Pulling Pots - Tanner Crab Season 2020 

Thanks Andrew. Everyone thinks it's always flat calm when we fish. We do get our fair share of bad weather, it's just hard to capture it on camera. I never looks that rough on video without something for perspective like another vessel. Anyway we love what we do! Thanks for watching.

It's so tasty, looking forward to January!

Thank you Connie! Your dad sounds like he was a wonderful man and role model.

Thanks Blaine!

Cheers Mojo Mike! We will!

Thanks Amy.

Thanks Billy! We definitely had some fun that year.

Hi, Jason, Matt here. I feel lucky to be able to work with my family, and that we get to enjoy each others company. Many thanks for the comment!

Hi Katta. Thank you for the comments. Our fisheries support so many people in our community, it's really the lifeblood of our town and coastal Alaska. I hope one day it could be the same in India, future generations need access to these same resources.

Much appreciated!

Thanks Jose. Big hug back at you!

@@EISAlaska 🤗

Thanks Bryan. Any ideas for content you would like to see?

Thanks JB. Well, I guess you don't always get what you want but you usually get what you need!

Thank you for watching!

Thanks, Michyle, we definitely will!

We can't wait for summer to get back to Alaska. LOL! Are you coming up to fish?

@@EISAlaska yes my friend has a boat in Whittier we go out to Montague island and fish

Awesome. Summer will be here before we know it. Be safe on the water!

Good tip, might have to try that out.

Thanks for the sub Joel. Excellent comment and suggestion, and much appreciated. It's funny things we don't really think of, and when pointed out seem so obvious. We had planned a bit of a photo/ video montage of the changes our vessel has gone through over the 20 years we have owned her. I think that would be a great way to incorporate your suggestion and should really add to the backstory.

Thanks Stubby. Good fishermen are eternally optimistic. We'll get em' next time!

@@EISAlaska Good Luck can't wait until the next video as always !

Hi Bill, this one we chucked, but usually we keep the for bait during longlining. I tried cooking some once, but it was improperly prepared, really rubbery and inedible. If I ever learn how I'll definitely share in a CCC. For what its worth, the taste was excellent, but it was akin to chewing a piece of gum, lol!

We were out for a week on that trip.

Most bays on the eastside of Kodiak have Tanner crab in them. Look for muddy bottom, 10- 50 fathoms deep. They do come up pretty shallow in the summer, so just keep moving your gear around until you find them. Good luck!

Thanks Matt! They are actually very similar. Maybe a touch sweeter.

Very slow season. It usually lasts a week or so, this year it was over 2 months. Most boats including us hung it up after a week.

These ones weigh about 100 lbs, we used ground up herring, sayori, and pollock in the bags and jars and salmon and cod as hanging bait.

It really depends. This season we did have a lot of undersized crab, and based on the pre-season survey this was to be expected. Other seasons we have only had a handful of throwbacks for 50 plus keepers.

thanks for the reply

Hi Jose. We are fishing for Tanner crab in this video. We also fish halibut, salmon and rockfish with our vessel.

@@EISAlaska thanks for the information Bro and for responding my question I love your videos

Thanks Shawn. Just the timing. Halibut season season closes in early November, and Tanner crab opens mid-January. We had some pinks leftover from halibut fishing so we used them. Halibut heads would be great hanging bait though!

Hey Scott. Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game expected the season to last 10-14 days. It actually lasted longer. We sell some of our catch live off the dock and didn't want to over sell and expected to be in after a week or so.The flavor is amazing. Very rich, sweet flaky meat.

@@EISAlaska thanks for the info

Hi James. It was pretty poor fishing. Sometimes the first day or so can be that way, while you shuffle gear around trying to get on the crab.

Honestly not too much this year. Fishing was poor for us. Our net was in the range of $3500 for 6 days fishing. Easy work though!

@@EISAlaska I appreciate the reply. It looks like you guys work great together.

Thanks M D. Appreciate the comment

20 pot max per vessel, 2 shots of 33 fathom, and a 10 fathom shot of sinking line, so ~75 fathoms total.

We were fishing in 35 to 80 fathoms of water.

Yep, salmon, herring, and saury.

Will do! Last Cast.

Safe travels and good fishing brother!

We have a market. Trip was too long to hold without spoiling.

Yep. She's small but a good vessel!

Thanks for asking Paul. My family crews with us, so we're full up.