28-12-2010, 05:13 AM
[quote name='tfish0788' timestamp='1293162102' post='21170']
are you using squid guts for crab bait? it works really good in my experience. i bait my pots for dungees with squid guts, salmon heads when i have them, any fish parts from anything fresh or saltwater, horse clams, sometime cat food if im going to soak them for a long time. But you kind of have to get out deeper than any of the local piers will get you to get dungees, i have caught a few at indianola though.
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Everything that comes out of or off of my squid goes into a baggy and into the freezer for crab bait. It sure makes a difference, this is the first time I've used squid for bait and I'll never go without it again. I also add something else (salmon carcass or chicken, whatever I have) so the crabbies have something else to munch on.
I've had a couple keeper dungeness off Kingston. Most of my success has come from Indianola...though things are getting a little tougher now. I usually throw my pot out as far as I can, then I use a heavy surf rod to cast a snare out. The surf rod/snare combo has made the difference. I get the bait into deeper water and that much closer to the drop off.
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are you using squid guts for crab bait? it works really good in my experience. i bait my pots for dungees with squid guts, salmon heads when i have them, any fish parts from anything fresh or saltwater, horse clams, sometime cat food if im going to soak them for a long time. But you kind of have to get out deeper than any of the local piers will get you to get dungees, i have caught a few at indianola though.
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Everything that comes out of or off of my squid goes into a baggy and into the freezer for crab bait. It sure makes a difference, this is the first time I've used squid for bait and I'll never go without it again. I also add something else (salmon carcass or chicken, whatever I have) so the crabbies have something else to munch on.
I've had a couple keeper dungeness off Kingston. Most of my success has come from Indianola...though things are getting a little tougher now. I usually throw my pot out as far as I can, then I use a heavy surf rod to cast a snare out. The surf rod/snare combo has made the difference. I get the bait into deeper water and that much closer to the drop off.
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