trendsetter
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Wondering if anyone has had any luck crabbing in the local Vancouver waters lately? Might head out early next week; drop a few pots and try for a winter spring.
How's the crabbing in English bay / Fraser Delta etc.
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fishin_magician
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Yep. Jericho is awesome for Crabs Right now. Get out in 50-60 feet of water off the drop off. Easy Limits.
trendsetter
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Thanks for the reply! I'll check it out this week for sure and post back.
trendsetter
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Just for the record the crabbing was great off the north arm. 4 hours and 10 keepers for the 3 of us. Lots and lots of female crabs packed full of eggs. We gently released them back. Hopefully they hatch into thousands more for next season. At least they got a big meal of salmon heads for their troubles.
Check out this egg ball:
Check out this egg ball:
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fishin_magician
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Awesome job. I was crabbing off the west van shore last month. Nothing but males. I have never seen them with their eggs like that. Thanks for the release. If that was caught at the Belcarra dock, I know a few smucks that would have turned them into soup
Then call the RCMP and ORR line. It's illegal to retain female crabs.
stones93
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Don't worry, I will!
Finished Business
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The pier at Belcarra is an ABSOLUTE JOKE! The BLATANT disregard for ANY species pulled up from the bottom by 99.9% of the Asian fisherman is sickening. How it goes on day after day, by the hundreds of ILLEGAL fisherman, is beyond me. If a buck is to be made from policing the local regulations, Belcarra is the place to do it.
I've crabbed Burrard inlet many times, with a few times off the Belcarra Pier (showing the girlfriend the ropes...) and never once, NOT ONCE, have I seen a conservation officer, or any officer for that matter, right the many many wrongs at this location. There is hardly a legal crab to be caught there anyways, yet somehow they all go home with a full pot of crab. There is a lovely lady who cares for the park, and does her best to inform these English-illiterate fisherman of the rules, but I feel for her, as they stare blankly, not knowing what the hell she is talking about (though I believe they do and play the 'not from around here' card).
My apologies to those sensitive to these statements. I apologize for your sensitivity, not my statement.
I've crabbed Burrard inlet many times, with a few times off the Belcarra Pier (showing the girlfriend the ropes...) and never once, NOT ONCE, have I seen a conservation officer, or any officer for that matter, right the many many wrongs at this location. There is hardly a legal crab to be caught there anyways, yet somehow they all go home with a full pot of crab. There is a lovely lady who cares for the park, and does her best to inform these English-illiterate fisherman of the rules, but I feel for her, as they stare blankly, not knowing what the hell she is talking about (though I believe they do and play the 'not from around here' card).
My apologies to those sensitive to these statements. I apologize for your sensitivity, not my statement.
spring time
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they are there dfo my father in law works at the cheveron refinery and he see's the fisheries sometime but not enough
trendsetter
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About the first thing I learned about fishing these waters back in 1990 was to never keep female or undersize crabs. Never have never will. I'm sure people do it through ignorance or just don't care. No one on my boat is allowed to keep anything against fishery regs.
The worst case I saw of that was 2 years ago. A couple guys came in to the dock and I asked them how the fishing was. They replied "no salmon but we killed on rockfish". They opened a cooler with about 15 small rock cod. My response "You do know that the limit for rockfish around here is one per person and most places are closed?" Them... silent blank states. They never showed me their catch after that day. And they never told me what area they came from but I'd guess sunshine coast or howe sound.
The worst case I saw of that was 2 years ago. A couple guys came in to the dock and I asked them how the fishing was. They replied "no salmon but we killed on rockfish". They opened a cooler with about 15 small rock cod. My response "You do know that the limit for rockfish around here is one per person and most places are closed?" Them... silent blank states. They never showed me their catch after that day. And they never told me what area they came from but I'd guess sunshine coast or howe sound.
