I've always cooked crab in sea water from the cooler I take them home in live. Others cook them in tap water. We brought home eight Dungeness from Tillamook Bay this afternoon and I decided to try fresh water. Never again! The contrast in taste is significant. These, boiled twenty minutes in fresh water, were bland and almost tasteless in comparison to crabs boiled in salt water. How do you boil crabs, fresh water or salt? If you've done it both ways, which do you prefer?
I add salt if I can't get ocean water. I also don't keep my keepers in water. I keep them in a bucket or cooler with a wet gunny sack over them. Underwater they'll breathe up all the oxygen in the water and die. If they stay damp, they can breathe outside water. I just dunk the sack in the ocean, and redunk every time it starts to dry out at all.
I've watched hundreds, if not thousands, of fishing and crabbing videos on TH-cam over the years, and this video is my hands-down favorite! You are so genuine, articulate, and entertaining. Thanks so much for making this video, and I hope you will make many more. You definitely earned a new subscriber.
Thank you very much. After watching underwater crab videos by The Reef Robber and Oregon Life, I've made modifications to the doors on my crab pots. I'll see if they improve things the next time we go out and maybe make another video.
That dory turned out great! I really like your interior layout. Side benches keep the open utility boat convenience, but the missus has a nice place to sit.
Hello my name is Tom, I’m from Philadelphia. I’m a new subscriber and I think your boat and your set up for cleaning & cooking The crabs is terrific and your boat is perfectly set up everything in its own place it’s one of the best I’ve seen. Looking forward to many more videos....great job Tom
A square blade shovel stuck upside down in ground or a small meat cleaver does the trick as well! they tast better without guts in cookpot. Crab taste better than lobster!!! Enjoying your video again from westcoast Canada.
My new favorite channel. Your voice calms my severe daily anxiety. I am moving my family to Astoria in 8 days. Been in southern idaho all of my 36 years minus a stint or two moving away. Cant wait to get clamming and crabbing. Thanks for the video and keep up the good work!
Thank you. I'm surprised and pleased that my crabbing video is so popular. The older I get, the less inclined I am to do things outside in cold, wet, windy weather, but we'll go out again soon or when the salmon in the freezer runs out.
Hey, very resourceful on the machete! Love how you just noticed the devices looked similar and decided to try with your own makeshift device. I gotta say, I'm very impressed with your ability to manage all that camera gear, boat, crab traps etc, editing software even. As an oldtimer who still uses a pocketwatch, you really did well to keep your brain active! I commend your longevity!
@@OregonOldTimer that's honestly a winning attitude. More people should definitely be thinking like that, and not just thinking, but doing just as much, as you sir!
I just love your videos, I am from Texas and recently went to Mosier for the first time, it is so beautiful along the Colombia river gorge! Your engineering of your boat is very smart, very organized. It is my hope to return in the spring and hopefully get to go fishing. Best wishes!
Just built me a place in Oceanside last year and picked me up a boat last week. Now all I need is the hot spot for the crab in Netarts Bay! Great videos!
Before Covid, we often went to Roseanna's for breakfast and always took out-of-town guests there. Oceanside is a nice place. We haven't been crabbing lately. Waiting for nicer weather. Getting soft in old age.
Oregon Old Timer ; We’ll save some for you. I bought a 19’ boat with 34” gunnel height and full canvas so we can go out in more conditions (within reason) and still be comfortable. Like you, I’m more for fair weather, especially since I’m new to fishing/crabbing. I watched your 44” salmon catch earlier...epic battle for that old fish!
We went out with visiting friends a week ago on a calm, sunny day and in an hour or two caught enough Dungeness to fill our bellies that evening and send plenty home with our guests. Get on out there!
2 years ago but not a lot in crabbing changes. I'm in Calif. and 75. No boat of my own but at least this year my friends boat is running again. MY main crabbing is with crab snares. I really enjoy snaring and would advise you to do it between pulls. It's relaxing and gives you a chance at more crabs. I make all my own snares so it is something else to do in the spring when it cools down. I really like that boat!! I'm not sure who, maybe Thuy at fishing 24-7 shows how to make a pot piller from a cheap 12 volt Harbor Freight winch.
I'm not so far gone that I can't pull pots by hand. Good exercise. My wife likes to use a folding crab trap between pulls. I'm usually content to sit and watch the world around me or read. Dory and trailer are undergoing maintenance right now. Hope to be back on the water in a few days.
@@OregonOldTimer Yes.... we do🤣🤣🤣 I know I’m not just speaking for myself when I say ....’every trip on the water is a different story’ I personally am glad I subscribed 🙌😍
We were on the ocean Thursday afternoon. Dropped two crab pots near the CG boat house on the way out. Picked up one when we came back in. Don't know who beat us to the other one.
Thank you for sharing this video. I haven't fished yet for anything from the ocean since moving to Oregon last summer. I turn 50 in a few months and I would like to try some new things in my life. I am intrigued about perhaps looking to own a boat and trying this someday. Any tips on what to look for when looking for a simple boat? If I buy a used one, what should I be looking out for? In a few weeks, I'm going to start out slow and start with clamming maybe along Netarts Bay when the tides are at their lowest. Perhaps my interest will peak into other related activities such as crabbing and also fishing but as my life is now heading towards past the half-century mark, I think these are things that I could learn to enjoy as I get older and closer to my retirement years.
Where did you move here from? For a recreational crabbing boat, roominess and stability are critical. Crab pots take up a lot of space. You'll be hauling them in over the side, so you definitely do not want something tippy. A young man drowned just last week in Nestucca Bay when he and two others capsized a small boat while crabbing. Spend the money for an automatic, inflatable life vest and wear it. If you rely on the standard, bulky style, you won't wear it all the time.
Hands down for sure best way is to boil or steam them in seawater whole. Cleaning them before cooking removes the butter and a lot of flavor. The saltwater just gives them a fresh taste of ocean. Only spice needed is the ocean. Dip in garlic butter if you want but it is not really needed.
I dont eat crab but you almost made me try it lol ...it looked like a fantastic day in the boat and a tasty dinner ...for a beginner at this your sure doing an awsome job at this youtube stuff
Dungeness crab is good, but you gotta boil it in salt water. Preferably sea water. Thanks for the attaboy. Waiting for my good computer to get back from the shop so I can do more.
@@OregonOldTimer we got out Saturday and got 22 in 3 hours, most were soft shell but still put food on my table for my family. I know the saying that the er months hold better yields but it’s been to long and I had to get out. And by the way...what a beautiful boat you made. I didn’t realize you made it, much more stable then my 14ft tin can haha. Hope you can get out and enjoy this weather this year.
Sir I live on the Outerbanks of North Caroline like you I love to crab oyster fish clam etc… I have a dory style boat. I am really interested in your boat and set up. Did u build it yourself? Being an old sailor I am super interested in the daggerboard design. May I exchange email address with you so we can discuss privately? Thank You Gene Lewis
I've always cooked crab in sea water from the cooler I take them home in live. Others cook them in tap water. We brought home eight Dungeness from Tillamook Bay this afternoon and I decided to try fresh water. Never again!
The contrast in taste is significant. These, boiled twenty minutes in fresh water, were bland and almost tasteless in comparison to crabs boiled in salt water.
How do you boil crabs, fresh water or salt? If you've done it both ways, which do you prefer?
Crabs are always better when cooked in sea water🥰🦀🥰
Cook in sea water and whole crab to keep its flavor and sweetness.
I add salt if I can't get ocean water. I also don't keep my keepers in water. I keep them in a bucket or cooler with a wet gunny sack over them. Underwater they'll breathe up all the oxygen in the water and die. If they stay damp, they can breathe outside water. I just dunk the sack in the ocean, and redunk every time it starts to dry out at all.
@@mattmoore1311 Thanks for the explanation. I know lots of folks use your method, but I never knew why.
we turn the crabs upside down and steam them from 2 compartments pot
I've watched hundreds, if not thousands, of fishing and crabbing videos on TH-cam over the years, and this video is my hands-down favorite! You are so genuine, articulate, and entertaining. Thanks so much for making this video, and I hope you will make many more. You definitely earned a new subscriber.
Thank you very much. After watching underwater crab videos by The Reef Robber and Oregon Life, I've made modifications to the doors on my crab pots. I'll see if they improve things the next time we go out and maybe make another video.
That dory turned out great! I really like your interior layout. Side benches keep the open utility boat convenience, but the missus has a nice place to sit.
I wanted to keep the center open, but side bench seats make pulling crab pots more difficult than if they weren't there. But I'm not complaining.
Hello my name is Tom, I’m from Philadelphia. I’m a new subscriber and I think your boat and your set up for cleaning & cooking The crabs is terrific and your boat is perfectly set up everything in its own place it’s one of the best I’ve seen. Looking forward to many more videos....great job Tom
Thanks and welcome, Tom.
A square blade shovel stuck upside down in ground or a small meat cleaver does the trick as well! they tast better without guts in cookpot. Crab taste better than lobster!!! Enjoying your video again from westcoast Canada.
Yep, lobster is over-rated. But, to me, crabs taste better boiled whole.
You are both such a pleasure to watch and listen to. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching.
My new favorite channel. Your voice calms my severe daily anxiety. I am moving my family to Astoria in 8 days. Been in southern idaho all of my 36 years minus a stint or two moving away. Cant wait to get clamming and crabbing. Thanks for the video and keep up the good work!
You'll get here just in time for the rainy season, the best time of year.
You are excellent narrator! Great video, you should make more like it. Thank you!
Thank you, I will. Many things have kept us off the water so far this year, but more crabbing is on the agenda.
I just learned a ton from you, thank you! Please do more crabbing videos,I especially Appreciate Your commentary , as I said, it taught me a lot.
Thank you. I'm surprised and pleased that my crabbing video is so popular.
The older I get, the less inclined I am to do things outside in cold, wet, windy weather, but we'll go out again soon or when the salmon in the freezer runs out.
What a wholesome channel
Hey, very resourceful on the machete! Love how you just noticed the devices looked similar and decided to try with your own makeshift device. I gotta say, I'm very impressed with your ability to manage all that camera gear, boat, crab traps etc, editing software even. As an oldtimer who still uses a pocketwatch, you really did well to keep your brain active! I commend your longevity!
Gotta keep a few balls in the air. I don't see much difference between sitting around doing nothing and being dead.
@@OregonOldTimer that's honestly a winning attitude. More people should definitely be thinking like that, and not just thinking, but doing just as much, as you sir!
I just love your videos, I am from Texas and recently went to Mosier for the first time, it is so beautiful along the Colombia river gorge! Your engineering of your boat is very smart, very organized. It is my hope to return in the spring and hopefully get to go fishing. Best wishes!
I hope to go fishing, too. Been too damn busy with other things lately.
Just built me a place in Oceanside last year and picked me up a boat last week. Now all I need is the hot spot for the crab in Netarts Bay! Great videos!
Before Covid, we often went to Roseanna's for breakfast and always took out-of-town guests there. Oceanside is a nice place.
We haven't been crabbing lately. Waiting for nicer weather. Getting soft in old age.
Oregon Old Timer ; We’ll save some for you. I bought a 19’ boat with 34” gunnel height and full canvas so we can go out in more conditions (within reason) and still be comfortable. Like you, I’m more for fair weather, especially since I’m new to fishing/crabbing. I watched your 44” salmon catch earlier...epic battle for that old fish!
Oregon Old Timer ; Roseannes is great, if she’s open. The Blue Agate a block north has a great breakfast menu too!
Great video and awesome boat! My family and I love crabbing Netarts Bay. Haven’t been able to take our new boat out crabbing yet but hopefully soon!
We went out with visiting friends a week ago on a calm, sunny day and in an hour or two caught enough Dungeness to fill our bellies that evening and send plenty home with our guests. Get on out there!
2 years ago but not a lot in crabbing changes. I'm in Calif. and 75. No boat of my own but at least this year my friends boat is running again. MY main crabbing is with crab snares. I really enjoy snaring and would advise you to do it between pulls. It's relaxing and gives you a chance at more crabs. I make all my own snares so it is something else to do in the spring when it cools down. I really like that boat!! I'm not sure who, maybe Thuy at fishing 24-7 shows how to make a pot piller from a cheap 12 volt Harbor Freight winch.
I'm not so far gone that I can't pull pots by hand. Good exercise.
My wife likes to use a folding crab trap between pulls. I'm usually content to sit and watch the world around me or read.
Dory and trailer are undergoing maintenance right now. Hope to be back on the water in a few days.
Great video! I subscribed and liked. Keep them coming. Some of us rookies could use some of your knowledge you’ve gotten over the years.
Thanks for the sub!
Oregon Old Timer you’re welcome. Also feel free to check out my channel if you care to.
Please do more crabbing videos. I greatly enjoyed this one 🦀🦀🦀
I didn't realize folks would like more of the same of anything. It'll make my life easier.
@@OregonOldTimer
Yes.... we do🤣🤣🤣 I know I’m not just speaking for myself when I say ....’every trip on the water is a different story’
I personally am glad I subscribed 🙌😍
love that wooden boat!
It's feeling neglected. We'll go out for salmon this week. Or next.
Love your channel!
Great video. Would love to
See more. 👍
Thanks, Dylan. I will.
Thanks for sharing 🦀
Thanks for watching
Thanks. We will give it a try
For more information on recreational crabbing, check out PK's channel, Oregon Life. th-cam.com/users/oregonfishingblog
Hey I remember seeing you guys on Oct 29th/30th. I think I passed you guys boat in the bay.
We were on the ocean Thursday afternoon. Dropped two crab pots near the CG boat house on the way out. Picked up one when we came back in. Don't know who beat us to the other one.
Thank you for sharing this video. I haven't fished yet for anything from the ocean since moving to Oregon last summer. I turn 50 in a few months and I would like to try some new things in my life. I am intrigued about perhaps looking to own a boat and trying this someday. Any tips on what to look for when looking for a simple boat? If I buy a used one, what should I be looking out for?
In a few weeks, I'm going to start out slow and start with clamming maybe along Netarts Bay when the tides are at their lowest. Perhaps my interest will peak into other related activities such as crabbing and also fishing but as my life is now heading towards past the half-century mark, I think these are things that I could learn to enjoy as I get older and closer to my retirement years.
Where did you move here from?
For a recreational crabbing boat, roominess and stability are critical. Crab pots take up a lot of space. You'll be hauling them in over the side, so you definitely do not want something tippy. A young man drowned just last week in Nestucca Bay when he and two others capsized a small boat while crabbing.
Spend the money for an automatic, inflatable life vest and wear it. If you rely on the standard, bulky style, you won't wear it all the time.
Hands down for sure best way is to boil or steam them in seawater whole. Cleaning them before cooking removes the butter and a lot of flavor. The saltwater just gives them a fresh taste of ocean. Only spice needed is the ocean. Dip in garlic butter if you want but it is not really needed.
I agree.
Your wooden boat with a dagger is good in rough water..watching from the Philippines
I don't go out in really rough conditions, but I've never been fearful or even concerned crossing the Tillamook bar and fishing in the ocean.
Love your videos!! If that was in the Philippines, we'd take all even the seaweeds 😂
We Americans have the luxury, if that's what it is, of being picky about what we eat.
Thank you for watching.
I dont eat crab but you almost made me try it lol ...it looked like a fantastic day in the boat and a tasty dinner ...for a beginner at this your sure doing an awsome job at this youtube stuff
Dungeness crab is good, but you gotta boil it in salt water. Preferably sea water. Thanks for the attaboy. Waiting for my good computer to get back from the shop so I can do more.
You're living the good life😊
Yup.
What a feast!
It was, indeed.
Headed there tomorrow with my boat. Hope I do as well as you did!
Good luck, Joseph. I've been too damn busy to get out yet, but it's SeptembeR, and the months ending in R are best.
@@OregonOldTimer we got out Saturday and got 22 in 3 hours, most were soft shell but still put food on my table for my family. I know the saying that the er months hold better yields but it’s been to long and I had to get out. And by the way...what a beautiful boat you made. I didn’t realize you made it, much more stable then my 14ft tin can haha. Hope you can get out and enjoy this weather this year.
As long as the chicken is not rotten.Crab dont like anything smelling of rot.(Charlie White). Freezer burn not an issue.
I agree.
Good stuff!!
Awesome. Video I do love crabbing
It's easier and less iffy than fishing.
For sure I always go home with crab
love your property (what I can see of it). Wouldnt mind having a piece like that
It's only six acres and all but where the house is is mighty steep. Deer, bears, and sometimes elk pass through our woods. Yeah, it's nice.
Nice boat for crabbing😊
It's stable enough, but it would be easier to haul up pots if I hadn't put bench seats along the sides.
What kind of boat is that exactly? It’s awesome!!
spirainternational.com/hp_till.php
Here is the link to Part One of the build.
th-cam.com/video/4zZbsgFyyI4/w-d-xo.html
@@OregonOldTimer thank you brother!
Love it!
Thank you.
What month was this filmed?
I think it was June. It was unusual to have so many hard-shell crabs that early. Two years ago.
GOOD VIDEO. I SUBSCRIBED.
Thank you. Hope to get more crabbing and fishing videos out soon.
Normally what I'm doing when i'm crabbing, cuz I'm throwing a line in the water for some cod or whatever else will hit my line.
Hey there old timer. Im in mcminnville. If you need a good solid deck hand who has hemis sea legs. Let me know. I work for free....kinda lol
I have all the crew I need, but thanks for the offer.
I bet the raccoons love you at night time when they pick up all the mess from the crabs that you just cleaned😊
They would have to unlatch the trash can, and, in the past dozen years, the only critter to do that was a bear.
Your better of snaring when waiting for the pots than using that clam shell dohiky.
Sir I live on the Outerbanks of North Caroline like you I love to crab oyster fish clam etc… I have a dory style boat. I am really interested in your boat and set up. Did u build it yourself? Being an old sailor I am super interested in the daggerboard design. May I exchange email address with you so we can discuss privately?
Thank You
Gene Lewis
Yes, I built it.
th-cam.com/video/4zZbsgFyyI4/w-d-xo.html
You can find an email link at www.ericrush.com
12 male dungeoness crabs??? wow, that limit is out to lunch. lol
And dinner, too.
If you cooked them in tap water. You should have put a couple of cans of beer in it.
What? Waste beer? Sea water is cheaper and not fit to drink.
@@OregonOldTimer Should have known better huh?
My Cummins is bigger 🤣