More Crabbing Adventures!

How many crabbing adventures can one season hold? Well, at least one more! Pictured are Emily, myself and Kailey (I know I spelled that wrong) and Rick at the helm. Emily is a friend from the Blaine Jazz Camp who came to stay for a week with Kailey and as usual, Joe was working. The light is quickly failing so we tried to make the most of it.
Looks like we both had pictures on the brain. Never did get to eat any chips! But if I remember correctly, the girls ate their dinner on the way to the boat.
It looks like I am going to spank the crab. Stunning is more to the point.I have perfected this technique. Place crab on bucket rim while holding both last legs in hand. Give two or three quick and forceful poundings on the shell. When the claws go limp, grab all legs and claws in 2 separate hands and pull downward at the same time. Awesome. Pick off the devil and shake out the ickies over the water. Throw the lid in the sea and save the rest. Makes picking the crabs later a clean snap.
Angie is the queen of cleaning. She too was impressed with my new 2 at once plan.
Rick is such a sport. Not one to enjoy eating crab...he knows they must be respected. Even in the stunned state they can pinch. So it is with great facial gestures that we do the deed.
Picking the devil off.
So Three crabs become...
Six halves, ready to steam and enjoy.

Enough Crab Tutorials, Let's Go Crabbin'

Scurvy Seadog takes her turn at pulling the pots in. That kind of work leaves you flushed and smelling a little fishy.
Angie seemed to think this was the funniest shot of the day, but we were hard at work with the little ankle biters.
Take a look at all the crab in this picture. Click on photo and blow it up. It was just so much fun to "play " with all the boys and girls today.

Crab Tutorial

So the girls got their heads together to create a tutorial on Crab Sexing. In case you don't realize, Katelyn, this is for you! Seen here is Angie holding crab while Jenny checks their size with the tool for measuring if they're a keeper or not.
The top photo is of a boy crab.  His "pull tab" is long and thin. This boy is a keeper by the way!
This my dear is a girl. See how "rounded" her pull tab is?  I'm sure there is a more difficult way to say it but pull tab fits perfectly to me. She is also more compact and got thrown back in to create more and more babies!
This was a light day on the water. We did get our limit of 10 and threw a couple keepers back, promising to see them soon. There were more girls than we have seen all season, and do you see the sea star?  I guess everyone loves a good turkey drumstick.
Our Captain seems pretty pleased with the haul today. Or was it the crew he was pleased with?