Relocating Pots

While Josiah and AnnahBelle were at soccer practice tonight, Sarah and I pulled pots and began the process of relocating them to the harbor.   We set pots out around the south end of the battery down to the Coast Guard station.  This will put us closer to the boat landing and to the Charleston Crab House.  With the bigger boat there will be a bigger fuel bill so distance is critical.

The harbor is bigger, salty water.  However lately we have been finding the most crab in the shallow back waters.  Our target is to start supplying the Charleston Crab House in May.  The SCKs have two weeks to find enough crabs in the harbor to fulfill our quota.

We did have a pretty good catch!
16 claws weighing a total of 3 lbs. 11 oz.

Sarah pulled every pot herself.  She did a great job.  And she caught something special ... a female stone crab with eggs.  The orange is a sponge sack where she keeps her eggs.

As the water warms, now nearly 70F, we are starting to catch some on the pig's feet, and one claw was particularly big.... as big as a little girl's hand.