Awesome crabbing! Made the approx 35 mile boat ride from Anacortes to somewhere near the north end of San Juan Island, thurs Jul 14. Set up camp on shore, and scoped out where we would be dropping pots at 7am the following morning for the opener. Equipped with 5 licenced crabbers, freezer burned salmon for bait and only 5 crab pots on the 17' boat, we dropped pots at 7am in multiple areas around our selected bay. 5 hours later, we pulled them, one was particularly full of large dungies. We set the majority of the pots near the bumper crop pot for the next 3 days. Limiting our license holders each day, cleaning then steaming the crab. Campfires, smores, crab feasts each night. This was a family group of 7 tearing up the crab. Met a great guy up there, Tim H, co owner of an Outdoor Emporium sponsored boat.
Other than the rain, the whole 4 days went perfectly! Crab cakes anyone? LOL

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