Been cabbin since the opener and have struggled to find keepers. Hit browns Pt. to Des Moines and Quartermaster. Lots of females but 6 pots produced 12 keepers over 3.5 days. Used to get that in one day? What's up? Are the Tribes and commercials gettin them all? Have a friend up around Whidby that feeds there 4th party every yr., but not this yr. 18 pots produced 25% compared to previous yrs. Anybody else struggling, or am I not doing something right?

You mean to tell me that cutting the public crabbing down to a few days a week for a couple months of the year and continuing to allow tribal rape and commercial trapping hasnt produced an explosion in the crab population???? WoW, I am completely flabbergasted..

lol - no kidding!

Not to rub it in or anything but my sons and I got 25 keepers in a couple hours with 4 pots. About half of them were large 6-1/2 to 7 inchers.

With the huge tide swings this weekend you had to be in the right place at the right time to have a chance. The crab just weren't out-and-about looking for food in that current - they were hunkered down in the sand trying not to get washed out to sea. The currents tended to concentrate the crab as well. If you could find a depression or eddy that concentrated the bait and kept the crab out of the current you were in money. It pays to search around and then concentrate efforts where you had a successful pull.

sounds like tribes beat you to your money spots. I think its the same all up and down the sound. i managed to pull probably 20-25 legal crabs in 2 days of fishing,kept 6 on thur 10 on sat. I think the key is finding a spot that hasnt been hammered on, find a transition ledge with a sandy bottom, and use quality bait(clams if poss) the tides wernt the best this weekend so maybe things will improve for you.