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Folding crab catchers are a recent innovation that is changing the face of crabbing from crab docks. The Crab Max crab catcher is easily used with a hand line or fishing pole as shown below. Crabbing for Dungeness crabs in Yaquina Bay, Bill Lackner displays two of 14 large red rock crabs he caught off the Bay Street Pier using a Crab Max folding crab catcher. Bill caught lots of Dungeness crabs but they were either larger females or males that were 1/4 to 1/16 of an inch too short to keep.
It is common to catch up to 3 legal sized crabs at a time when the crabs are in the bays; however, I used only 1 Crab Max to take the 3 legal Dungeness crabs shown below from the Coast Guard Pier in Winchester Bay. Three Dungeness crabs were all I needed to make a wonderful Crab Louie for my wife and I while we were camped at nearby Eel Lake.
Innovative by design and easy to use the CRAB MAX is often imitated but never duplicated. The Crab Max is made in Oregon by a disabled man. The CRAB MAX is best used with a 200 pound test Tuna Cord hand line (recommended method) but is readily used with a surf rod and heavy duty spinning reel loaded with a minimum of 100 pound test Spectra fishing line. The Crab Max is user friendly for crabbers of all ages; especially women and children. Compare the photos below and consider the difference.
Crab catch capacity is the measure that separates the Crab Max from other folding crab catchers like the Crab Hawk, Sporty Crab Catcher and the Danielson Folding Crab catcher. The 18 inch dimension really pays off when crabbing is hot as shown in the video clip of crabbers on the beach at Siletz Bay. It is not unusual to catch 3 or more keeper sized Dungeness crabs per pull. Click HERE to see the price list or to purchase the CRAB MAX. We recommend using the Crab Max with the hand lines. Experienced crabbers can throw the Crab Max as far as those using the surf pole can cast the Crab Max. It is easier for women and kids to crab using the hand line. My grandsons, Brandon age 11 and Zac age 8, have really got into crabbing using the Crab Max with hand lines. Bill
To use the crab max with the tuna cord uncoil the tuna cord then reverse coil the tuna cord on the dock. Unfold the crab catcher. Open the bait clip. Insert the bait pin through a chicken leg. Fasten the clasp on the bait clip. Step on the wooden line holder, grasp the hand line a foot below the cross lock snap, look behind you. Spin the crab catcher several times and throw the crab catcher into the water. The crab catcher will open when it is cast into the bay and settles to the bottom in the open position.The CRAB MAX is a proven folding crab catcher that outperforms conventional crab rings and other folding crab catchers. Click HERE to see the price list or to purchase the CRAB MAX.
The CRAB MAX is a proven folding crab catcher that out performs conventional crab rings and other folding crab catchers. To use the CRAB MAX follow the directions enclosed with the crab catcher. Click HERE to see the price list or to purchase the CRAB MAX. The shipping and handling charge applies to the first crab catcher ordered only. To order more than one crab catcher modify the quantity ordered on the Add to Cart page. Click HERE to see the price list or to purchase the CRAB MAX. Take advantage of our Spring 2012 Crab Max Special. Purchase 3 Crab Max crab catcher with 3 hand lines and you order ships FREE. Or, take advantage of the Beginners Special consisting of 3 Crab Max crab catchers with hand lines and a copy of Oregon's Crabs and the order ships FREE. Customer Comments: On September 20th I received the following email from Michael who ordered a Crab Max, "Greetings Bill, Rec'd it today. Thank You Very Much, Moving up from a crabhawk." Michael Richard Cozby lives, digs clams and crabs on Siletz Bay writes, Thanks Bill, for all your good work.........The Crab Max is a great tool. I crabbed in the Siletz Bay a few weeks ago using 4 pots and two Crab Max (I had a friend w/me). The crab max out produced the pots probably 2 - 1. .........Dick Cozby Wendy Dodson of Montana recently purchased three Crab Max folding crab catchers and wrote in response to my email thanking her for ordering the Crab Max folding crab catchers. Dear William: We're actually in Oregon at the moment but didn't want to drive to Lincoln City to try to find the Crab Max catchers and were happy to find them on-line. We saw them in action when a friend was using them at the Bandon public pier. In a span of about 2 1/2 hours he caught about 150 crabs, 2 of which were legal, using chicken legs as bait. Others on the dock using the more traditional crab pots would have one or two or maybe no crabs in their pots when they pulled them and they were also using chicken legs as bait. Made believers out of us plus the Crab Max is much easier to store, pull and toss. We plan on coming back to the coast next year during crabbing season and will now have our own crab catchers and won't have to watch others having all the fun. Our friends had gotten theirs from the man who makes them and found him by accident. We didn't want to have to try to find him in Lincoln City or Newport so we're happy you had them available. Thanks for shipping them promptly. They should be waiting for us when we get home. Wendy Dodson..
The Book includes:
The newly revised edition 52 page book, Oregon's Crabs, describes the cyclical movement of crabs from our bays, identifies the most productive baits and the most innovative and productive methods used to take crabs from Oregon's Coastal waters using crab pots, crab rings, crab snares and the most effective Crab Max folding crab catcher. The book describes innovative methods to humanly clean and cook crabs. My family looks forward to preparing the recipes in the book each time we go crabbing especially when the catch includes Oregon's native red rock crabs. The book is unique because it not only describes Dungeness crabs it also describes Oregon's native red rock crabs. Click HERE to purchase Oregon's Crabs for $12.70. Oregon's Crabs includes: We follow ODFW regulations for taking clams and crabs. We practice crabbing ethics when taking crabs and stress their value at our clam clinics. Crabbing ethics are the future of taking crabs in Oregon's Coastal Waters. CRAB WATCH Clam Watch and the Clam Diggers Association of Oregon has started a Discussion Forum to broaden the scope of our service to clam diggers and crabbers. The discussion forum will add a new dimension to the ability of clam diggers to relate their experiences to one another. RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR CRABBERS Click on the following links for additional information about taking crabs in the Pacific Northwest. Click on ODFW's website crab page or click HERE to view Washington States information on recreational crabbing or click HERE to view California's information on recreational crabbing. Click HERE to view Alaska's comments on Dungeness Crabs. Click HERE to view Dungeness Crabs at Netarts Bay. Click HERE to view a video of cleaning Dungeness crabs. NOAA Tide Tables for you area. Even though it seldom occurs marine toxins can develop in crabs. Be sure crab safe. Always call the shellfish Hotline at (503) 986-4728 or 1-800-448-2474 toll free outside of Oregon before harvesting clams or mussels for messages listing the areas closed to harvesting shellfish due to high levels of marine toxins. The information displayed on the ODA Shellfish Hotline Website or the ODFW Recreational Report websites may or may not be up to date and the information posted there may not be accurate and CANNOT be trusted. ODFW Shellfish Regulations, and the link to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department's OHV for ATV Enthusiast. Share your opinion with the crabbing and clam digging community at the Discussion Forum or return to the top of the page. or return to Oregon's Razor Clams.
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