Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> cshenk wrote:
> >
> > Don and a friend are going out with his 2 traps this weekend. We
> > expect 2 dozen in a few hours. Friend has 4 traps so it's a pretty
> > simple thing to do. They use Little Neck area I think.
>
> Are they those triangular traps that you let sit for awhile them pull
> up? Buy yourself a real (commercial) crap pot and fill the bait part
> with tuna. I used to throw one out overnight and get about 4 dozen
> just in less than 12 hours.
>
> Rudee Inlet was my primo crabbing spot years ago. I could put out 4
> lines baited with chicken pieces and never relax. Within an hour, I
> could fill a 5 gallon bucket with crabs (about 4 dozen). Back when I
> was married, I did that often. We ate all the crabs we wanted to all
> season. At the end of the season, we ended up with 28lbs of crabmeat
> in the freezer, all frozen in 1/2lb bags. That winter we tried all
> kinds of crab recipes.
>
> Sadly all that area has private property now. No where to park and all
> the good crabbing areas have private boat docks.
>
> I remember when Croatan was totally vacant. Now all available property
> is houses and manicured yards. They ruined it all.
>
> G.

Hi Gary, not entirely sure of the spot but he seems to head to Great
Neck and off from there. Friends with docks and such. He's got simple
type pots and we have chicken pieces as well as squid ready for
tomorrow. I don't actually go, as it's Don's time away from the house
and us 'wimmin'. (Lol, he brings the only other male with him, Cash the
amazing beagle-bull mastiff looking fellow). Meantime, Charlotte,
Iowna (dog) and Daisy-chan (cat) and I kick up our heels with the music
high and lots of silly sloppy romance movies. It's our vacation too!

Carol

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