Setting Maryland Crab Pots

The offseason is over and Its time to get the crab pots in the water! Opening Day for FV Miss Paula is here and The Chesapeake Bay makes a glorious appearance with a stunning day wrapped around her. See the boys hard at work, scrambling, & hustling... simply getting it done. With excitement for the season in their step, a decision is made on a deep water strategy due to a cold spring and the concern if the crabs will be active due to low water temperatures.
Welcome to Crabbers, a Cinematic Vlogumentary of life as a commercial crabber. Focused on the Fishing Vessel Miss Paula and her crew, we climb aboard to experience the waterman's life on the Chesapeake Bay. It is a hard, tough profession, but the water calls to those of us who have an indescribable yearning to go wether its for livelihood or recreation. This is for fisherman, boaters, nature enthusiasts and seafood lovers. These crabbers get to see amazing nature and wildlife on a daily basis and have tremendous insight into the happenings of the Bay. We want to pass on the knowledge, tell the stories, and show the wildlife from real waterman, real crabbers, real people. Nothing scripted, just captured. We hope to entertain, enlighten and welcome you to join us in this celebration of The Chesapeake Bay.
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Chapters:
00:00 Good Morning
00:31 What's the Plan?
01:13 First Pots Going Over!
01:34 Heading Below The Bay Bridge
02:17 Cormorants
03:07 Prep, Lighthouses, Gummy Football, The Bay Bridge
04:27 Throwing Pots
05:50 Back for the Next Load of Pots
07:03 Checking the Engine
07:14 Dolphins in the Bay
08:18 Loading & Baiting Pots
09:23 Heading Back Out / Maryland Pilot Test
11:22 Cleaning Up & Heading Home

[@VincentGoldsmith3]

I can smell this video and I love it.

[@donaldsheppard5612]

That picture of the bay bridge through the crab pot tells a story all in itself ! !

[@williamspruill9847]

Yall doing a fab.job for me. Watermen. Of md.

[@timdemarco5079]

Those pots look good, I remember the days of repairing and pressure washing abot 800 pots. Appreciate the videos👍

[@vukihodzic5538]

Amezing video and choice of music. Wishing I was there. Keep them coming!

[@shaunburke4887]

I always wanted to work on the water

[@thcsnake38]

Super professional! Keep them coming.

[@duanebunnell148]

We are enjoying these so much! Great photography-good balance between close ups of Captain and crew, drone shots and views of water, sky, birds, etc. We like the mix of chatter from the crew and information/answers to questions from CJ, too.

[@brankohodzic]

Thanks so much for the positive and descriptive feedback! We'll keep it up.

[@mattburke790]

I'm loving this! Really well done guys.

[@FVMissPaula]

thanks so much. It means a lot!

[@jnova9867]

Way Cool ! Keep up the good work !

[@PaulyV56]

great channel new Sub

[@FVMissPaula]

Glad to have ya. This season is just getting started.

[@lilacanby3797]

THIS IS GREAT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. GREAT EPISODES.

[@davebutler9252]

Another great one! Great tunes too!

[@FVMissPaula]

Glad you like them!

[@keithdougherty1584]

Great video! I saw a dolphin last July near the rt 450 bridge in the Severn. It seems like more are coming into the bay.

[@brankohodzic]

Thats awesome Keith! It's neat they're coming this far up the Bay.

[@VOOODOOO37]

great video, loved it

[@robertliepe6766]

💯👍"let's eat"🍺🍺😎🇺🇸

[@brankohodzic]

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Feel free to tell us what you want to see more of and we'll try to make sure we focus on those subjects.

[@LordCowbxyRDR]

I live on the water near point lookout Maryland and I use chicken necks off my dock to catch them and I have pots, great deal as the males are good eating and often I get peelers which are great bait attached or on the pylings of my dock a

[@jamesonwojtkowiak9751]

you should do a video on sizes and prices and culling of crabs

[@FVMissPaula]

Great Idea. We are hoping to do all those things in future videos.

[@Ben-lo7cy]

Just found this, kinda funny because I worked on his first boat

[@FVMissPaula]

What's goin on? Glad you found it.

[@Ben-lo7cy]

FV Miss Paula looks like you’ve come a long way. I had to do a double take when I saw the name. Kinda weird it just popped up on my feed 20 years after working on the original boat. Whoever made the video did a good job too 👍🏼

[@shaunburke4887]

So what do I have todo to start this kinda business...

[@FVMissPaula]

Short answer is you have to buy a license, boat and atleast 1000 crab pots. If I had a 100k to spend I would put it in the stock market when it bottoms out next year. You'll be a millionaire sooner.

[@shaunburke4887]

@@FVMissPaula it's not about money...I just love being on the water

[@jamesmasters4596]

Dont worry about birds,less fish means more crabs.

[@Fishsauce66]

How deep do you set the pots?

[@FVMissPaula]

Usually anywhere from 4 to 25 feet. Spring and fall they set to 65 ft or deeper.

[@thomaslazarski8311]

crawfish as bait ? I thought fish or chicken ? what month is the best and can I Crabb in oct.

[@FVMissPaula]

There shrimp heads. We use fish and clams too. Best crabs of the year are in September and October.

[@caseyisalive]

How far away do you have to stay from other people's pots? Are there actual regulations or just etiquette?

[@FVMissPaula]

No regulations but try to give each other room. With underwater lines we can't cross each other.

[@LewCrab]

Is that dried up shrimp for bait?

[@FVMissPaula]

Shrimp heads. They pop the heads off so they can sell the tails to eat.

[@dealecrabr9425]

@@FVMissPaula where do you get them

[@FVMissPaula]

@@dealecrabr9425 they come out of North Carolina.

[@PCHelpNews]

Wow, all those pots & not a single crab.