make a lot more money because they bring in so much darn crab, and also fish on ships.
My work boat is only 40ft or so. And these crab pots are only 2ft squares, up in alaska & Canada the pots are huge.

But personally, i still prefer MD crab over king/snow crab.

[M@ster of Dis@ster]

Snow & King crab legs are very good, your crab are much larger then US crabs.
And those crabbermen make a lot more money because they bring in so much darn crab, and also fish on ships.
My work boat is only 40ft or so. And these crab pots are only 2ft squares, up in alaska & Canada the pots are huge.

But personally, i still prefer MD crab over king/snow crab.

When I speak of a "fisherman" I too mean guys with 40-50 foot boats, not guys with huge ships and crews.

It'd be neat to be able to try crab from all these different places in one sitting and compare. Someone wants to try it sometime, I can bring the butter if you bring the crabs from around the world!

[Nc.]

Sounds good, meet in MD.

[UNDEAD 1]

nothing like blue crabs mod- steamed not boiled! grab a case of beer for yourself , steam up a couple a dozen crabs and maybe some corn on the cob and call it a day ! whatever you dont eat you make soup.

[Nc.]

nothing like blue crabs mod- steamed not boiled! grab a case of beer for yourself , steam up a couple a dozen crabs and maybe some corn on the cob and call it a day ! whatever you dont eat you make soup.

Ah-Freaking-Men

[Keystone Two-Eight]

Well, Ive been working in a Hospital print shop for the past 7 years as Asst. manager, but the new boss is trying to fire me for falling asleep. ive explained to him that my hypothyroid and medications make me sleepy (not to mention sleep apnea might be a factor), but he's being a hard ass, so I might not work anywhere anymore...

[Genocide Junkie]

Hey Keystone. I can relate to having health issues and the medications that accompany them. Not sleeping and or being drugged because of meds makes it horribly difficult to make it through a day sometimes. I wish you the best and hang in there man.

[T/A6Pak]

Snow & King crab legs are very good, your crab are much larger then US crabs.
And those crabbermen make a lot more money because they bring in so much darn crab, and also fish on ships.
My work boat is only 40ft or so. And these crab pots are only 2ft squares, up in alaska & Canada the pots are huge.

But personally, i still prefer MD crab over king/snow crab.

Dave & DJ love king crab and snow crab. (Costs me fortune)...LOL