shrimping 2010

SENSEI · Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:12 am Post subject: shrimping 2010

well, it was a wonderful day out on the water today doing one of my favorite pasttimes, SHRIMPING
we were on the water at about 0600 and were ready to drop the first pot at 0700 when the 2010 season opened.

we dropped 4 pots and then we waited the 45 minutes agonizing over how slow the clock was ticking. Finaly it was time and we retrieved the first pot. up it came and low and behold, there were shrimp in that thar pot. we quickly emptied it out and reset it and went on to the next pot. once the 4 had been retrieved and reset we shut down and drifted while deheading and counting our catch. first set was good. 121 shrimp in the boat.
next set and we are at 251 shrimp. only 70 more for our limits.
last set of the day and we are over the limit. we putt over to a boat that is out there and ask how they are doing. they say that the pickings are poor. we then ask if they would like some, which they did not refuse.we gave them about 80 which was over our limit.

all in all , it was a very good day today. cannot wait for Wed. when we get to do it all over again.....lol......

starcrafttom · Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:30 am Post subject:

susan and I did not do as well be we did not start until 12 noon. we made one set of three pots near hat island with 400 of our freinds and waited 2 hours before pulling. two pots were empty. we hit a mud spot on the bottom. shrimp like sand and rock not mud. the last pot netted 58 nice shrimp. Nice day on the water with no wind and after the rain had stopped. i will be out on wednesday again.

Dory-Ling · Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:16 am Post subject: Shrimping 2010

Ve measure the catch in gallons. A decent pull of my 4 pots will yield 3.5 to 4+ gallons of spot shrimps. Ve are eager to get out soon too.
Martin

Byrdman · Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:36 am Post subject:

You are killng me Roger Man... Oh how I remember....

Captains Cat · Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:40 am Post subject:

You folks are very lucky! I just bought all the shrimp I could hold in the freezer at the local market. They are looking for prices to double in the next few weeks due to the oil spill in the gulf.

Charlie

C-Dawg · Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:21 pm Post subject:

We started out at Possession Point at 0700. It may have been decent weather by noon, but at 0630 there were 4' steep wind waves with the ebbing tide. Made for some slow going and fun pot pulling. Boss-lady even got a little "out of sorts" from all the wave action.

Possession didn't produce much so we headed up to the Clinton ferry dock. Found our limits by 1300.

We're moored at the Everett Naval Station for the month of May. Nice place, fair price. But what they don't tell you is to ensure you check in with Everett Control prior to entering the harbor. Shocked

Had a patrol boat complete with 50 cal come racing up to us as we got close. That'll tighten up the ol' helm seat spinchter.

DaveS · Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 6:47 pm Post subject:

starcrafttom · Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:25 am Post subject:

so who is headed out on wednesday?

C-Dawg · Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:20 am Post subject:

We'll be out on Wednesday. Probably start near Clinton, then maybe head towards Shipwreck. Heard some folks did well there on Saturday.

Yeah, Dave, I called before leaving the slip in the morning. Made coming back easier since they had me in the log.

localboy · Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:42 pm Post subject:

starcrafttom · Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 4:21 pm Post subject:

On saturday I did not launch until 11am and had the ramp all to my self. parking was a bit of a walk but a few early birds had alread pulled there boats and I had not problem finding a spot. slack was not until 1pm so no hurry to get there.

i will go early on wednesday, about 8am maybe, to avoid the crowds. Will head back to hat island area again. see you out there.

SENSEI · Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 2:34 am Post subject:

we plan to launch at 0600 or thereabouts. if it goes like Sat. we will be off the water before 1100. that is a big if tho.

Jazzmanic · Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 12:31 pm Post subject:

Darn, why does this thing called work always get in the way??

Caryn and I went shrimping on Saturday with a late start like Tom and Susan. I wanted to sleep in a bit and not deal with the hordes at 6:00am, plus for those who already know me, I'm "not a morning person" anyway.

We launched Barquinho at Shilshole after noon and got to our spot near Edmonds (Browns Bay) and dropped the pots around 1:00pm. After a 1 1/2 hour soak, give or take, the first pot, which was shallower yielded only 6 shrimp. Mad

However, the second deeper pot, yielded 26 shrimp for a total of 32! Laughing

Good enough for a couple of meals, yum yum!

Checking others shrimpers post regarding their catch for opening day, it looks like those who put in the time, i.e. put their pots in early, limited out, no problem. I'm sure if we had the time to soak our pots and 2nd and 3rd time, we would have had the same rate of success. Oh well, you know what they say, "early birds get the worm."

I sure wish I didn't have to work on Wednesday, otherwise I'd be out there bright and early. Oh well, let's hope they add a couple of days, otherwise it'll be that old Brooklyn Dodgers refrain, "Wait'll next year!"

SENSEI · Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 1:55 pm Post subject:

Hey Peter
you should be able to shrimp at Biz Point on Sat.
it looks like it will be open then. you have to watch the tides and current there but it can be very productive spot.

starcrafttom · Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 11:56 pm Post subject:

so I got a open seat for tomorrow. who wants to shrimp