Reel Repair by Alan Tani

I can think of two songs about clover...but only one is
family friendly"!

I only know the unfriendly family one that would violate the 12 year old rule.  Dominick

Quote from: Dominick on March 07, 2026, 12:22:02 AMI only know the unfriendly family one that would violate the 12 year old rule.  Dominick

You old guys need to update your understanding of what 12 year olds would consider acceptable!

Sez young Mark...    Dominick (old guy)

Quote from: Dominick on March 06, 2026, 05:34:25 PMI vaguely remember a song about clover.  Dominick

Ya,,,,that the kind of music I like,,,,

I got 4 today,,,but dewayne got a big one,,,,,

It took me a few minutes to find the song ya'll are talking about.  Entertaining.  WWII marching songs don't get much play anymore.

Clover popped up,,,,,

I got 7 today nothing big but that's ok,,,,,

I got 3 today,,,,,

I got 1 today on the fly,,,,

I got 2 today,,,,,

While in Crescent City,  northern California,  I have been wanting to try my hand at crab snaring.  A few conversations with Ed Tani and armed with snares built by Alan, 8 got out today.  I started at the southern break water of Crescent City harbor.  Approximately 3 hours after high tide.  It took about an hour to find the depth/distance the crab were in.  As soon as I found the area a short dungeness crab was snared, followed by 2 legal red rock crabs.  Another short dungeness and RR crab soon followed.  When the water depth got too shallow I tried casting farther out but the bite was gone. One legal size dungeness was lost when a swell hit the snare as I was lifting it up.  I moved to a cove and one more RR crab was caught.  I tried a couple other spots within walking distance but no more were caught. 

I headed for home in Crescent City and cooked up the 3 keeper crabs and the wife made short work of them.  She said the three RR crabs were a good meal for her. 

I used a combination of herring and squid with a cage type snare.

I had a plan and scouted the area I wanted to target and was pleased with my results.  I did see one guy pull up 50 yards away, make two casts, bag two crabs, and leave. 

Gonna do this again.  Bill

Nice Bill.  Dominick

The breakwater!
Got some nice Black rockfish there once on the ocean side and a nice big great tasting Starry Flounder on the Bay side another time. The Rockfish are a waiting game. A school has start cruising around and then they can move on pretty quickly.