Thank you for your support. The Muni Pier 70's in SF brought so many great memories. First time I experience numerous families getting together in the evening 2-32 gallon full red rock crabs to share. Fishing for surf perch, kingfish, stingrays and sharks. Those were great childhood memories of mine.
Hey Hale, heading to oregon to visit my son in college and wanted to try catching a couple crabs for dinner. Where would be a good place for a beginner. I have a 10 ft pole penn 850 with 50 lb braid. I dont have all that warm weather gear so im no sure if i can try off the beach. Unless i can use my slippas. lol
Barview Jetty, or one of the crabbing piers in Tillamook. Newport is also good off the jetty and off the crabbing piers. 1 hour and 1 hour after Slack tide is the best. Just look at Google Maps. Hope that helps. GL
@@todd24yell It is hit or miss with the crowds especially during the months that end in "R" where crabbing is better. Better probably on the weekdays. I am 2 hours drive from the coast so I pick a when there is minimal tide swings between low and high and low wind conditions. Hope this helps. Good luck to you. 🦀🦀
Such a treat to meet you, Hale" What an honor to be in one of your videos! The crab from this location really do have an even more vibrant appearance than the bay I was catching them in nearby. There's something special about that bay, in particular! I can't wait to get back there. I like your bait combination! I was just using squid there. It's funny how I have now adopted into my errand running the search for bait & getting great deals on squid, salmon heads, bones, etc. I've even switched over to buying bone-in chicken thighs and saving the chicken skin after removing it and cooking the thigh meat. Heck, on this trip I also used the turkey neck from our Thanksgiving bird (that wound up helping me catch that last Dungeness to the North before I headed home). Great video, as usual! Cheers!
Nice day!! My friend gave me a bag of fresh crabs and Rock fish fillets for Xmas so today will be a crabby lunch!! He went out with a friend on a boat and used Hoop Nets so they had a lot of them. Hale, once you are over 40 it's OK to walk your line back instead of all that cranking!!!😎😎
I know I'm late on this but I feel I must co ment if this is supposed to be an educational piece for beginners. Stop pumping your rod after snaring your crab. Pumping the rod releases pressure on the snare.
Thanks Mike for the comment. You're absolutely right. I try to maintain tension at all times and I even walk back when the arm gets tired and when it gets heavy. When I'm retrieving it from 75 yds it's quite a load cranking it. 🤙🏽🤙🏽
@@Millionsedge I think you are absolutely right about the time. The current rips through the channel and there is an hour window of good crabbing during the changing of the tide. It's fun to catch all those crabs but getting keepers to take home is even better.
Thanks for the video. I don't think checking for weight before you reel-in is a good idea. You're just slowly pulling the snare away from the crab. The quick jerk is what catches the crab in the loops.
With snares I have the best luck dropping them from a small boat. I once got 3 keepers in one cast.
That's awesome.
Nice job out there!
Thank you.
Maraming salamat Hale for your videos that reminds me of the early crabbing days of my youth at the Muni Pier in SF. I enjoy watching "BackFishing"!
Thank you for your support. The Muni Pier 70's in SF brought so many great memories. First time I experience numerous families getting together in the evening 2-32 gallon full red rock crabs to share. Fishing for surf perch, kingfish, stingrays and sharks. Those were great childhood memories of mine.
Hey Hale, heading to oregon to visit my son in college and wanted to try catching a couple crabs for dinner. Where would be a good place for a beginner. I have a 10 ft pole penn 850 with 50 lb braid. I dont have all that warm weather gear so im no sure if i can try off the beach. Unless i can use my slippas. lol
Barview Jetty, or one of the crabbing piers in Tillamook. Newport is also good off the jetty and off the crabbing piers. 1 hour and 1 hour after Slack tide is the best. Just look at Google Maps. Hope that helps. GL
@@BackFishing Thanks for your reply. Yes I was thinking of Newport or Tillamook Piers. Are the Piers crowded?
@@todd24yell It is hit or miss with the crowds especially during the months that end in "R" where crabbing is better. Better probably on the weekdays. I am 2 hours drive from the coast so I pick a when there is minimal tide swings between low and high and low wind conditions. Hope this helps. Good luck to you. 🦀🦀
Awesome! sorry for the noob questions@@BackFishing
@@todd24yell Glad to help and field questions anytime. Good luck to you and thank you for the comments.
Did you ever find out what the red stuff was on the male crab?
No...I was hoping for an expert to chime in the comments. Guessing it was eggs from female crabs. Not sure and nothing I could find online.
That sucks. It's almost crabbing season here in the Bay area can't wait. Can't wait for the new crabbing videos also. Great work
@@just_a_guy3303 I hope they don't delay it. GL
That is soo cool! I knew snaring could be done from the jetty never tried it from the beach! I'll have to try it some time!
For sure it's super fun. 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Such a treat to meet you, Hale"
What an honor to be in one of your videos!
The crab from this location really do have an even more vibrant appearance than the bay I was catching them in nearby. There's something special about that bay, in particular! I can't wait to get back there.
I like your bait combination!
I was just using squid there.
It's funny how I have now adopted into my errand running the search for bait & getting great deals on squid, salmon heads, bones, etc.
I've even switched over to buying bone-in chicken thighs and saving the chicken skin after removing it and cooking the thigh meat. Heck, on this trip I also used the turkey neck from our Thanksgiving bird (that wound up helping me catch that last Dungeness to the North before I headed home).
Great video, as usual!
Cheers!
Pleasure to meet you Rob. Next time hope to see you stay longer.
@@BackFishing I just need to plan better (or plan to do much less).
I'll be scanning the tides and hoping for another window of opportunity soon!
Nice day!! My friend gave me a bag of fresh crabs and Rock fish fillets for Xmas so today will be a crabby lunch!! He went out with a friend on a boat and used Hoop Nets so they had a lot of them. Hale, once you are over 40 it's OK to walk your line back instead of all that cranking!!!😎😎
I'm with you on the walking back. It's the moments when I stop reeling to keep tension on the line I walk back. 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Where On Tillamook Bay, are you fishing? I see no jetty and the mouth of Tillamook has a north jetty and the South jetty
Bay just south of of Tillamook. You can also try any beach preferably on the incoming tide.
I know I'm late on this but I feel I must co ment if this is supposed to be an educational piece for beginners. Stop pumping your rod after snaring your crab. Pumping the rod releases pressure on the snare.
Thanks Mike for the comment. You're absolutely right. I try to maintain tension at all times and I even walk back when the arm gets tired and when it gets heavy. When I'm retrieving it from 75 yds it's quite a load cranking it. 🤙🏽🤙🏽
I love it. Thanks for all the good info. Can't wait to make more videos!!
Gauge buster! Nice catch.
Ocean beach in SF in an awesome spot. Just need a shell fish license which is a fraction of the cost to get fresh crabs.
Does rain make a difference as to where you go?
For smaller bays, rain makes a difference. Freshwater pushes the crabs out to find favorable water salinity.
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Appreciate you. Thanks!!🤙🏽🤙🏽
Yet, here we are in South Cost of Oregon where crabbing is closed..... absolutely frustrating.
Is it due to the algae? We are fortunate to crab in the northern coast part of the state.
I was there last Thurs and got skunked. I did forget my bait at home and they only sold chicken around there. A little depressing.
Yeah...hope you didn't have too far to drive. What tide were you snaring? Right around an hour before low has work for me.
2 hours before Low tide for me. The lack of good bait hurt. I went back to the rocks later and caught 14… but only 1 was a keeper.
@@Millionsedge I think you are absolutely right about the time. The current rips through the channel and there is an hour window of good crabbing during the changing of the tide. It's fun to catch all those crabs but getting keepers to take home is even better.
@@BackFishing Agreed. 14 sounds like a lot until you know they were all little.
Thanks for the video. I don't think checking for weight before you reel-in is a good idea. You're just slowly pulling the snare away from the crab. The quick jerk is what catches the crab in the loops.
Yep...you got the idea. The crabs typically don't spook that easy. They are scavengers by nature. Thanks for the comment.
I see you :)