Big Lake 9-21 & 9-25-15 Father son trip

My dad and I made a trip out to Big Lake on Monday afternoon to start the week off and then again on Friday to finish off the week. We caught a limit of shrimp and crabs on Monday and a limit of shrimp and 4 dozen crabs on Friday. Here are the pictures.
Monday's catch
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A couple of stingrays that we caught out there.
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Friday's catch
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What a way to start and end a week. That's a nice looking catch for sure. I wish I had a place to go crabbing that would pay off like that. There is hardly and waterway left that isn't full of crab traps. The shrimp I can afford to buy at today's prices but crabs are off the charts. I've seen some go for $80 for 5 dozen. That's a dollar thirty per crab and that isn't select. My friend you've got a gold mine there. Enjoy it while you can.
"gene"

Nice haul Dwayne and great pictures! Gene's right, enjoy it while you can. What are you going to do with those Rays? Thanks for posting.

Very nice! Also wondering what you do with the rays?

Fantastic! Cherish all your trips with your dad! Love the pics...ready for the boiled shrimp!

I kept the sting rays to clean b/c I heard they were good to eat. I did a quick you tube search on how to clean them and off to clean them I went. Well after cleaning both rays and not getting enough meat to fill up one hand, I will not be keeping any more unless they are at least double this size. Feel bad that I killed them for such little meat but be assured, next time they will go back in the water.

Awesome Shadow, makes me envious of you guys down south...

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Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

What a way to start and end a week. That's a nice looking catch for sure. I wish I had a place to go crabbing that would pay off like that. There is hardly and waterway left that isn't full of crab traps. The shrimp I can afford to buy at today's prices but crabs are off the charts. I've seen some go for $80 for 5 dozen. That's a dollar thirty per crab and that isn't select. My friend you've got a gold mine there. Enjoy it while you can.
"gene"

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Gene, I can usually catch the crabs most of the year. The shrimp are the ones that I only catch for a few months out of the year. Next time you want to catch some crabs just let me know and we will see what we can do about that. We boiled over 300 the weekend that DocWaldo, Big John and Slab Hunter came down!

WOW! Shadow that is a great catch. Did those crab go for the blue/green/chartreuse jigs? Just kidding. My wife wishes I could catch shrimp like that. She loves them. Congratulations! By the way, what is the limit on the shrimp and the crabs?

Thanks Dwayne, I know the invitation is open. It's been a rough year for us and hard to find time to do much planning. With Linda's back now in good shape and I've been through the ringer but I'm feeling better now, maybe this coming year we can plan a weekend with y'all.
"gene"

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Originally Posted by Pastor

WOW! Shadow that is a great catch. Did those crab go for the blue/green/chartreuse jigs? Just kidding. My wife wishes I could catch shrimp like that. She loves them. Congratulations! By the way, what is the limit on the shrimp and the crabs?

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The limit on crabs in this spot is 5 dozen and the limit on shrimp is a 5 gallon bucket PER VESSEL. Rockafeller is a little more liberal on the crabs (12 dozen) and a little more conservative on shrimp (25 lbs, which is about 3/4 of a 5 gallon bucket. It is also PER VESSEL at Rockafeller. Catching the shrimp is nice but it is HARD WORK, just ask DocWaldo, Big John or Slab Hunter! lol Oh and for the jigs that the crabs like, well that is a very special "one of a kind" jig that pawpaw gene made for me years ago! Here is a picture of it. lol
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Shadow, that is one very nice jig. I can't compete with PawPawGene. His vise must be a lot bigger than mine. LOL.

Nice post. Love the crabs and shrimps. I was taught early in life to never bring a ray on board. I usually just cut my line and retie.

So you still have it huh Dwayne. I figured you would have worn the feathers off of it by now.
"gene"

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Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

So you still have it huh Dwayne. I figured you would have worn the feathers off of it by now.
"gene"

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Nope, still got it! Hanging in the same place it has been since you gave it to me. Wife doesn't seem to mind it hanging there, so that is where it will stay. lol