🛥 Alaska Subsistence Tanner Crabbing in Kodiak! 🦀

[@TheSimpsonTwins_]

Great video! It’s a dream of ours to crab in Alaska!

[@Buoy4AK]

Ahoy there! It was our dream for many, many years too. Once we got here, the expression “WTH were you waiting for?” really hit home. Whether for subsistence or sport, it’s an indescribable feeling. Thanks for coming along!

[@TheSimpsonTwins_]

Buoy4AK we did some salmon fishing there and it was gorgeous and a blast.

[@vn6191]

8:31😍pyramid

[@Buoy4AK]

Yes!

[@billrisdon1]

That's a lot of work for one crab dinner, but you made it all yours from start to finish.

[@Buoy4AK]

It’s all about the journey, so if we get any crab that’s just a delightful bonus. Might film again this fall to show what a full pot looks like bough… 😎

[@karson3622]

I enjoyed the video. Thanks

[@Buoy4AK]

You betcha, thank you for watching & commenting 😎

[@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638]

5 words Hagen, "12-Volt-Crab-Pot-Puller!"

[@Buoy4AK]

The other boat has one under repair (although the Norwegian fender trick works surprisingly well)

[@joewoodwood1306]

You need to look up Columbia River anchor system. You can use the boat like you do but the pot won’t fall when you stop pulling

[@Buoy4AK]

We are actually familiar with that system. Plan on installing something similar if we don’t get the pot puller working soon. Thanks for the suggestion!!

[@peterlogan1878]

Can you show the big halibut that you catch up their please

[@Buoy4AK]

Ahoy there Peter! Funny you should ask, we’re just getting geared up for a halibut subsistence longlining trip & will definitely post a video of it (gotta fill the freezers after all 😎)

[@wesleymonske8103]

Jo Bob get a tub and feed your crab line in it. Catches water and you can coil the rope and store it in it. Frickn tourist. Ha Ha .

[@Buoy4AK]

Ha, fair enough 😎.

[@johnnorvaisas]

Nice job

[@Buoy4AK]

Thanks for coming along John 😉

[@Flyin_Brian]

Is that a geiger counter on your jacket and are the effects of Fukushima that concerning!?

[@Buoy4AK]

Fortunately no glowing fish up here (yet anyway). Just an SDU-5e strobe light that I hope NEVER to need 🤞

[@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638]

What is the water temp?

[@Buoy4AK]

Can’t recall exactly, but I think 40-ish (plenty chilly)

[@wesleymonske8103]

In Seattle its always 48° because we're at 48° latitude! Weird science huh.

[@bradpowell6224]

Alot of work for a few crabs. But I bet they taste good.

[@Buoy4AK]

Definitely a lot of work for what ended up being two meals. Still, not getting skunked felt good! We’ve got some bigger crab pots ready to go once our pot puller repairs are completed (will be too heavy to pull by hand), so maybe we’ll do another video once we break out the big gear. Thanks for commenting!

[@juliemanarin4127]

How many did you grt? I saw only one...the one she threw back. You need to do better camera work.

[@lebeer1512]

Your know what in h you doing not easy go buy some lol

[@Buoy4AK]

Yea, but where’s the fun in that? 😜