Do you have crabs?
I do, Maryland Blue Crabs that is.
Caught in the Chesapeake Bay!
Our adventure began early in the morning, and when I say early I mean 3:15 in the Morning early. For those of you that don't know I am NOT a Morning person by any means, I would rather stay in my nice warm bed snuggled up under the covers.
But for this adventure we would spend about 1 1/2 hours on the road to get to the destination of these wonderful specimens.
Guy and I hooked up with his little brother Al, who knew where there were some good crabbing going on. As we pulled up to Al's boat I took one look at it and thought to myself are you serious? That's the S.S. Minnow and it's going to sink, don't believe me here's a view for you.
Now this boat is older than I am. It also reminds me of boats that you see back in the old movies like Elvis when he's serenading a lady out on the high seas. I was very nervous getting into it, but I dare not show it & just follow the lead of my husband. If he isn't afraid, than why should I be.
For those of you have no idea how you crab there are a few things that are a MUST have or your hunt won't be very fruitful....so with that the things you need are:
CRAB TRAPS
ROPE & BUOYS
CHICKEN NECKS
You need chicken necks so the crabs have something to eat and I will say they surely do love their chicken necks. You tie the necks to the bottom of the trap ( the traps open on all sides ) so the crabs will just crawl in and nibble on the necks. Then after you let them sit awhile you go back and pull the traps up HOPING you have a crab inside.
It was a blast watching Guy throw the traps in and pulling them back in without any effort. He has been doing this since he was a little boy with his own Dad, which brings back memories for him.
This is one of my favorite pictures of the day. Early Morning, the sun coming up and being able to watch my husband doing something he loves.
Things started off really well. The salt water was delivering some very nice heavy crabs full of delicious meat. We ran and ran for about 2 hours before something happened, remember that S.S. Minnow that I was sure going to let us down?
Indeed it did for a good 45 min. The engine got flooded and little brother Al didn't have the necessary things such as starting fluid, or oil which in turn would of started it up right away. Guy and I were just shaking our head, luckily we were crabbing by piers so we made him get out and go for help. Al, brought back the man who owns the ramp we launched from....he simply came, showed, fixed,& then left. HA!
ALL IN ALL WE HAD A GREAT TIME!!
Even the kids had fun playing around with the crabs once we got them home.
As well as the big boy who caught most them.
We had a fun time! Thanks sweetness for sharing your life with me.
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