Ok, I'll be around Gulf Shores June 3-10, and am putting June 4 out as the proposed date. Anybody care to postpone it to August?
Again, I'll provide a pot, propane, burner, Zatarain's.
Also plan on putting potatoes, corn, mushrooms, sausage, onions, lemons, garlic, etc in the pot (donations of the above are welcome).
What you should bring: Crabs (live), drinks, food for non-shellfish eaters/non hunters, sunscreen,
gloves, catch bag, fishing licenses for the area you'll be crabbin'.
The rules:
Diving permitted from Destin to Mobile Bay. Snorklers also permitted to participate.
No catching more crabs than your participating unit will eat (Up to a dozen per person).
Crabs must be kept alive, and taken by hand. No spearing, gigging, powerheads allowed. Learn how to keep crabs alive during transport.
No "berried" crabs (egg-bearing females).
No whole stone crabs, claws must meet legal requirements.
No crabs smaller than your palm (or 5" across the back between points, whichever is less). This is a conservation rule, and not enforceble except by ridicule.
The boiling will commence no later than 3pm, but may be earlier depending on tides/return times.
There
may be T-shirts and valuable prizes
for participants.
- longest distance travelled (Crabtastic Journey)
- greatest hunter (Buster Crabb)
- largest crab (Mongo Crab)
- crab with the largest claws (Killer Krab)
- best technique (Crabrico Suave')
Preferred dive center if held in June will be Gary's Gulf Divers (with his permission) for all fills and supplies, due to his support of this board. If held later, it will likely be one of the Destin shops as well, as I'll be staying over there.
Bonus points awarded to anyone who travels to Gulf Shores to dive with me during the week.
