Very cool man! I'm a welder by trade. Done it all over the last 20 years man, everything from pipeline stuff to fabricating in a shop. Seeing this level of calculated work is awesome man. Everyone has their spot, and everyone hits their marks over and over. Its truly beautiful. Thanks for the behind the scenes.. This is where the love is.. you can tell yall really enjoy what you're doing. I find myself looking for "mistakes" in everything I do, and when i see your guys make the little "mistakes" in the minutiae and immediately correct themselves on the next pass, it really hits home. Its beautiful seeing people doing things they love. The passion cannot be found anywhere else, a man and HIS work...
Luke the guy who's next to you. Omg!!! He never stops moving, get trap, empty, fill bait, drop in hot box, grab next trap & keep repeating. Then hook & drop, hook & drop. He's the man!!!! (FYI: he needs a raise!!!!)
@georgehutton6232 the hot box is very hot water and kills anything like barnacles, etc. from sticking to the trap so it can keep being used. Sometimes those traps can sit for a few days and collect all kinds of things from the bottom that can cause trap damage.
Only thing he could to do better with the trap is hold onto the rebar and half way up the crab trap on the corner. It won’t damage the welds on the trap and will make the trap last longer.
Damn Luke.. Your guys are machines.. I can't imagine doing that repetition all day.. every day. I'm impressed Reminds me of watching 'Deadliest Catch' on a smaller scale
This is the only thing from MD I miss after moving to Florida. My steamed crab fix! Yeah, they do have Blue crabs down here but they don't know how to steam them. They BOIL everything! Plus they use them for BAIT! These people are savages. Savages I say. Thanks for posting Luke. Grew up on the South River.
Red Drum taste better than Blue Crab in my opinion and we have Stone Crab, Bay Scallops and Spiny Lobster which I'd take any day over scraping through a Blue Crab
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Love it all. Sandy Point Light and the Bay Bridge. I grew up there in the 1970s. My best friend from high school lived just south of the Bridge and he spent some time as a waterman. My father-in-law was a lobsterman from Massachusetts and I spent a bunch of time as his sternman. You and your crew have it down pretty smooth.
Hey bro, thanks for showing that video of operation men at sea crabbing that was really cool, you guys working in harmony together like gears in a clock timing is perfect thanks showing that it was cool.
Thats a well oil machine alright. Reminds me of my time on the west coast trollers. Setting out 6 mainlines, 60 to a hundred hooks per main. Pulling 2 mains at a time. One on slow retrieve, one on fast retrieve. Just as you got the first one hauled the second mains hooks would be coming up. Set the first main to slow return so you are Setting one while checking the second. As the first one hits the stoppers you start to retrieve the third at slow and set the second main back out. As it hits the stopper you start to retrieve the 4th main and then finish checking the third. And so on. Constant repeat from 4:30 am till 8:00 of 9:00 pm. Theres no way i could keep up now. Still loved it and should have kept with it. Things were good back then.
hey Luke I tell you man I really enjoyed this video y'all really work hard y'all well-earned yalls money brother I enjoy watching your show have a blessed day and I hope you have many many more and you all be safe out there and have a very blessed day 🙏
Ive always been fascinated by crabbing, lobster-ish, fishing etc bit i know my body is too broken to pull off that repetition now. Maybe im so fascinated because i didnt grow up near water and have barely spent any time on boats. Idk but id love to go out with you guys one time either way. Keep up the amazing work!
Wow as a kid in 1970 we were catching big crab and more then you could carry it is sad i loved fishing and cabing been in florida for 43 years i left MD to Join the USCG and ened up here in Florida but i had 18 years of fun in MD
Yall catching anything out there?! Fished them waters most of my life moved away like 4 to 5 years ago. Miss that job damnesr everyday of my life man. Crazy peaceful beautiful dam near every morning besides shitty rainy days haha. Job is like a once in life time type job love it
Is there no radio playing because of you tube? Id put on concrete boots and swim after one day working that hard in total silece😂😂😂. Even rap would be better than nothing and that about as close to torture as you can get 😂😂😂😂
I dont care what it is, watching people who are good at what they do is a pleasure. If you're a boss at picking up dog shit and want to record it ill watch you too.
call me crazy but i would love to come out for a couple of days and go crabbing and of course help as a deck hand, just something different then trolling out here in san diego on my boat, Gabe
Maybe it is because I drive a desk, but this work is just calming & enjoyable to watch. What is in the tank that the re-baited traps soak in for a moment?
I see the first generation rail crabbing robot has very little glitches , invest in that guy, Captain robot will shine , together you will grow a larger business . A very successful business identifies the men and women that have the owners mentality, the ones that always have the companies best interest in mine , the ones that will grind it out . Promotes them into higher level jobs , building more success, more responsibilities. The company needs to be looking out to the future for more revenue and ways to grow. Training another person to fill his shoes is part of the process. Keep him oiled up and happy. I'm sure you don't have a line of people fighting for that job day in and day out, they all want to be door greeters at the dollar store.
If I remember correctly from previous videos, the tank of water is for cleaning the pots,. Why do you bait the pots, then stick them into the cleaning bath? wouldn't the hot water cook the bait a bit?
Did some research on you, noticed you work with jimmys seafood, I know the owner, went to his engagement party when he married Penelope at the sagamore in fells point, very nice man.
Curious, you bait the pot before dunking them in the hot water that you use to "clean" the pots of algee and what not... does that not affect the "freshness" of the bait making it not as "areomatic" so to speak for the crabs? Have you any anecdota stories of before the practice was perormed or a/b testing?
How do you retrieve your crab pot when you drop it in that middle tank/opening? After your deckhand empties and baits the crab pot he puts it in that opening with water in it but it doesn’t have a rope attached. I don’t get it🤔
Hey just curious what is the ballpark pay of a crab boat hand? Do these guys work other jobs as well. And to the homie on the rail his grind never stops!!!
No. This is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in this video. It crosses the Bay near Annapolis, MD and is about 25 miles south of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which crossed the Patapsco River near Baltimore. Luke is fishing near Sandy Point, on the western side of the Bay. That's the Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse you can see sticking up at the beginning of the vid, and the water's sometimes only about 5' deep there. It's hard to tell with the wide angle lens where she is, but the Southern Girl being a little smaller than some other boats means she can get into shallower ("skinnier") water and fish where some other boats can't get to. Luke did an amazing video about what the loss of the Key Bridge meant to him th-cam.com/video/FTocVCDbAqI/w-d-xo.html
Very cool man! I'm a welder by trade. Done it all over the last 20 years man, everything from pipeline stuff to fabricating in a shop. Seeing this level of calculated work is awesome man. Everyone has their spot, and everyone hits their marks over and over. Its truly beautiful. Thanks for the behind the scenes.. This is where the love is.. you can tell yall really enjoy what you're doing. I find myself looking for "mistakes" in everything I do, and when i see your guys make the little "mistakes" in the minutiae and immediately correct themselves on the next pass, it really hits home. Its beautiful seeing people doing things they love. The passion cannot be found anywhere else, a man and HIS work...
That guy dumping the pots is a freaking machine.!
Luke the guy who's next to you. Omg!!! He never stops moving, get trap, empty, fill bait, drop in hot box, grab next trap & keep repeating. Then hook & drop, hook & drop. He's the man!!!! (FYI: he needs a raise!!!!)
What is the hot box used for? I can see there is water or somthing in it
Wow...he works like a rat on crack
@georgehutton6232 the hot box is very hot water and kills anything like barnacles, etc. from sticking to the trap so it can keep being used. Sometimes those traps can sit for a few days and collect all kinds of things from the bottom that can cause trap damage.
Does the bate need to go through the hot water?
Cause I would have the third guy do that. He stands around too much.
Only thing he could to do better with the trap is hold onto the rebar and half way up the crab trap on the corner. It won’t damage the welds on the trap and will make the trap last longer.
Damn Luke..
Your guys are machines.. I can't imagine doing that repetition all day.. every day.
I'm impressed
Reminds me of watching 'Deadliest Catch' on a smaller scale
You guys work together like a well oiled machine. These guys are work animals. Well done men.
Teamwork, rhythm, muscle memory and speed. I like it.
Love watching your process Luke. Thanks for the show.
This is the only thing from MD I miss after moving to Florida. My steamed crab fix! Yeah, they do have Blue crabs down here but they don't know how to steam them. They BOIL everything! Plus they use them for BAIT! These people are savages. Savages I say.
Thanks for posting Luke. Grew up on the South River.
Boiling Any Seafood Is Wrong ! I Tell You. Wrong!!! Lol.
They make good bait
Red Drum taste better than Blue Crab in my opinion and we have Stone Crab, Bay Scallops and Spiny Lobster which I'd take any day over scraping through a Blue Crab
@@bourbontrail565 and tomorrow I want you to add water to skillet when cooking your eggs do you understand?
Butter, I don’t understand. Thanks.
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Love it all. Sandy Point Light and the Bay Bridge. I grew up there in the 1970s. My best friend from high school lived just south of the Bridge and he spent some time as a waterman. My father-in-law was a lobsterman from Massachusetts and I spent a bunch of time as his sternman. You and your crew have it down pretty smooth.
It’s like a dance while you rock and roll. Good job
I see you almost every morning and I always honk from the bridge 😂
Your man on the rail has a great move when he grabs the pot flips open the bait hatch and the door ...in smooth moves!
Well done!
Not your first day😅
Love the content man, much love from Michigan!
Luke buddy ,bro ,dude you guy's need some music on that boat some good ol Rock and Roll LOL
Hey bro, thanks for showing that video of operation men at sea crabbing that was really cool, you guys working in harmony together like gears in a clock timing is perfect thanks showing that it was cool.
Your vlog content is good but I always enjoy watching people work too. its a nice insight into the hard work you speak of.
Well this video answered a lot of questions thank you like to see you work
Good Crab & Crabbers are insanely hard to comeby in MD after Covid.
Super pumped I found your channel, ill definitely end up as a regular!!
Running like a well oiled machine, right on!!
Awesome teamwork man looks like a awesome day. Love the scenery. also
So fast! Holy cow! This is amazing!
That's a very busy process!
Thats a well oil machine alright. Reminds me of my time on the west coast trollers. Setting out 6 mainlines, 60 to a hundred hooks per main. Pulling 2 mains at a time. One on slow retrieve, one on fast retrieve. Just as you got the first one hauled the second mains hooks would be coming up. Set the first main to slow return so you are Setting one while checking the second. As the first one hits the stoppers you start to retrieve the third at slow and set the second main back out. As it hits the stopper you start to retrieve the 4th main and then finish checking the third. And so on. Constant repeat from 4:30 am till 8:00 of 9:00 pm. Theres no way i could keep up now. Still loved it and should have kept with it. Things were good back then.
poetry in motion
hey Luke I tell you man I really enjoyed this video y'all really work hard y'all well-earned yalls money brother I enjoy watching your show have a blessed day and I hope you have many many more and you all be safe out there and have a very blessed day 🙏
That shaker you have is a beast!
Best video yet. It takes hard work to be an American.
Just hustling it ,kick ass guys
Nice brotha...Curious why drop trap in middle of boat after rebait?
Yes please do tell.
You guys are getting it done!!! I’m a Tree Service Owner from Mississippi gulfcoast love all the vids
Way to bust azz guys!. That's an honest days labor!.👍 thank you sir.
Fine tuned machine!!
That is hard work!
This is what I’m gonna take a nap to when I get off work later.
6 minutes in and I'm already tired just watching you all. Dang that's hard work!
That is the quietest I've ever seen you Luke! LOL
Just a idea but I think you should of got Mike Rowe to narrate this one lol
Ive always been fascinated by crabbing, lobster-ish, fishing etc bit i know my body is too broken to pull off that repetition now. Maybe im so fascinated because i didnt grow up near water and have barely spent any time on boats. Idk but id love to go out with you guys one time either way. Keep up the amazing work!
Like a well oiled machine AWESOME 👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Guy in the middle definitely works the hardest! I hope you all rotate jobs every so often.
Great video
Dang! And I thought Chipotle was efficient!😮. “You ain’t no crabber!”😊
Wow as a kid in 1970 we were catching big crab and more then you could carry it is sad i loved fishing and cabing been in florida for 43 years i left MD to Join the USCG and ened up here in Florida but i had 18 years of fun in MD
Won’t complain about crab prices again. You guys are working your tails off to put food on our tables and yours. Keep the videos oming😊
Bro, I love it. Could do all day. It gets in your blood
Got good crew there young man! Smooth machine, everyone knows there job well and how to it!
Finally tuned machine!! GREAT work Gents!!
Yall catching anything out there?! Fished them waters most of my life moved away like 4 to 5 years ago. Miss that job damnesr everyday of my life man. Crazy peaceful beautiful dam near every morning besides shitty rainy days haha. Job is like a once in life time type job love it
I got carpal tunnel just watching 😂
It definitely happens too.
I hate jellyfish!! Very efficient!! Have a great weekend!
New wife’s cooking 😂🇺🇸
love it
So different from single float 20sum years ago. Good crew
Is there no radio playing because of you tube? Id put on concrete boots and swim after one day working that hard in total silece😂😂😂. Even rap would be better than nothing and that about as close to torture as you can get 😂😂😂😂
I mean, that Cat sings a nice tune, but I understand what you’re saying. I’m sure it’s because of YT.
I dont care what it is, watching people who are good at what they do is a pleasure. If you're a boss at picking up dog shit and want to record it ill watch you too.
🇨🇦👀🦀❤
You seem like such an awesome guy. Living a dream. I know it’s hard work but man would I love to be a crabber
Got a good assembly line going there
1st run of pots I count 142 crabs …. 2nd run of pots I count 178. Good work boys !! 🦀🦀✌🏻
Interesting to see you work. Why do you put the crab pots in the tub that is at the center of the boat - some type of disinfectant?
I wouldn't want to arm wrestling that dude shaking them pot's clean. He has a hell of a workout program
Heck you need an employee that looks fun
No one is looking at the sounder?
The joys of fishing shallow waters 👍👌
They known where they are at lol
call me crazy but i would love to come out for a couple of days and go crabbing and of course help as a deck hand, just something different then trolling out here in san diego on my boat, Gabe
A well oiled machine.
After it’s baited what is it dipped in…..like something for extra smell
kick ass
Maybe it is because I drive a desk, but this work is just calming & enjoyable to watch. What is in the tank that the re-baited traps soak in for a moment?
hot water - to kill the marine growth that would otherwise overtake the wire
I was wondering what that was too. 🤔
I see the first generation rail crabbing robot has very little glitches , invest in that guy, Captain robot will shine , together you will grow a larger business . A very successful business identifies the men and women that have the owners mentality, the ones that always have the companies best interest in mine , the ones that will grind it out . Promotes them into higher level jobs , building more success, more responsibilities. The company needs to be looking out to the future for more revenue and ways to grow. Training another person to fill his shoes is part of the process. Keep him oiled up and happy. I'm sure you don't have a line of people fighting for that job day in and day out, they all want to be door greeters at the dollar store.
If I remember correctly from previous videos, the tank of water is for cleaning the pots,. Why do you bait the pots, then stick them into the cleaning bath? wouldn't the hot water cook the bait a bit?
So what are the pots dropped into the box of water? First time I’ve seen this part of the process.
Why does the bait go into the trap before the hot tank? Maybe thaws out frozen bait a bit?
Why does the bait go in before the trap is put in the hot tank?
Doesn’t that boil the bait? Doesn’t that kill some of the scent?
I'm curios to know, what are the freshly baited traps being dipped into and why?
Hot water to sanitize as others post. Is it heated from the motor or other elements?
Did some research on you, noticed you work with jimmys seafood, I know the owner, went to his engagement party when he married Penelope at the sagamore in fells point, very nice man.
Great video! You guys work your asses off!! What is the water filled box that you are dipping the pods in for? What is the purpose of doing that?
Can we get more of these please sirs. ?
What is the hot box for ? Born and raised around the Cape Charles area, I have never seen that used.
Curious, you bait the pot before dunking them in the hot water that you use to "clean" the pots of algee and what not... does that not affect the "freshness" of the bait making it not as "areomatic" so to speak for the crabs? Have you any anecdota stories of before the practice was perormed or a/b testing?
I was thinking the same thing
Good point!
The tank just has hot sea water, no chemicals other than what falls off the previous dunked pots. It’s just to kill any growth so the pots fish best.
HEY LUKE, CAN U VLOG HOW TO MAKE SUCH TRAP CAGE?
How do you retrieve your crab pot when you drop it in that middle tank/opening? After your deckhand empties and baits the crab pot he puts it in that opening with water in it but it doesn’t have a rope attached. I don’t get it🤔
Dang he made my arms tired in about 5 mins
Is this a trot line or just one bouy for all traps ?
Doesn’t your bait get cooked when you put the pot in boiling water or does it not matter ?
what the dip bin they are dipping all the cages in?
What are you dipping the traps in on the deck?
Is the hotbox for hygiene reasons or to get the bait smelling better for the crab?
Much love from Jacksonville, Florida..any crabs to buy☆☆☆☆☆!
Does the greenhorn have to drink a pint of that wash water?
What's the purpose of dropping the pots in the square tub of water after they're emptied and loaded with heads?
Why do the pots go in the trough after they’ve been baited ?
Got a question the tub he was putting the empty pot in what is that & why if you don't mind me asking?
Hey just curious what is the ballpark pay of a crab boat hand? Do these guys work other jobs as well. And to the homie on the rail his grind never stops!!!
What is the bathtub for that the pots are being put in?
The assembly line is real.
What's an experienced deck hand make in a week roughly? Obviously your guys know what they're doing for sure!!
The trap boiler must smell like cooked shrimp heads because he's loading the bait before boiling the trap.
Are you cooking the bait while your cleaning the trap? should try to bait traps after cleaning...
The guy in orange could actually be getting tge shrimp heades in the container for the unloader instead of just standing there
Is the bridge in the background the one that just got hit by the ship?
No. This is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in this video. It crosses the Bay near Annapolis, MD and is about 25 miles south of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which crossed the Patapsco River near Baltimore. Luke is fishing near Sandy Point, on the western side of the Bay. That's the Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse you can see sticking up at the beginning of the vid, and the water's sometimes only about 5' deep there. It's hard to tell with the wide angle lens where she is, but the Southern Girl being a little smaller than some other boats means she can get into shallower ("skinnier") water and fish where some other boats can't get to. Luke did an amazing video about what the loss of the Key Bridge meant to him th-cam.com/video/FTocVCDbAqI/w-d-xo.html