Watching a crab pot soak in Southeast Alaska 

Little late to the party but, I learned that crabs are pretty smart they all made it out except for Big Bill who spent 10 min trying to figure out how to get in…. Fascinating watching all the fish and sun stars!! Thanks 2023!! 🦀🐟

Thanks for giving us a view of what happens down there. This is cool! I wish the Deadliest Catch tv series would do something like this.

Haha, the first crab trying to saw through the bars.

Love all the awesome sunflower starfishes. It appears to me when the food was at the bottom they had to come into eat and was easier to eat then hanging upside. That one pot I watched, yes I watched another pot, it had it on the bottom which made more sense. First nothing could eat it unless they came in, when it’s on the top it looks like anything could snack on it from the top and never come in. Also when it was on the bottom the amount of crabs and fish chowing was amazing. They all wanted a piece and could climb over each other vs more limited space when you have to hang. Just an observation. I would just put the food cage to the bottom and not the top and do a experiment. Just seems more inviting to crabs, because everyone wants to be where the crowd is, and it everyone is hanging from the top no one will see them. Want those crabs to have fomo!

Did anyone else notice at 17:33 you see a true homie of a crab giving his buddy a boost up to the bait with one claw. Now that is brotherhood.

24:18 crab on left: ‘’The name’s Crab, Mr. Crab.’’ [shakes hand with what ever that thing is]

This is what I have been reduced to. Watching crab pots soak. Well - I grew tired of watching grass grow, so maybe it's progress of a kind ...

The larger and very curious fish in the video are Sculpin. The flounder-type fish are either baby Halibut or another fish we call Arrow Tooth, which look similar to Halibut but are not as tasty. Of course, the crab are Dungeness crab. The star fish are actually sun fish. It is amazing, and annoying, how sun fish can squeeze into the small opening of the crab pot.

14:45 Crab: A Camera? Hi there. Get me the hell of of HERE!!

14:35 Crab: "Why human, why hath you do this to me? Why human? I do not understand!" Fish: "He's a dumbass!"

5:42 Fish: ooooh! What's that? *bumps* oh... nvm.

Better than any reality TV show !!! Totally watched until the end.

As already commented, Deadliest Catch never showed this. And they have more camera gear than anyone. This is so fascinating. I never realized how smart they are. Makes me feel bad when people drop them into scolding hot water and boil them alive. I imagine they feel every ounce of that pain. I remember living in FL and we cooked crab. You could literally hear them scream when they hit the boiling hot water

Crabs seemed freaked out by the starfish like eww gross I don't wanna touch it😂😂😂

Great job, nicely done, thanks for posting!

The one crab in the beginning was so determined to get in through a corner XD

Absolutely a fascinating watch.. Would have loved to see the cage brought up and opened. Thanx for sharing! :D

the first crab had me laughing my arse off 😂👌

The beautiful scenery behind you, deep breath in, love it

*CRABS LIKE "HEY CAN YOU GUYS LET ME OUT NOW?"* @ 14:44

Lol for the first crab I was thinking. " Doors to your right, dumbass :)

lol that one crab at the first bit of the video....did he not go to school when he was younger? or did he have something against the corner of the cage?

15:38 the fish tried to eat the camera LOL

good stuff. a little bit of UFC cage fighting too.CRAZY CRAB VS STARFISH.

The starfish was like: fk! I came here for crab food, not to be the food of crab!!

thanks for the video I enjoyed it very much

What a cool video, thank you for that.

Still more exciting than an episode of Deadliest Catch.

This was oddly satisfying to watch.

very nice video, great sharing!

Best thing I ever seen...thanks.

The crab in the beginning is me on Monday mornings.

5:40 this fish made me laugh 😂😂😂

First crab is using the corner to scratch his back! Lol 😂😂😂😂

Good video..thanks ! Cheers from SOUTHEAST ALASKA .

thank you for uploading this, i know that life in the ocean floor is quite busy but never seen a scene like this...

i like how them big ass star fishes where like dont mind me ima just be the carpet

28:49 - Yay! - Its like 'escape from Colditz'! (I ALMOST CHEERED!) . . . . I'm so Sad !

please make a few more videos. they are actually therapeutic to watch. LOL

This is how i spend my time that i could be doing something productive

'Flat-Fish' - always first on the scene !

What I learned about this video is that crabs are very stupid

Great up close of the fish while the crab headbutts the corner XD

First Crab: Swingy swooty gonna get dat booty! Fish: Bruh use the door.... -_-

Belatedly, Big Toni realized he was trapped with a few very unsavory multi tentacled monsters. All his friends were gone... he had never felt more alone. Making matters even worse, the tips of his left claw were suddenly itching.

Wow that first crab - I had NO idea they were so fast and SO strong. That crab really breaks out some muscles trying to get in through the corner. I guess crab meat IS muscle and lots of it - they look strong as can be.

what was that crab doing? having a nice scratch! 😂😂

awww i wanted to see pull it up and see all the starfish 😭

That's so cool

LOL @ 33:10 "And then there was one!"

The sounds of the crabs walking around put me to sleep quick!

looks funny when you play it at x2 speed. also quite sad. when the crab managed to crawl into the cage it looks like he was frantically trying to find a way put. when he was outside it looks like he was using the cage as a back scratchier.

That fish swam up to the camera like "Dafuq is this!?" (Bump) "oh shit!?" (swims away)

Thank you for wonder VDO

Looks like Mushmouth's hat from Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids cartoon show found its way into the pot.

Very satisfying results...

Very cool video ! Liked and subbed

I don't know why this is so satisfying...

very good video

28:15 - 28:51 The crab succeed on escaping through the hole what a smart one

Fish at @6:00 is like "what cha looking at"

Idk what it is but I love watching videos like this it's kinda like zit popping videos just cant stop

9:44 *CTHULU HAS BEEN SUMMONED*

#StupidCrab 18:38 Creepy Assed Starfish

the fish is showing them the way to do it, so clever :o)

Seems like an inefficient design if the crabs have a difficult time getting in.

Tommorow my physics exam and I'm watching this 😂😂😂

This squid dabbing on a catburgler sceen

I think the crab had a mental breakdown😂 what was that? Tryin to rub his shell to get in😂😂

That crab needs a back scratcher

Super late to the party! I was shocked how long it took the crab to figure out how to get in. Caught pretty much everything but crab LOL. And one even escaped.

We could learn so much from crabs.......about free stuff.

The way the star fish get in is creepy and how is there already three of them lol

Cool

Mr. Lingcod Returned To The Crab Trap When A Sea Stars Take Dinner Away They Eat... EVERYTHING!!!

Nice. You just got yourself a new subscriber here.

omg so cool! Underwater exploration drones ftw

looks like a co-op... lol thanks for posting

That first crab is a huge dork lol!

Almost seems like they implied a wee bit of teamwork and communication XD

The doors need vertical bars to slide on the carb when they enter and why are they the same size as those rings, catching what needs to be released?

19:12 That's one interesting looking starfish! I'm used to seeing the generic 5 arm (or is it leg?) starfish! Amazing how evolution makes these things!

It's like a slow motion hell in the cell match.

Shantal ❤️🌸

Very good

That starfish was hella cool

One of the crabs got away through the round opening!

Watching for 10 minutes now and the crab can't figure it out.

Oneday i'm going to vlog catching crab and fish..i like this adventure bro.

Thumbs up for crab impression 10/10 pinchers and nice murica shirt mister

hey there's food in here! (slips in then realizes its stuck) Shit! Shit! Shit! It's a trap!

First Crab : Let me in Foooooooood

This is like watching the characters of Big brother

What is the legal sz. for Dungeness crab in Alaska? Here in Washington State it's 6-1/4" in Puget Sound and 6" on the coast.

LOL sta vs crab 😅😂

That is a killer sunfish holy shit!!

5:56 The crab that couldn't.

Build the same kind of thing with 2 layers of screen door mesh (one on the inside and one on the outside), and include a few thin slots for some fish to get through and you could fill that basket with fish in less than 10 minutes.

What did you use for a camera setup? Did you have a light rigged in the camera?

After all that time I be like damn that it ain't worth it 😂