The crabbing in area 8-2 got off to a great start this weekend. With a minus 3.5 tide in the middle of the day many folks were out on all the accessible beaches having fun. The crabs were plentiful and nice and hard. It was real nice to get together with friends and enjoy a day on the water...with a great crab dinner afterwards. The parking lot at the Everett boat launch was very crowded and launching was fine even on one of the lowest tides of the year. We used chicken skin from hatchery raised chickens for bait.