Coastal Crabbing and Salmon Fishing (Plus Full Crab Trap Setup Tutorial)

[@WillyFish]

What's the biggest crab you have ever caught?

[@joepodunk284]

It's the law now, you must use weighted rope, either leadcore or add wraps of pencil lead to your floating rope every few feet. Another tip is in shallow water crabbing, I like to coil the extra rope and half hitch each end or ziptie with an extra 5-10 ft. of slack for incoming tide, this way with 40-50' of rope in 10-15' of water you won't have all 50' of rope to pull in! Works great. I liked the added decoys for floats!😂👍

[@WillyFish]

Thanks Joe. The decoys are always a good look!

[@Reel-fishy]

Is that the chetco river? If so we are going there Saturday and want to know if it’s good

[@WillyFish]

This is the North Coast. But every river/bay has a ton of crabs in it right now!

[@stephanieybarra161]

​@WillyFish how long should my rope be there in Nehalem Bay

[@Hoochenplays]

What camera do u use for underwater?

[@WillyFish]

GoPro 4s. They work great.

[@stephanieybarra161]

How long should my rope be there in Nehalem Bay

[@WillyFish]

50 feet of lead core rope is plenty. You can get away with 30 feet crabbing in shallower areas. Buy the 100 feet of lead core rope and cut in half to use for 2 traps!