I was out there crabbing too. Was out at the Salsbury launch Saturday afternoon to pull my pots right when the commercial season started at 5:00 that day. It was a mad house. There were pots EVERYWHERE! Talked to one of the tribal guys while pulling ours and asked how long they were going to be out there. He said till Monday or so. As far as I could tell, they were only crabbing north of the Hood Canal Bridge. We did pretty well out there, but I'm sure by now it's a different story. Came back into the launch and there was a huge refrigerated truck waiting. I did actually see three tribal cops there, but wonder how much enforcement power they have.

Just like AuntM was saying: I know a lot of people with the same mentality...get them before the Indians do. Looks like a downward spiral from here. Probably just a matter of time before the crab season goes the way of the shrimp season.