Crabbing Again on Netarts Bay

My first crabbing video remains one of the most viewed. It's long past time to take you along on another expedition.
I've watched videos of various types of crab catchers in action underwater. I've learned that crabs come to the bait within minutes. It's not necessary to wait for hours. Another thing is, the design of many recreational crab pots make it difficult for crabs to get in. Here are links to underwater crabbing videos by The Reef Robber and Oregon Life:
Watch the door on the left about 17:30 minutes in to see why I modified the doors on my pots.
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[@steverudder3321]

Very nice boat! Simple but useful. Fresh crabs and seaweed salad. I ❤the PNW!🌧

[@OregonOldTimer]

We agree, except for maybe the salad.

[@Lou.B]

You have a nice boat! And I like listening to your narration! Thank You!

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you kindly!

[@ryefry]

Cool looking boat!

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you. Building it was satisfying.

[@valeriehenschel1590]

Mmmmm, crab! Boatless, but with waders, and minus tide, we crabbed Dungeness Bay by walking around, lightly stepping on the crab, then reaching down into the cold water to pick it up, then throwing it over our shoulder if not a keeper. Keepers went into the floating bucket. Learned that day that cooked horse clams make great chewing gum!🤪

[@OregonOldTimer]

Nereida's first was a red rock crab she picked up with her bare hand next to the rocks by the boat launch. Many ways to skin a crab.

[@Pianofishdave]

These are my favorite videos on KZbin. So well executed. Thank you ❤

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thanks for that, Dave. I think I spend too much time editing them, so it's nice to hear that the effort is appreciated.

[@rventures1021]

Great video! We went there earlier, good red rock by the shoreline. New friends here! -Joe&Sharon

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you. We went out last week on a Monday. Breezy afternoon and we were the only boat on the bay. Best day crabbing ever. Video on that soon.

[@douglasthompson2740]

I noticed too on those Danielson pots the stakes are too long and stick in a sandy bottom blocking the entrance for the bigger crabs. Underwater photos are very interesting.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Stakes? What stakes? Please explain.

[@cacher1300]

I spent many hours on Netarts bay crabbing. I grew up in Tillamook. I also learned how to scuba just out from the boat miss the time I had, thanks for the memories.

[@OregonOldTimer]

I can't imagine leaving Oregon. And I'll never have to. Lucky me, I guess.

[@wadelintick9538]

That was a fun video, you the first person I've seen to properly cook crab, the yellow guts are crab butter, best to shake it out, that leaves enough for nice flavor, i have been told too much will cause tummy trouble. If i had to use 2nd run bait maybe give it a couple hits with boncke to put more scent into water. cheers

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thanks for the tip, but I think I'll stick with fresh bait from now on. As for crab butter, no thank you. I don't doubt that it adds flavor, but I rinse it all out.

[@dwightvoeks9970]

Nice pot mods. 👍

[@OregonOldTimer]

They seem to work, but I'll have to send a camera down to be sure. I'd like to know if current holds the upstream doors open, although we try to set them at slack tide.

[@dondavis5379]

Love your videos. Keep up the great work

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you, Don.

[@a_farm_west_of_boring]

Great video. Nice to see the wife. And the sea gulls sure liked the chicken!

[@OregonOldTimer]

Glad you enjoyed it, Erik.

[@bigwolfie8980]

love i never had a crab for thanks for your videos please keep them coming

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you. I will.

[@Twobrothersoutdoors]

Getting old sucks, realizing your limitations really is frustrating. Nice day on the water

[@OregonOldTimer]

Not frustrating. Comforting. Exceeding limitations, known or unknown, gets me hurt.

[@grizz2702]

Good deal... even if you hadn't of gotten 2 crabs the location looked like a good diner for chicken and beer...cheers

[@OregonOldTimer]

Ah, the good life!

[@FoundationElectronics]

great video! what you need is an automatic catch latch for your trailer, you just drive the boat onto the trailer, it catches the bow eye, and that's it, great for solo launching as well! no need to wade in the water, and use the ratchet to reel the boat in, did that for the longest time, and got tired of getting my feet wet, installed one for my 26 footer, and I haven't looked back! greetings from southern British Columbia, I do a lot of crabbing here as well!

[@OregonOldTimer]

I've seen those, but that wouldn't work on this one. After I crank the dory onto the trailer, I leave several inches of slack in the strap. The dory settles onto the trailer as I pull it out of the water and the bow rises as the stern settles. I also unreel a few inches before launching. Same reason. If I don't, something's gotta give, and that ain't good.

[@andrewhansen4179]

Nice. When we were crabbing this area we had to protect our pots from grabby other folks. At one point we even had to use our freon horn to chase them off. Best to keep your pots fairly close together and stay near your sets.

[@OregonOldTimer]

We have lost only one pot, a new one, and that on Tillamook Bay at Garibaldi last year. We dropped two between the crabbing dock and the coast guard hangar before heading to the Ghost Hole to fish. Later, we headed west to the Jaws and noticed two other floats near ours. When we came back in, one of the four, not ours, was many yards west of the set of four, and only one of ours remained. I figured the other guy thought someone had taken one of his, having not looked around to see where his might have drifted to on the rising tide, and figured to grab one of ours to make up for his loss. Our floats are clearly marked with name and required numbers. It was a goddam thief, not an honest mistake.

[@Lumber_Jack]

Awesome. About to start here in a few weeks. Your boat has a great layout for crabbing.

[@OregonOldTimer]

It does, Jack. I didn't want to be stepping (and tripping) across athwart-ships benches. I have enough trouble staying upright as it is.

[@jasonhoesel7144]

I found your channel about a week ago will looking for videos on the HM122 mill. I really have enjoyed your videos and your saw mill videos. l just purchased the HM122, it is supposed to be here Wednesday. Thank you for taking us along.

[@OregonOldTimer]

You'll like it, Jason. It can be frustrating in the beginning, fine tuning everything. You can get a lot of information on the Woodland Mills Facebook page, but, when you're new at this, it's hard to separate information from BS. Best source for problem solving is Customer Service.

[@rickylee6129]

Good Video 😊. Keep the video's comin 😊.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you. I will.

[@joeboddie2291]

I do like your videos work or fishing or crabbing all good keep it up!!!!!!!!!!

[@OregonOldTimer]

Glad you like them, Joe. Thank you.

[@thaddeustroyer]

Winner winner, crab for dinner.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Can't argue with that!

[@cornbread1955]

Good video I really enjoy your videos looking forward to your next project 👍👍👍😎☕

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you, David. Soon I'll have one featuring the drone I bought on your advice.

[@cornbread1955]

@@OregonOldTimer I hope you have enjoyed yours as much as I have mine. I hope I did not give you some advice that you're not happy with. 😎☕

[@OregonOldTimer]

@@cornbread1955 Nope. I researched under-250 drones, and the one you suggested came out on top. My only regret is, it doesn't have Follow Me. That would be nice when I'm out on my boat.

[@rccole1021]

well done

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you.

[@user-xe4xi4hu3k]

In my mind the plates you put on gates will work like a sail in the current. i think one side will stay open letting the crab out. the other side will be pinned against the pot. I very well could be wrong

[@OregonOldTimer]

I hadn't thought of that. Duh. Hadn't considered current. We try to get our pots down just before high slack and we pull them soon after, but, you're right, I think. This gives me more incentive to send a camera down with a pot.

[@jasonlange170]

I like the gate modification, but unless you add weight to it the gate will be pushed open by the current allowing the crab to walk out.

[@OregonOldTimer]

We crab at or near slack tide. One of these days, I'll send a camera down to see what goes on. Soon after this video, we had our best crabbing day ever with the door mods.

[@chuckrobinson599]

Well I'm sorry you didn't catch more crabs, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the video.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Didn't stop us from enjoying dinner, Chuck.

[@douglasthompson2740]

The vertical wires in the swinging doors.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Ah-ha. Thanks for the clarification.

[@job38four10]

Well, it was either a 4 hour picnic or a lot of labor for very little in return..... I'll never make it out ther so I looked up Netarts Bay on google maps to see more scenery..........

[@OregonOldTimer]

If we looked at hunting and fishing in terms of time and labor versus return, we'd all just go to the grocery store. And, yes, it was a nice picnic.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

if you could rig up a capstan on the edge of the boat to pull the ropes up it might be easier.

[@OregonOldTimer]

If I did this all the time, I'd install a winch and a derrick as many do, Vernon, but, so far, the fix would be more time and work than the problem deserves. My opinion may change with passing years.

[@lonnielawson4557]

Just found your site. Did you build that boat. I love it.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Yes I did. Construction videos begin with this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqu9k6ade96sf5Y

[@Essaysinglemeye]

I see you've now cleaned them both by splitting before cooking and splitting after cooking. Do you have a preferred method? Which and why?

[@OregonOldTimer]

Easiest way, and to my taste the best way, is the way you just saw me do it.

[@NWSlayers]

You’re an inspiration cause I love fishing and outdoors also. How deep you drop some of your pots because you guys are really close to shore?

[@OregonOldTimer]

In Netarts Bay in the channel along the road, 18 feet, give or take a few.

[@hendognsf]

What you drinkin old timer?? Looks good

[@OregonOldTimer]

Pelican Brewery Beak Breaker Double IPA. They don't pay me to say that, but maybe they should.

[@MichaelSmalleyMPA]

Did you end up keeping the modifications to the traps, was thinking maybe a clear piece of plastic may work better so they can see the bait inside?

[@OregonOldTimer]

I left the mods on. If I have time before we go out again, I'll rig a camera boom on one of them to see how well they work, or not. I don't think crabs use vision to find food.

[@MichaelSmalleyMPA]

@@OregonOldTimer interesting to see. Thank you.

[@davehanna1557]

Nice big stable boat! Let me know if you want to sell it! 😊

[@OregonOldTimer]

Not a chance, Dave.

[@Thunder_6278]

Crabs just don't like you.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Some days are like that. Next trip was our best day ever.