Crab Potting// North Douglas, Alaska

Tour guide Doug and Chan Chan taught us a lot this summer. Halibut fishing. Crab potting. And for those experiences I don't think we will ever be able to re pay them. Never had I eaten crab or caught crab for that matter until living in Alaska.

The locals get special permits for crab hunting season where they put out crab pots filled with left over halibut in hopes of luring 'em in. Unfortunately these little sweeties were too young to eat but we did have a fun time trying to pull the nets out (which are SO heavy) and then of course take a picture.

All of Doug's rules from halibut fishing apply to crab catching as well:

1. Pull until you can't pull anymore, and then keep pulling

2. Did you even catch it if you didn't take a pic?

Doug told us just to let them go back in the ocean when we were done and for some reason I interrupted that as see how far you can throw the poor little guy. I still feel bad about it....I hucked that thing over that mountain. Jk not really but I definitely rocked that poor crabs world.

Love, Lundie