Dabob Bay Flounder Fishery (and winter crabbing) 

Couldn't see a difference.

Thank you David!

The 4k is a better viewing experience. It was slightly choppy with the lower frame rate though.

Thanks Andrew! Whenever I do a video without the intro (which, maybe 1 out of 5 I do) I always hear about it. So no worries, the music is here to stay!

Totally welcome Steve! So glad I could be helpful. Those flounder are really good eating too!

Thank you Outdoor Freedom! Good to know! For flounder, they're a pretty good size! That's a 73 Glassply apparently. It is a great vessel!

Thanks for the pro tip King Bee! I will give that a try. These ones are pretty odorless, but the ones I catch in South Sound do stink a bit!

I was pretty surprised the gulp sandworms we're getting them. That is a great rig!

Heck yeah. Not bad at all. +2 can be rough. Thanks a ton for the kind words!

Good call! I always have some frozen salad shrimp at home for just such an occasion. I'll have to thaw some out next time!

Thank you Patricia! As long as you can find a flat sandy or small cobble bottom, they should be there!

Thank you for the feedback on the 4k! That sounds like a good idea. That flat is huge, you could soak 4 pots on it pretty far apart overnight.

Wonder if the west side at depth would have crab as well…

Excellent, thanks for the intel Corbfisher! Wow, I didn't know you could catch starries that far south!

Heck yeah, thank you SeaBass!

Cut a small piece of fresh flounder meat and use it as the bait for catch flounder. It works very well.

@@williamwyz ah, so they're like yellow perch. Thanks Weston!

Thank you Mark! Good eye! Indeed a '73 Glassply. Hugh was telling me their history of being made for Puget Sound. It is a great boat!

I think you're right on that geoduck spot J-Swizzy! I haven't dug it myself, but have seen big geoducks back at the Pleasant Harbor launch, presumably from that beach.

Also thank you! 🙏

Thanks a ton Brian! And good to know! I'll probably get out crabbing once more this season... Maybe I'll give it a try!

Thank you on all accounts Jerry! Merry Christmas as well. With them pots you've been pulling up on the "gram" I'm pretty jealous!

@WAFishQuest a couple trips had some exciting pots but there were some empty ones too! Crabbing is always an adventure.

Thank you Benjamin! What a compliment! I am going to slow down a bit in 2023. But I'll still upload in the regular. 🤙

Thanks Jim! (Update: downloaded).

Thank you thank you Craig!

Thank you so.much Christopher! That was a very wet but very fun day!

Hey NW Catch! Thanks man! Super appreciate it. Great idea, I'll do a settings tutorial on my next 4k video!

Thanks as always Corberator!

Watch out for the one with glasses. REAL weirdo.

Thanks a ton Kevin! Super appreciate it. I'll try to keep doing 4k on anything scenic-y.

You're welcome!

Thank you on all fronts Mike! Dogfish are great to target. What I do, is soak their flesh in a bowl of water in the fridge. And change it every night. By night #3 the water should be clear (instead of white-ish) and then I eat them.

Clean, skin, and prep the dogfish your preferred way, then dip them in a lightly seasoned egg wash, then dip them in a seasoned flour, then re dip in the egg, and then dredge them in Italian seasoned bread crumbs and fry them up to a nice golden brown and crispy, you can skip the flour dredging if you’re pressed for time or feeling lazy, but don’t skip the bread crumbs. You can dip in ranch, or tartar sauce, squeeze a little lemon if that’s your thing, and im telling you, they’re great this way.

@@HATINTHEKAT Thanks! I'm serious, I really want to try these and if they are good I'm in for the long haul. Seasons greetings to ya! Mike.

@@HobbiesHobo seasons greetings to you too, yeah give the recipe a try, feel free to tweak the seasonings and all that, give it a try and let us know how you like it

Thanks Steve! I appreciate it.

Thanks so much!

Hey Troy! Sure, clean em outside 😂. I kid, kid. I've noticed the smell is pretty regional. These Hood Canal flounder don't really have a smell. The ones I catch out of Nisqually are slightly stinky but still not too bad.

Hey Troy! See King of Bees reply. He said salting them a little over night helps with the smell.

Great question! Same crab, but different stages of life. A dungeness (and I think most crab) develop a hard shell. But in order to grow bigger, molt it. After that their shell is like tissue paper soft. So they bury themselves while it gets a little harder. I'm not sure for how long, but they start walking around to find food again when their shell is still soft. You can pinch their back leg or the space on their body above their claw, to see if they are in soft or hard shell condition. If the shell bends at all, they are softshell still and you're legally required to let them go. Even if they were legal to keep, the meat of a softshell dungie is watery and flavorless.

Hi Jarom! No... I need to look into that.

Update: According to Doc himself, over at TMKey Films, they are a type of arrow worm. Here is his video on the subject: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MRpzwnWEIiY.html

@@WAFishQuest That's amazing! Learned something new today. I'm going to have to read up on them.

DaaaaaaaaBobbbbb! (Heck yeah)

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Thank you for the comment! Sounded like a poem... There are no true sole in Washington. Only flounder. For instance the rock "sole" is of the family Pleuronectidae, which are the right-eye flounder. The vast majority of our flatfish are of this family. I agree that they are great in the pan. Thank you for the comment!

Hey! Me Too!

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