Very cool on the returned pots!! If whoever did it is reading this thanks and may the goodwill be returned to you 7-fold!!

I got blanked with 6 pots last weekend - no smalls, no females, total blanks!! First time in 40 years of crabbing in the sound that has ever happened. At first I thought someone had cleaned me out but by the time they reset 6 pots and got out of there before I approached would have been enough time for at least something to crawl back in there at the honey hole I was crabbing. Then I thought tribes found my hole and cleaned it out but that doesn't explain no smalls or females. Gave up in frustration and started unloading the bait bags tossing nice chunks of expired farmed steelhead Freddies gave me for bait. 2-3" chunks of flesh and skin should have been filet mignon to the gulls but they grabbed it, chomped it a couple times like they were positioning it for the big gulp and then spit it out. Could not believe the gulls wouldn't eat it! The heck if I ever will!

Rinsed off the gear and tossed in a couple left-over herring into each of 4 pots and scratched out a limit in about 40 minutes. At least I have my own bait from the salmon we caught for this weekend! Happy crabbing - sure is tasty!