Different fishing

OK, just read a little about the subject:
Both claws of a stone crab may be harvested lawfully if they are both of legal size. Although it is currently lawful to harvest both of a stone crab's claws, usually only one claw is taken from an individual stone crab during harvest for conservation purposes. The practice of removing both claws of a stone crab threatens the ability of the resource to renew itself. Stone crab claws are a renewable resource because only the claw may be harvested and the crab is left to regenerate a new claw. Should both claws be of lawful harvest size and removed, the crab would be left with little means of defense and no mode of acquiring food. This drastically reduces its chance for survival and re-growth of a new claw is highly compromised without a proper nutrient supply.
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Good find, BR...love the way these guys write...why not just say:''for all you greedy b@stards, taking BOTH claws will most likely KILL the crab"...






Think of all the paper they'd save by just gettin' to the point ;) ...
 
I don't know but they taste good, at least the claw. Claw's shell was really differrent to me, made up of a stuff almost like hard porcelin or ceramic. Had them in Key West, bring a lot of cash they are very proud of them :o
 
Here's your crab...
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Ya know, we got a bunch of Dawgs round here anymore.  Time to add a qualifier.  If your weather station doesn't record annual snowfall, you a southern dog.  Us northern boys, even in the Carolinas just can't compete with them true southern dawgs.... ;D


Airslot
 
I hope I can clear up some confusion here, I will give it a try

Geography has nothing to do with whether you are one or not

Dawg is a state of Mind 8)
 
SLOT, WILLY, RAP I AGREE WITH YA ALL! ITS NOT THE CLOTHES YOU WEAR OR THE JIVE YOU TALK....DAWG IS INTANGIBLE... BUT IF YOU ARE EVER A DAWG...TRUST ME YOU WILL KNOW AND FROM THEN ON YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPOT A FELLOW DAWG IN A CROWD OF DEE DEE DEE's FROM A MILE AWAY ;D 8) 8)
 
Oh, I agree with everybody...Simply stating that them southern boys have more D A W G edly oppotunities due to conditions. If I could get to bluewater in 7 miles, man, I'd be a daily DAWG. Then again, I'd have that purty center console, cause I'd prolly be a single DAWG ::)

Airslot
 
Yep, I make 15 mile runs without flinching just for Rock or FLounders. I'd be in the stream whenever the weather permitted at those ranges.

Airslot
 
I only made one summertime Hatteras trip this year and had all intentions of getting out.....but the darn inlet gnashed its teeth at me. Coulda gotten out behind a big sporty to flatten it out for me, but my instincts kicked in and let me know real quick that it wasn't gonna happen. Its simple really:

Option 1:
Don't catch fish and live to try again.

Option 2:
Catch fish and die trying.

I'll take option #2 thank ya! Maybe next year :-/
 
Blue, your in a V-21 for goodness sakes, you should be knocking it down for the sporty's. ;D Ever stuffed the bow on a V-20 :o, let me tell ya, it ain't easy, but I've taken a few over the bow in OC inlet. Heck, some of the weather I've fished in, it's a wonder I've made it this far ;)

Airslot
 
Woolf
The stream varies a lot here in Marathon. Some days its close (five miles) and some it is as much as 45 miles offshore. The reef is always five miles off.

The stream has not been within 17 miles for months. When it comes in to the reef, offshore becomes a magical place. Right now it looks like a series of fronts are marching through, and the water is pretty stired up. Usually you can see bottom and everything growing there in 15-20 feet.

On the first soak the twenty pots produced five pounds of crab claws. There are new studies coming out all the time on these crabs. I do not know where Blue quoted from but the latest I've seen on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission website says a crab can replace its claws in one molt cycle, probably a year, no longer than three. I have not seen any indications that they have a problem feeding themselves. The commercial fleet takes both claws, and so do I. You CANNOT take any from a female bearing eggs. The season runs from Oct. to May. The crabs molt in the summer, and the pots are brought in. The small wood piece in each trap is called a chew out panel, if the trap is lost (like from cutters on boat shafts) the crabs can chew through the wood and escape. Ghost traps are a major problem that everyone is looking for an answer to.

I'll try to post some pictures of the process, there are a lot of other stuff in the traps too. But no stingrays.
 
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