How to Catch & Prepare Crab Talks - Summer 2021
hosted by Center for Wooden Boats

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Saturdays at 10 am
June 12 & 26
July 3, 10, 17
Meet in front of the Cama Beach Store
Cama Beach State Park
Please check the "Events Calendar" for last minute updates.

​​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:
  https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfishing-regulations/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: 
  https://wdfw.wa.gov/licenses/fishing/catch-record-card/dungeness
  
  

Statewide Gear Rules:

• Crab, Shrimp & Crawfish
  ​https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfishing-regulations/gear-ruleswdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfishing-regulations/gear-rules
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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 6, 2021