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Post by Admin on Aug 1, 2022 16:13:02 GMT
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2022 1:32:41 GMT
Dungeness Crabs
Click on the image to count the number of teeth on the carapace of the Dungeness Crab.
Best identification characters:
White tipped claws
Ten carapace spines (widest at 10th)
Green Crab(Cancer marinus): (Description taken from Rathbun (1930). The carapace is finely granular, about as long as broad with 5 culminate antero-lateral teeth. Antero-lateral teeth tipped with yellow. Frontal area between orbits with three rounded teeth. Carapace color variable, usually mottled, dark brown to dark green, granules for the most part yellow. Female ground color orange in place of green with whitish granules. Claws similar with small black spots arranged longitudinally on palm. Fingers and adjacent portion of palm light blue with black stripes in grooves. Walking legs green, speckled with black. Second and third pair of walking legs longest and about 1and 2/3 times the length of the carapace; fourth pair of legs shorter than the first. Last pair of legs somewhat flattened and with setae. Click on the image to view the the Green crab with fewer teeth than Dungeness Crabs
Adult green crabs range in size from 6 to 10 cm in carapace width (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2001).The photographs of the Green Crabs will be replaced as they become available.
Size: From 6 to 10 cm in carapace width, attaining widths of 3.9 inches
Red Rock Crab
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Best identification characters:
Black tipped claws
Wide “fan” shaped carapace
Color typically a deep brick red
Click on the image to count the number of teeth on the carapace of the Dungeness Crab.
Best identification characters:
White tipped claws
Ten carapace spines (widest at 10th)
Color reddish-brown to purple
Green Crab(Cancer marinus): (Description taken from Rathbun (1930). The carapace is finely granular, about as long as broad with 5 culminate antero-lateral teeth. Antero-lateral teeth tipped with yellow. Frontal area between orbits with three rounded teeth. Carapace color variable, usually mottled, dark brown to dark green, granules for the most part yellow. Female ground color orange in place of green with whitish granules. Claws similar with small black spots arranged longitudinally on palm. Fingers and adjacent portion of palm light blue with black stripes in grooves. Walking legs green, speckled with black. Second and third pair of walking legs longest and about 1and 2/3 times the length of the carapace; fourth pair of legs shorter than the first. Last pair of legs somewhat flattened and with setae. Click on the image to view the the Green crab with fewer teeth than Dungeness Crabs
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Adult green crabs range in size from 6 to 10 cm in carapace width (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2001).The photographs of the Green Crabs will be replaced as they become available.
Size: From 6 to 10 cm in carapace width, attaining widths of 3.9 inches
Red Rock Crab
Best identification characters:
Black tipped claws
Wide “fan” shaped carapace
Color typically a deep brick red
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Post by Admin on Aug 27, 2022 11:22:48 GMT
 The recreational opportunities listed on Alsea Bay are brought to you by www.clamdigging.info for the benefit of the members of the Clam Digging and Crabbing community.The City of Waldport is located on the south shore of Alsea Bay. Old Town Waldport was built on the site of an Indian burial ground. Deceased Alsi Indians were interred in wooden canoes above ground. The early white settlers piled the canoes together and burned them.
The City of Waldport set an example that other coastal communities should follow by building easy access steps over the riprap to the bay. The low and high salt marsh of the large island that separates the North Channel from the main channel is the most prominent tidal area in Alsea Bay. The large island becomes three smaller islands during high incoming spring tides. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Crabbing Docks at Crabbing Dock Open
Do not boat in the lower Alsea Bay from the Highway 101 Bridge seaward durning the outgoing tide. Loss of life is a semi-annual event on Alsea Bay. The strong outgoing current carries disabled boats into the surf at the entrance to the bay and the cold ocean does the rest. The Grim Reaper claimed another boater in the lower bay several years ago last fall foolish enough to get caught in the lower bay at the wrong time. The Coast Guard called of the search for his body. Crabbing in the lower bay is dangerous during periods of the strong outgoing tidal current generated during clamming tides. Click on the image of Alsea Bay to enlarge it.
On 09/12 Bill from the Dock of the Bay RIP passed due the Virus. The Dock of the Bay Marina will reopen in Jan 2021. Dock of the Bay is located at 1245 NE Mill St, Waldport, OR 97394 (541) 563-2003 reports crabbing is good to great with limits being taken by crabbers in boats. Crabbing from the docks has improved with up to 8 crabs being taken on the am tide and up to limits being taken on the am tide.
Caution when boating in Alsea Bay: stay clear of the lower bay during the outgoing tide.
Forty seven crabs for six crabbers from a charter boat of a licensed guide. The crabbers ate twenty seven of the forty seven crabs.
Crabbing from the beach at Bayshore with vinyl wired crab pots that were baited with chicken and left to soak from low tide through high tide to low tide.
Crabbing from the Port Docks at Alsea Bay.
Bill from the Dock of the Bay Marina and Store rents a boat, 3 crab rings with 3 baits for 3 hours for $80.00. Bill also cooks crabs for $9,00 a dozen and backs and cleans the crabs for an additional $6.00 per dozen. Diving for crabs in lower Alsea Bay during the time of abundance paid off. My daughter involved her boys in choosing which crabs to keep. Bill Here: Last season one of my daughter's friends stopped by my home and gave me 4 of the 12 crabs he had caught in the lower Alsea Bay. What a great gift! The crabs were soft and about half full of crab meat. However, my wife and I enjoyed a great crab Louis. I made Oregon's Crab Louie salad dressing with fresh ginger added to it.....
OREGON’S CRAB LOUIE DRESSING
The recipe for Oregon’s Crab Louie dressing is based on the ability to enhance the flavor of the ingredients of Oregon’s Crab Louie. The optional ingredients consist of Worcestershire sauce or Chipotle chili pepper sauce or fresh ground ginger. Either one of the optional ingredients adds a flavor component to Oregon’s Crab Louie that complements the delicate sweet flavor of the fresh crabmeat.
Ingredients:
2 cups Mayonnaise
2/3 cup Catsup
3 tablespoons hamburger relish
1/2 lemon juiced
1 tablespoon Chipotle flavored hamburger relish if available or 1 minced Chipotle chili pepper from a can of Embasa Chipotle chili peppers (optional), or
1 plus tablespoon fresh ginger root finely chopped (optional), or
Several dashes of Worcestershire sauce (optional)
Preparation:
1. Oregon’s Crab Louie dressing is a combination of mayonnaise, catsup, hamburger relish and lemon juice mixed to taste. Add either one of the optional ingredients to enhance the flavor of the Louie Dressing. Add a tablespoon of Chipotle flavored hamburger relish or 1 plus tablespoon of fresh minced ginger to complement and enhance the flavors of the crabmeat and other ingredients. If the Chipotle flavored hamburger relish is unavailable add 1 minced Chipotle chili pepper to the three tablespoons of hamburger relish. Do not allow the flavor of the chipotle or ginger to overpower the dressing by using too much.
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How to humanely kill Dungeness and red rock crabs is the question my wife wants me to answer. She can't stand to see anything suffer. Striking the Thoracic ganglion with a crab mallet kills the crab immediately. The crab does not suffer as it would if submerged in boiling water and neither does my wife. Killing and backing the crabs prior to cooking them shortens the total time it takes to cook and clean large numbers of crabs.
Click on the following video clip to view a professional crab shaker picking a Dungeness crab. Using this method cuts the time to pick a crab in half.
Additional Information for Crabbing From the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Rim:
Click on the following links for additional information about taking crabs in the Pacific Northwest. Click on ODFW's website crab page or click on Washington State's information on recreational crabbing or click California's information on recreational crabbing. Click on Alaska's comments on Dungeness Crabs and on permits and regulations for SE Alaska. Click on Dungeness Crabs at Netarts Bay. Click on Species Profile for Dungeness Crabs PDF file. Click on Species Profile for Red Rock Crabs to view PDF file. Click on Dungeness and Red Rock Crabs to view information on taking crabs from Oregon's Bays and ocean water.
Internet links of interest:
Tideland Ownership Maps, 1972-1973
Tidal Projections: View the tidal projections for Waldport, or view the tidal projections for Drift Creek .
Click on Marine Weather forecast to view the marine weather forecast for coastal waters from Cascade Head to Florence OR out 10 nm.
Click on Alsea River at Tidewater to display the height of the river level for the Alsea River – At Tidewater.
Click on Alsea River at Lobster Creek to display the height of the river level for the Alsea River at Lobster Creek
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