Day 10

We headed north today along the coast of Oregon and stopped in a small fishing / logging village to take a few pics.  Met a nice mother / son couple who were spending their last weekend  fishing for Dungeness crab together before he moved off to Wyoming to work in the oil fields.  They were glad to explain the process, which we documented with pictures.  She was thrilled to hear we'd send the pics to her as a keepsake.

Get some bait.  In this case a big hunk of throw-away cod (cost $2.50).

Tie the bait into the net and toss the net into the water, letting it sink to the bottom.

Wait 15 or 20 minutes and pull up the net.
The crabs are feeding on the bait, but in this case, they are too small to keep.
Close but not quite big enough to be legal, so he goes back in the ocean.
Michael and his mom, Tinsia.