Half Bushel Monster Crabs 1 Run 600' Trot Line!

[@madcrabber1113]

Used to use 1- 1000 ft. line in the Chester right near Cliffs City and would catch 1/2 to 1 full basket per run back in the 80's. Miss those days.

[@ruthlong6876]

They were some decent crabs to

[@mythang03]

well shiver me timbers! this looks so easy

[@Ave9120]

What are you using for bait, how do you attach them and how far apart?

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

Ive never seen it done like this. Here on the west coast we use a pot or a snare. Pot for commercial and the snare for use for fishing.

[@chrish5096]

Started to get aggressive at the end there. Lol

[@Williestyle7]

Omg! Love it! Can’t wait to go crabbin again! 😂😂 I watched you then ate my crabs we bought here in Delaware!! #Subbie4Life❤️

[@delowdowns3752]

You was on a Roll 😎

[@xevious2501]

i dont understand, is there a law against using crab pots? i mean, apparently this form of fishing works but i would imagine many crabs dropping free of the line long before their caught. (technically good to prevent over fishing) but i wonder. can someone clue me in.

[@eugenenivera2603]

How many minutes did you wait after you dropped the line to scoop?

[@Trotlining]

That day, I was just messing around w/ that 1 line. I knew they were there so I layed it out, went to the other end @ half throttle and ran it. So like 5 minutes.

[@madcrabber1113]

600'?

[@Trotlining]

About 6, don't know exactly. I start trying to get all technical & exact It will hurt me in the long run w/this stuff, I just know where they fit. but I am pretty sure I made 2 lines out of a 1200' one a few years ago and that is one of em.