How to Catch and Prepare Crab
hosted by Center for Wooden Boats

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Summer 2017 schedule:
Saturdays at 10:30 AM
Meet in front of the Cama Beach Store
Cama Beach State Park
Please check the "Events Calendar" for last minute updates.

        Saturday, May 27, 7 PM (at the Camano Island State Park Amphitheater)
        Saturday, June 24, Time: 11AM, 12PM, 1PM (this is part of ShellFest
​                                                             and will be at Camano Island St Pk near the boat ramp, )
        Saturday, July 1
        Saturday, July 8
        Saturday, July 15
        Saturday, July 22

Learn how to catch and cook our prized Dungeness crab from our local Center for Wooden Boats experts, then purchase crab bait from the
Cama Beach Store, rent a boat and crab trap from the Boathouse, and put into practice what you just learned.

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To crab in Washington State:

• adults need to have a Shellfish license
  (if you also plan to fish, consider a "combo" license) 
  
• youth need to have a 
  Combo Fishing/Shellfish license.

More information related to crabbing:

• Recreational Shellfishing Regulations:
  http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/crab
  Cama Beach SP is in Marine Area 8-1
  Camano Island SP is in Marine Area 8-2 

General Licensing Information:

• Fishing Licenses: 
  http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/fishing.html
• License Fees and Types: 
  https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/#/application/help?tab=3&subTab=-1​
• Catch Record Card: Puget Sound Dungeness Crab: 
  http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/crab/crc.html
• How to submit your Puget Sound Dungeness Crab Catch Report data: 
  https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/#/login
  

Statewide Gear Rules:

• Crab, Shrimp & Crawfish
  http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/gear_rules.html
  
  

Don't Lose Your Pots ... so you can #CatchMoreCrab!

1. Know if the tide is rising or falling (so you have enough line)
2. Know the direction of the current (if your pot is swept away – you’ll know which direction to search)
3. Add weight to your pot (so it is less likely to be swept away by strong currents)
4. Use longer line (in case your pot is swept to a much deeper location by the current)
5. Use an additional high visibility buoy (in case your pot moves or if the water gets rough)
6. Avoid high traffic areas (so your pot isn’t snagged and towed off)
7. Use weighted line (so it won’t float on the surface and be cut by a propeller) 
8. Watch you pots (watched pots may never boil, but a watched crab pot never goes missing)

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Updated June 11, 2017