Secrets of Crabbing & Crabs 1.4: GoPro in crab trap (with audio)

[@pauldunn5287]

Welcome to The Crab Motel..you can check in any time you like...but you can never leave!!!!

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Hotel Crabifornia. Gonna use that! In reality, they take the hotel elevator up to the surface and then get released because they're too small or they're females.

[@user-nb5tj4dq9c]

"Keep my wife's name outa your mouth!" Great quote. The essence of a trapped man's words!

[@tmorton922]

I enjoy the narration.

[@Thunder_6278]

Rocky has an attitude, I LIKE HIM!!!!

[@jongregory5594]

This is the coolest thing I've ever seen!

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Thanks Jongregory!

[@matthawkins9983]

This channel is so cool. I know it’s only gonna get sweeter ✌🏼🍻🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Thanks! Crab on!

[@lanamcbride4631]

This is great! Love the footage in real time.

[@castarmax1970]

Crap, now I have something else to keep me awake at night!! :)

[@matthawkins9983]

You picked up at least 18 new subs in one day!!! Growing like a weed

[@Teri_gand]

That crab was like see my 🐈

[@pauldunn5287]

There has to be something very wrong with me....can't stop watching this, the play by play is FAF. Question...you from Baltimore???

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Haha, I had same reaction as I watched the footage the first time i put a camera in there! So I figured I'd put it on youtube in case there were others out there with the same unknown fascination. I'm thinking we were all the kinds of kids who could stare at fish tanks for a long time. Close to Baltimore! I grew up staring at fish tanks in Philly.

[@pauldunn5287]

@@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo it was the "wooter" that gave ya away 😯

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Yep. It's been interesting having a career that has me around water and seeing folks' reaction all over the world to my pronunciation of it. "You want us to follow you into the what, the 'wooder'?"

[@joezeigler1064]

Fascinating! With Stone crabs in Florida they take the claws and let go and grow another. Do other crabs have that ability?

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

I used to live on South Beach, just a bit north of Joe's Stone Crabs. I believe they're now only allowed to take one claw from stones. A study came out that showed very little survival when you took both. We don't do that out here with Dungeness. Or at least I don't know anyone who does. Yes other crabs can recover a missing leg after a molt, but it doesn't cone back as large. We used to see lots of baby armed blue claws that must have been in first molt after losing an arm to a predator.

[@joezeigler1064]

Thank you

[@frankjandl9613]

What if you used a church-key to open 4 triangular holes on each end of the can? That would allow more scent out while retain the fish inside the can.

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Good idea! I've been thinking along those lines but trying to keep with my goal of no otter-attracting drips in the boat. So that idea but keeping the holes all on the upper part of the can ends. That could give it the flo-thru as long as I store them on their side ahead of time to let them settle... maybe. I'm also thinking of cracking them beforehand and splitting it into two cans. If I chop it up a bit during that process it should make it flow better. Then key will be how much to partially freeze them. Thanks!

[@p.t.anderson1593]

One got out through the trap wall, upper left 13:23

[@KF7QGY]

Not sure if you went back through by now but yes a crab did get out in the upper left as another came in.

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Good catch! Not for my trap, though.

[@Tomxman]

Im getting hungry geee

[@cleattle]

Can we get another video please?

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Yes, releases will become much more regular pretty soon. It's surprising how tough it is to sit down and do one of these hobby videos when your day job is to make videos. Go figure. Thanks for your patience, and for the request!

[@TheReallavaman281]

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@JodyEnglish-s8w]

Prefer 4k, please

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Hmm. I uploaded them as 4K. I'll check.

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Checked and they are all available as 4k.

[@matteoman39]

​@@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo 1.4 and 1.5 are 1080p

[@BobsUnderwaterCrabHouse-so2wo]

Thanks, I'll recheck them.