Snatch crabs around Seattle

[PlayingInJeans]

Need a buddy to hit up Mukilteo with me either tomorrow after 3pmish or sunday or monday. Last day of crabbing season is monday! I have 1 comp from completing my OW course down at UWS, so I can only go for 1 dive. I'm going for them dungies!

[YellowEye]

"snatch crabs???"
That just sounds nasty!

[Joshua Smith]

"snatch crabs???"
That just sounds nasty!

Mah mamma had them one time. Doctor gave her some special shampoo so as they got cured and all.

[dwashbur]

"snatch crabs???"
That just sounds nasty!

Mah mamma had them one time. Doctor gave her some special shampoo so as they got cured and all.

Where's the "I LOVE IT!!!!" button on this thing????

[PlayingInJeans]

Nobody wants to go on a SNATCHARAMA????

[Bric Martin]

Nobody wants to go on a SNATCHARAMA????

Is Josh's Mama coming? If she is,then count me in!

[mz53480]

awesome...

[PlayingInJeans]

Seriously? Nobody?

[dwashbur]

I would, but I'm heading out of town for 10 days...

[PlayingInJeans]

Well crab season over and I didn't get to go. Life is over. I quit scuba.

[john gearhart II]

Hi my name is John the crab season has started again I live in bothell let me know I always want to dive and i like underwater crabing lots fun

[bfox]

Hey John & Playininjeans,

I'm a new guy like you. I want to get out and go crabbing as well and am looking for a buddy. I'm not working, so open anytime! Let me know.
-Brandon

[sarinae]

Me too, me too! The kids are *all* in school for the first time. I'd love to meet up, I am free most weekdays after 8:30am until about 4pm. Headed on vacation from 10/11-20 though so I'll be diving the Riviera Maya then. Weekends are tough, but if you're headed out please let me know! I've been trying all summer to get out and go crabbing, the only opportunity I had was in OR and the crabbing wasn't great and I didn't have a chance to pick up a license. It's always some fish story or another!

Sarina

[Jimothy]

I'm up for trying to get some crab, summer season was great on the days I made it out. I'm thinking of heading out at 0-dark-30 Friday morning (I'm up at 0430 every day anyway), see whats left at the T-dock if anyone wants to join.

[H20doctor]

fyi mukilteo is closed due to the bulkhead being repaired..

[thefeve]

fyi mukilteo is closed due to the bulkhead being repaired..

Just the oil docks? Or does that effect the t-dock area as well?

[john gearhart II]

I called and talked to mukilteos project manager and he said access is open just there is a wait sometimes during business hours

[sarinae]

Super, thanks for the update John!

For anyone interested, sounds like Brandon and I are meeting at 10 am for some diving. If you care to join us, just holler! Hoping the weather cooperates, I saw sun on the forecast.....

Sarina

[thefeve]

Another update, I stopped by after work tonight and indeed it's fenced around the bulkhead construction, but the left a path to the stairs for beach access.

[sarinae]

Just an update for y'all....

Brandon and I met up at 10ish and met some folks coming out of the water for NWDC and around the sound. Viz was awesome once you got below 15' (for here) and we 'caught crabs' so it was a successful dive.

The parking area where we all like to park is taken up with work machinery and roped off. The seawall is being repaired and it looks like the job will take a while longer. They have a fence up and have left access open to the stairs to get to the beach. So, as long as you don't mind walking from the east street parking it should be just fine.

The day was beautiful, viz was great, caught nearly our limit (not bad for two first-timers) and we even had the pleasure of seeing two juvenile wolf eels out for a pleasure cruise as well as a green moray. I've not encountered them out and about like that before, so that was pretty cool!

Jimothy, I can escape and be there as early as 9am. Is that too late for you? If so, holler, I can beg the hubby to run kids to the bus and meet you at the butt-crack of dawn if you want.



We left y'all a few crab down there, no worries. Lots of girls and smalls, so I guess it is fun to pick through them and risk a pinch or two.

[PlayingInJeans]

Are you kidding me, I did not know mukilteo was not considered part of marine area 10 oh wow, I used up my free rental :(.

[PlayingInJeans]

Errrro ah everybody

[PlayingInJeans]

Oh nom nom nom.

Such fog. Many amaze. Wow.

[PlayingInJeans]

Some clips I put together of the last few crab-snatching dives.

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And some other junk on my channel if you want to subscribe to some hooligan stuff.