Out Pouring of Support

All I did was purchase a couple of crab traps for my children!!!  Now we have people from around the world encouraging my raucous tribe in their stone crab adventure...cheering them onward...offering assistance...asking questions.  And, we have yet to soak the first pot.

So here's where the project stands. Yesterday, I spoke with a supplier for bait.  Bait being pig hocks. Yep ..."pork fat rules."  Today, we ordered the first 10 traps specifically designed for stone crab.  A local campground (listed in the 'Friends' section) has offered to donate all the ice needed, and I picked up some old conveyor belt from a local sawmill.  Sometime this week, the packet of permit tags should arrive from SCDNR.  And, this weekend, we travel to Beaufort SC to purchase rope, floats, gloves, and the various other supplies needed to safely and effectively crab fish.

To be of real value and provide enough data for the SCDNR, it is imperative that we pull quite a large number of traps.  However, there are some limitations.  For one, I have a crew of kids.  A crab trap may weigh as much as Sarah.  Another is the size of the boat we currently have.  There is a need for a larger, more dependable boat because stone crabs tend to inhabit deep, swift moving water.  One of my fellow crab captains may have come up with part of the solution.  More news as it develops.

Thank you for your generous support and well wishes.

We crab "be-claws" we care!