Crab season closes on Monday, but we pulled our pots today. Its been the typical season. Lots of males early and lots of females later. For example, today (Sat.) I got skunked. 6 females in one pot and 5 females and a undersized male in the second pot. So even though there are 2 days left, I pulled the traps and will some R&R for the next season. For those of you that care (probably only me), I netted 42 male Dungeness and 3 male Rock crabs in two months. That is a total of about 60 pounds of crab or 7.5 pounds a week.
My total investment for two seasons is about $320 now plus two licenses at $26 total. So for simple math, we'll call it $350 invested. 16 crabs in 2009 (one trap) and 45 in 2010 for a total of 61 crabs (ca. 90 pounds of crab). So, for Ken and Colleen, my crab-crazy financial friends, that works out to $3.88 a pound, tax free. Market price is $6.50 (with tax) right now, so I figure I've made enough to pay for my gout medicine. It all works out in the end, no matter what.I'm melting the butter right now. Cheers.
P.S. The crabby ole guy in the photo is my father-in-law who is up here to help me crab and consume. He didn't catch any, but ate some—mission accomplished.
