Caveman's Coho 2024

[Caveman Jim]

Forgot to post this fish I caught a few days before I went to Alaska.

 

[Xaevian]

Forgot to post this fish I caught a few days before I went to Alaska.

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Crabbing in OR this weekend:

 

[Caveman Jim]

Crabbing in OR this weekend:
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Hot Damn!!! I need to learn how to crab fish, Deadliest Catch has given me the basics but I don't have a big enough boat.

 

[Mikej]

Hot Damn!!! I need to learn how to crab fish, Deadliest Catch has given me the basics but I don't have a big enough boat.

Yeah, check a little closer. I don't know WHERE that is. But in the West Coast states undersized female crabs are going to get you in some real expensive hot water.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Yeah, check a little closer. I don't know WHERE that is. But in the West Coast states undersized female crabs are going to get you in some real expensive hot water.

Me think he's just showing a pot that had many crab in it and I'm willing to bet he did not keep the undersized or females. Just sayin

 

[Mikej]

Me think he's just showing a pot that had many crab in it and I'm willing to bet he did not keep the undersized or females. Just sayin

I was sure hoping so. And I knew you would know the difference.

 

[Member 24198]

I paddled just shy of twelve miles yesterday fishing from 0715 to about 1300 and not a single bite.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I paddled just shy of twelve miles yesterday fishing from 0715 to about 1300 and not a single bite.

I feel your pain. Sometimes you catch and other times you cut bait.

I've been chomping at the bit to get back out on the river but I can't risk busting open the cut on my trigger finger…

 

[Caveman Jim]

I was sure hoping so. And I knew you would know the difference.

Those are not my crab Mike.

 

[Member 24198]

I feel your pain. Sometimes you catch and other times you cut bait.

I've been chomping at the bit to get back out on the river but I can't risk busting open the cut on my trigger finger…

Definitely. I tried bait in high water for coho, switched to bottom water for Chinook. Changed to spinners and plugs. No dice. I saw lots of fish on the fish finder. It mostly just serves to tell you how many fish aren't biting at your hook.

 

[Xaevian]

Yeah, check a little closer. I don't know WHERE that is. But in the West Coast states undersized female crabs are going to get you in some real expensive hot water.

I didn't say they were all keepers, just a random ring photo Mr. Nanny lol.

 

[Member 24198]

I didn't say they were all keepers, just a random ring photo Mr. Nanny lol.

The appropriate response is "yes dad".

 

[Caveman Jim]

Definitely. I tried bait in high water for coho, switched to bottom water for Chinook. Changed to spinners and plugs. No dice. I saw lots of fish on the fish finder. It mostly just serves to tell you how many fish aren't biting at your hook.

It doesn't matter if you throw the kitchen sink at em, if they aren't hungry or pissed enough, they ain't biting. In those instances I advise to resort to the Ole Dupont spinner, it don't discriminate against non biters…

 

[Mikej]

Those are not my crab Mike.

You misundertake! I knew they weren't yours. I knew you knew. I wasn't sure for sure that Xaevian knew for sure.

No need to be so touchy.*

*Disclaimer* Not directed to anyone in particular.

Getting a little ifish feeling in here.

 

[Xaevian]

You misundertake! I knew they weren't yours. I knew you knew. I wasn't sure for sure that Xaevian knew for sure.

No need to be so touchy.*

*Disclaimer* Not directed to anyone in particular.

Getting a little ifish feeling in here.

Oh, I know, brother. Been crabbing as long as I been standing. I can tell.a female Dungeness without flipping it over 9 out of ten times.

It is always the only one big enough to keep In a pot full of tiny ones, lol.

 

[Member 24198]

Oh, I know, brother. Been crabbing as long as I been standing. I can tell.a female Dungeness without flipping it over 9 out of ten times.

It is always the only one big enough to keep In a pot full of tiny ones, lol.

Got many crabs in Montana?

 

[Xaevian]

Got many crabs in Montana?

Not even from the National Forest pit toilets...yet.

But there is still time!

 

[Xaevian]

Getting a little ifish feeling in here.

That is a pretty big insult to real fishermen, like telling a hunter they must wear a lot of Sitka gear, lol. No worries.

You can tell the difference because we would take any one of you guys out with us, show you what to use, and cheer you on. More like weFish.

 

[Caveman Jim]

You misundertake! I knew they weren't yours. I knew you knew. I wasn't sure for sure that Xaevian knew for sure.

No need to be so touchy.*

*Disclaimer* Not directed to anyone in particular.

Getting a little ifish feeling in here.

Don't mind me Mike, I'm on medication and it is challenging my coherent thoughts.

 

[Mikej]

Don't mind me Mike, I'm on medication and it is challenging my coherent thoughts.

Yeah Jim. I saw that thing. (shudder) Like my old day used to say. "It's going to feel real good when it stops hurting."