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Information For The Serious AnglerHow To Videosby John MartinisRigging Flasherfor Chinook FishingClick HereSockeye RigsClick Herefor FreshwaterHalibutSpreader Bar RiggingClick HereUsing Scotty DownriggerEmergency Crank HandleClick HereShrimp/PrawnTrap RiggingClick HereCrab Trap RiggingClick HerePurchasing Fishing LicensesClick HereMaking Spot Shrimp BaitClick HereFishing Reel CareClick HereRigging Salmon PlugsClick HereTying John’s Spectra KnotClick HereTying a Double Hook RigClick HereInstalling Braided Lineon a DownriggerClick HereMake a Downrigger ReleaseClick HereImproving aDownrigger ReleaseClick HereHow to use anAce Line HaulerClick Hereby John MartinisJune 2012should have at least 5lbs of weightattached to it. I would also double up onJune 21 @ 7PMthe buoys. In fact, I would use two of theEverett Steelhead & Salmon Club2411 Hewitt Ave, Everett WA 98201 larger size buoys. (Click Here for crabpot accessories). There are two things atplay when you put a crab pot out: YouThe Public is invited to all myneed the pot to stay in one place and youseminars and the seminars are free.need to find the pot if it drifts into deeperwater. With one of the standard sizeDiscount Gift Certificates floats, the pot, line and buoy will sink tothe bottom if the depth of the bottomfor Fathers Dayexceeds the length of the rope. If youSee Page 6think about it, it is much less expensiveto purchase two large buoys than it is tolose a crab pot, line, buoy and bait box.Purchasing two large floats onlyincreases the cost of the complete crabpot set-up by 16.00. That is a goodinsurance policy against losing yourJohn’s Crab Pot Rigging Video, crab pot. If you have a crab pot thatexceeds 10lbs and you add 5lbs ofClick Hereweight, add additional floatation to therope to ensure that your pot will float if itI read a report in the “Everett Herald”drifts away.(May 13, 2011) that stated that, Anestimated 12,000 crab pots are lost eachThere is another aspect to adding weightyear in the Puget Sound and adjoiningto the crab pot. The steadier the pot is onmarine waters, according to a study bythe bottom, the more crab you will catch.the state Department of Fish andThe buoy and the rope are pulling on theWildlife, the University of Washingtonpot from the wave and tide action. If theand Seattle-based Natural Resourcespot is not stable, crab will be reluctant toConsultants. Each derelict pot, in turn, isgo in your crab pot. Have you noticedthought to kill at least 10 crabs per year.that one crab pot will always catch moreThe study concluded that each yearcrab? There is a good chance that potabandoned pots kill 129,000 legal,had a more stable footing on the bottom.harvestable male crabs with a marketThere other factors involved, but thevalue of around 800,000.stability of the pot is the #2 factor inrigging an effective crab pot.Many of these lost crab pots are thoughtto be stolen but in fact they have driftedThe #1 factor for a crab pot to beaway into deeper water. This has madeeffective is the size of the entrance gates.me re-think the way crab pots should beThe entrance gates have to be 10”-11”rigged.wide. The entrance gates have to be thatsize for the crab pot to be effective. IfYour average crab pot only weighsyou think about it, a legal crab is 6 ¼” inaround 7-12lbs. A crab pot that sizePuget Sound.A legal crab isDungeness Crab SeminarPuget Sound CrabOpens July 1John’s Sporting Goods Web Page www.johnssportinggoods.com
New Puget SoundSalmon SeasonsArea 5:July1-August 15: DailyLimit, two salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks. Release wildchinook, wild Coho andChum.See closure AreaAugust 16-Sept 18: DailyLimit, two salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks.ReleaseChinook, wild Coho andChumSee closure AreaSept 19-Sept 30: Daily limittwo salmon, release chinookand chumNov. 1-Nov. 30: Daily limittwo salmon, only one may be achinook.Feb. 16-April10: Daily limitone salmon.Area 6:Selective Fishery AreaJuly 1-August 15: DailyLimit, two salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks. Release wildchinook, wild coho and chum.See closuresChinook Release AreaJuly 1-Aug 15: Daily limittwo salmon plus twoadditional Pinks.ReleaseChinook, wild Coho andChumEntire AreaAugust 16-Sept 18: DailyLimit, two salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks.ReleaseChinook, wild Coho andChum. See ClosuresOct 1-Oct 31: Daily limit twosalmon, only one chinook.See closuresFeb. 16-April 30: Daily limitconsiderably large than 6 ¼” consideringhis legs and pinchers. Much larger! Thatcrab wants to get in your crab pot and geta free meal. You have to make it easy forthat crab to enter the pot. If the crab getsto the entrance and has to jockey aroundto get in, he will go elsewhere for a freemeal. It only makes common sense thatthe easier for the crab to enter the pot, themore crab you will catch.Nobody will ever convince me that theshape of the pot make a difference. I usethe Danielson pot CTO3R which is anoctagon pot. Before I used that pot, I wasusing the inexpensive FTC Danielsonpot. The only thing that those two potshave in common is the width of theentrance doors. Both crab pots caught melimits of crab on a regular basis.There are three crab pots that Irecommend that meet the 10”-11” gatecriteria: Danielson CTO3R (Click Hereto See), Danielson FTC (Click Here toSee), and the Kufa CT110 (Click Here toSee),. The Kufa CT110 is a new pot forthis year. I sell it fully assembled or youcan purchase this pot unassembled. Theunassembled CT100 is much lessexpensive to ship than some of the largerone piece pots.Crab BaitI have extensively used both chicken andsalmon for bait. I can't really tell whichone is the better bait. Both work quitewell. I am not convinced that turkey legsare as good chicken or salmon. One wordof caution when you use salmon: Theheads and tails are not very good bait.Neither has enough flesh to make themsuperior bait. Will they work? Yes, butthere are better choices that I have alreadymentioned. Using as much bait aspossible makes a world of difference inattracting crab over to your pot. Stuff thebait box with as much bait as possible. Iwould also recommend soaking the baitovernight with crab attractant oil.Procure and Ace of Baits both make goodcrab attractants.People are really getting creative atcrabbing different depths.It isinteresting hearing the stories about thedifferent depths that people catch crab at.A customer recently told me this crabbingstory, “I saw a buoy in the channel by HatIsland in 300 feet of water. I pulled thepot up because I thought it was a pot thatdrifted off of Mission Bar. I kept pullingand pulling on an endless length of rope.The pot did not drift off. Whoever put outthe crab pot, intentionally set it in 300 feetof water. The pot was full of giganticDungeness Crab. The next time I wentcrabbing, I set my pots out in the samespot and had the same results.”If you are looking for an inexpensive wayto get started crabbing: I sell theDanielson FTC Crab Pot with 100 feet ofleaded rope, bait bag, harness, buoy andcrab measure for 39.95.Ourcompetitors sell this same set-up for I am not making a case for setting your 59.95.pots in 300 feet of water. The point I ammaking is that you can find DungenessTo complete your crab pot set-up, you Crab in a wide range of depths. The bestneed a minimum of 100 feet of leaded depths for crabbing that I wouldrope, a trap harness, bait bag/bait box and recommend are 35-50 feet deep.floats. I have the most incredible deal ona heavy duty vinyl coated metal bait cage. I know this sounds silly to remindThese cages are 1.4lbs and I have them on everyone about making sure that youmy June special for 1.99. See my crab have enough rope to make it to the bottompot rigging video by Clicking Here. and still have some rope left over after theCrab set-up illustration click here.crab pot settles to the bottom. However,many crab pots are lost because people doShellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5421
one salmon. See closuresSalmon Area 7:July 1-July 31: Daily limittwo salmon plus twoadditional Pinks, only onechinook. See boundaries andclosures.Aug. 1-Sept 30: Daily limittwo salmon plus twoadditional Pinks, only onechinook. Release wild Coho.See boundaries and closures.Oct. 1-Oct 31: Daily limittwo salmon, only one chinook,release wild coho.Seeboundaries and closures.Dec. 1-April 30: Daily limittwo salmon, release wildchinook. See boundaries andclosures.Area 8-1:Aug 1-Sept. 30: Daily limittwo salmon plus twoadditional Pinks, release allchinook.Oct. 1-Oct 31: Daily limittwo salmon , release chinook.Nov. 1-April 30: Daily limittwo salmon, release wildchinook.Area 8-2:Aug 1-Sept. 30: Daily limittwo salmon plus twoadditional Pinks, release allchinook. See clousuresOct. 1-Oct. 31: Daily limittwo salmon, release allchinook. See closuresNov. 1-April 30: Daily limittwo salmon, release wildchinook.Tulalip Terminal Fishery:Tulalip Bubble: June 3-June18, Open Friday throughMonday Noon. Closed on June19. Two salmon limit, plusnot check the depth once or twice beforethey throw their pots into the water. Agood rule of thumb is this for setting yourcrab pots: Make sure that you have atleast 25 feet of more rope that it is deep.This is the 2nd biggest reason whycrabbers lose their crab gear: They throwtheir pots into deeper water than theyhave rope attached to their crab pot.Have you done that? It is kind ofhumiliating watching your buoy sink outof sight 10 seconds after you have thrownthe buoy overboard.never a disappointment. At this spot, putyour pots in 60 feet of water. Click Herefor MapAn area that does not get crabbed as hardas other areas; Camano Head/Port Susan.In this area you will not be crabbing veryfar from shore. I like crabbing in this areabecause Camano Island shields you fromthe westerly wind that blows in July andAugust. You might have to work a littleharder here for your crab.Butaesthetically, this is a very enjoyableplace to crab. Click Here for MapMake sure the rope is tied to the crab pot.I heard a story during shrimp seasonwhere a guy threw his buddies shrimp potin the water before the rope was attachedto the pot. That Hurts!If you live north of Everett, Elger Baynear Camano Island state park is the placeto go crabbing. In fact, the crabbing isvery good from the park all the way to thenorthern end of Camano Island. There is agood boat launch at the park with a dock.Crabbing AreasOne aspect of crabbing that I really like, Click Here for Mapis that they are almost everywhere. Somespots being a little better than others. Iwill attempt to highlight some of the bestareas that are centered around goodSan Juan Island Crab (Southpublic boat launches.Part) Opens July 15Puget Sound crabbing opens before theSan Juan's, so that's a good starting point.The Everett area has to be one of the bestcrabbing areas because of all the publicaccess and the quantity of crab.The crab capitol of Washington State is inthe San Juan Islands at Saddle Bag Island.This is a premier place to crab! ClickHere for Map. You can crab here in 20-50feet of water. To get access to this area:There is a good boat launch under theSwinomish Channel Bridge. This boatlaunch is good for boats that are 20 feet orless. You can sling launch at Cap SanteMarina. Cap Sante always has ampleguest moorage throughout the summer. Ilike this Marina. It is centrally locatedfor fishing and crabbing. Click Here forCap Santé Marina infoMission Bar in front of Jetty Island ishuge area to crab and the crab are veryplentiful. Most crabbers prefer crabbingnear the navigation tower on the verywestern end of Mission Bar. In thisparticular area the crab are not very deep.Set your pots in 30-45 feet of water.There is a huge drop-off at the edge ofMission Bar that is at 60 feet. If you setyour pots to close to that edge, you willlose your crab pot. Click Here for MapNot too far away from Saddle Bags Islandis Guemes Island. I have extensivelyNot to far away from Mission Bar is the crabbed at the northeastern side ofbar that extends off the most eastern end Guemes Island. This is another greatof Hat Island (Gedney Island). This area crabbing area. Click Here for Mapwas my “go to” to place to send crabberslast year. It put out a lot of crab and it wasShellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5421
Resourcestwo additional Pinks.June 20-September 5, twosalmon limit, plus twoadditional Pinks. Open Fridaythrough Monday Noon.September 10-25, openSaturday and Sunday, limittwo salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks.Closed June 19WDFW Crabbing Seasons: Click HereCrab Pot Rules: Click HereArea 9:July 16-Aug. 31: Daily limittwo salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks. Release wildChinook and Chum.SeeclosuresSept. 1-Sept 30: Daily limittwo salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks.ReleaseChinook and Chum.Oct. 1-Oct 31: Daily limittwo salmon, release chinookNov. 1-Nov 30: Daily limittwo salmon, release wildchinook.Jan. 16-April 15: Daily limittwo salmon, release wildchinook.Area 10:June 1-June 30: Catch andrelease only. See closuresJuly 1-July 15: Daily limittwo salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks. ReleaseChinook. See closuresJuly 16-Aug. 31:Dailylimit two salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks. Release wildchinook. See closuresSept. 1-Sept. 30: Daily limittwo salmon, plus twoadditional Pinks.ReleaseChinook. See closuresOct. 1-Jan. 31: Daily limittwo salmon, release wildchinook. See closuresElliot Bay Fishery:Aug. 19-Aug 28: Open Fridaythrough Sunday only.Baker Lake SockeyeSkagit River SockeyeBaker Lake SockeyeJuly 1-Sept. 4.Three fish a day.Skagit River from the MemorialHighway Bridge to Gilligan CreekJune 16 July 15th.Three fish a dayJohn’s Sockeye Rig VideoClick HereLast year there were 27,195 SockeyeSalmon trapped at the Baker RiverSockeye Trap. This was the all timerecord dating back to 1970. The 2012season is expected to be another strongreturn.Fishing for Sockeye in a lake is mucheasier than fishing for them in a river. Ina lake, Sockeye strike from aggression orfrom a latent feeding habit. There is onething for certain if you want to get in on“the bite”, you better plan on getting upearly because Sockeye only bite the firsthour of the day. That's real early in July!The Skagit River is going to be the firstplace that anglers will get a crack atcatching these popular sport fish. Thismay prove challenging. However, I amsure that Skagit anglers will quicklycatch on to river fishing for Sockeye.There is a big debate on whether Sockeyeactually bite/strike at a fishing lure in ariver environment. I will let you decidethat.I got my first experience fishing Sockeyein a lake on Lake Washington. Iremember that it was quite a few yearsbefore anglers got real adept at catchingthese critters in the lake. when I firstfished Lake Washington, I was using asize #0 Les Davis Dodger/Chrome Prismwith a chrome U20 Flatfish that I paintedwith red spots. This rig was actuallyquite good. When the limit was 4Sockeye one year, we had no troublecatching a limit of 12 Sockeye for threeof us.In Alaskan Rivers the preferred methodfor catching Sockeye is with a five footleader, a red yarn ball and a redGamakatsu hook.Not long after that, it was discovered thata plain red hook trolled behind a #0Be careful, Washington State law states Chrome prism dodger worked about asthat the hook cannot be more than ¾” good as anything. Later, I discoveredfrom the tip of the hook to the shank of putting a red Power Bait Egg made thatthe hook (the gap). For weight, you can rig even more effective. I discovereduse ¼” pencil lead or a slinky. Use the that while fishing Sockeye in Lakeappropriate amount of weight to gently Wenatchee. Through the years, I havebump to bottom of the river. Some had lots of experience catching theseanglers prefer to put a small amount of salmon in a lake.sand shrimp on the hook.Let's do the rundown and all theSkagit River access map: Click Here for particulars of successful SockeyeMapFishing freshwater.There are only a couple variations of oneShellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5421
simple rig for freshwater SockeyeSalmon fishing. All the rigs use eithersize #00 or a size #0 Les Davischrome dodger with silver scale prism(Click Here to see). The preferredsize of dodger is size #0. Rig thedodger with one 2/0 Red GamakatsuHook (Click Here to see). I like to puta red Power Bait egg on the hook.Just thread the egg up to the eye of thehook. The leader should be 20lb andthe length of the leader is 14”-16”. Iwould use 20lb Pline fluorocarbonleader (Click Here to see).One variation of that rig would be apink or red micro squid on the hook.These micro squid will all work:NG193, NGH193, NGH212, O224.(Click Here to see).The boat ramp has a moderate grade.Concrete blocks have been placedalong the side of the ramp forprotection from erosion. Nodesignated disabled parking. Theparking lot slopes slightly. Nearby,K u l s h a n C a m p g r o u n d o ff e r scampsites, a R.V. dump station, andrestrooms. No overnight parking orcamping within the boat ramp parkingarea.Directions:From Sedro-Woolley, E on SR 2012.5 mi; L on Baker Lake Rd, go 14mi; R on FR 1106; go 1.2 mi; L atKulshan Campground, go .5 mi; rampat S end of dam.Horseshoe Cove CampgroundIf you are using a downrigger, you cansnap this rig to the end of the line witha X3CB Sampo ball bearing swivel.If you do not have a downrigger, tie a6-8 ounce mooching sinker 24” fromthe dodger.One of the most critical aspects oftrolling for Sockeye is speed. Youhave to have the ability to trollbetween .5 and 1.5 mph. It isimpossible to troll that slowly withouta 10 horse kicker motor or an electrictrolling motor. I just can't emphasizeenough how critical this is!At daylight the fish will be at 30 feetdeep. They will quickly go to 40-60feet deep as the sun gets on the water.ResourcesWDFW Baker Lake Sockeye ClickHereBaker Lake Map, Click HereDirections to Baker lake andboat launchesBaker Lake (Kulshan) LaunchThe boat ramp has a gentle grade.Launching and load occur on bothsides of the gravel and sand bar. Thesurface is uneven from wave erosionand vehicle use. No designateddisabled parking. Horseshoe CoveCampground also offers campsites,drinking water, picnic area, groupcamp area, and vault toilets.Overnight parking is available.Directions:From Sedro-Woolley, E on SR 2012.5 mi; L on Baker Lake Rd, go 15mi; R on FR 1118, go 1.7 mi tocampground.12.5 mi; L on Baker Lake Rd, go 19mi; R at Panorama PointCampground.Shannon Creek CampgroundThe boat ramp has a gentle tomoderate grade. Ruts are developingaround the ramp due to the run offfrom the parking lot drainage. Waveshave been creating some erosion atthe shoreline. No designated disabledparking. Shannon CreekCampground also offers campsites,drinking water, and picnic sites.Directions:From Sedro-Woolley, E on SR 2012.5 mi; L on Baker Lake Rd, go 24mi; R at Shannon Creek Campground,go downhill to ramp.Puget SoundSturgeonOpen June 1-June 30Minimum Size 38” forklength. Maximum Size54” fork length. DailyLimit 1. Release GreenSturgeonPanorama Point CampgroundThe boat ramp has a gentle tomoderate grade. The asphalt rampapproach stops ten feet away from theshoreline. A drop off has been createdfrom wave erosion. The gravel isbecoming rutted from the run off ofthe parking lot.Directions:From Sedro-Woolley, E on SR 20Shellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5421Sturgeon RigClick HerePriest PointSturgeon MapClick Here
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octagon pot. Before I used that pot, I was attracting crab over to your pot. Stuff the using the inexpensive FTC Danielson bait box with as much bait as possible. I pot. The only thing that those two pots would also recommend soaking the bait have in common is the width of the overnight with crab attractant oil. entrance doors.
