Great looking day, heading for the docks in Charleston today to try our luck at Crabbing once again. You would think I would hit it right someday or give up.
The weather was really warm in Charleston Bay. We arrived at the dock at around 12:30 and proceeded to the end of dock where we usually crab from. We try to setup next to a large boat on the dock so you can block the slight breeze that comes up in the afternoon, which can make it pretty cool. Today is an extremely high tide day and don’t know what type of results will get crabbing. On our way down to the dock, at the cleaning station we ran into two young men that were cleaning the crabs they caught, however all of them were the small rock crabs. They told us they started crabbing the first thing in the morning until lunch and that’s all they caught. Not a good sign.
We set up our two traps. We were using anchovies and turkey legs. Our first set was uneventful and we only caught a couple of Dungeness crabs that were really small and one rock crab. After being there for a while I came to the conclusion you need to bring a book to read, since it can get pretty boring just sitting there. Or at least bring a fishing pole.
A couple came down to the dock and started talking with us, and within minutes we made friends with them. Funny how many people get the impression that People in Oregon are not friendly? Not so! Of all the times we have been here we have never met one person who has not been congenial, or helpful from what I have observed. From what I have found Oregon residents are very friendly and go out of their way to offer advise and help.
Any way, back to the couple we made friends with... They have a home in Green Acres which is about 8 or so miles north off of Hwy 42 above Coos Bay. They gave us their name, address and phone number, and yep you guessed it we forgot it. Tried to put the phone number in our Cell phone, but did something wrong it did not save it.
She is currently working at Bi-Mart in North Bend and I believe he is retired. They invited us over too their home when were in the neighborhood. Interesting she only has a couple of years left to work at Bi-Mart for her full retirement from the company. I guess they have a great retirement system. They actually have a lifetime discount at all the stores which is 10% over there cost. Since Bi-Mart is owned by the employees it seems that its one big happy family. They have stores all over Oregon Washington, Idaho. .
MCCULLOUGH MEMORIAL BRIDGE
They told us of a real good spot to catch ocean fish in the bay and that it was real easy to get to. It is under the McCullough Memorial Bridge on the South side. Will try this down the road. Also another place is a small lake that is right in the main part of Coos Bay, Empire District across from the Super Wal-Mart. Not a big lake, but a lot of trout if you so desire. The lake is called Empire Lake
We really had a productive day and finally caught a lot of good large Dungeness crabs, around 6 inches or so that were legal size, but guess what the wrong sex. All of the crabs we were catching were females. I read about this and that it happens for a short period of time. The females all come in first followed by the males. Not sure what the time frame is. Talking to others they're really catching a lot of big ones out in the Bay. Here again learning experience. Next time bring your boat with you.
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