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It's been kinda slow here lately, so here's some picts of my crab pot checks. The Bering Sea: ![[Linked Image]](http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29/skandic/3-2-08010.jpg) My favorite helper  : ![[Linked Image]](http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29/skandic/crabs001.jpg) Pulling up the pots: ![[Linked Image]](http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29/skandic/crabs004.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29/skandic/crabs009.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29/skandic/2007020.jpg) The reward: ![[Linked Image]](http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd29/skandic/2007029.jpg)
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You guys are studs...
I am now officially impressed!
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That's cool. Do you pull them with the snowmobile?
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I am also impressed. Good pics also.
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Bet ya can't eat just one... Good on ya!
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Nuthin' a little Kwell Cream won't take care of.........grin.
Nice catch and a beautiful little helper who likely is the biggest "reward"..........she's either got the prettiest smile I've ever seen or she's frozen....can't tell.
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i think i would eat hot dogs before i stepped that close to a hole in the ice on the bering sea you get my vote... congrats on the helper... mine would take one look at the topography and proudly proclaim "no sledding here dad! see ya' in a while." woofer
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Now THAT is some righteous ice fishing!
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I got a half a garbage bag full here awhile back on of my buds brought me off his boat.
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The ice is thick enough to drive huge trucks with oil drilling rigs aboard and the water is surprisingly shallow.
Used to work on the exploratory rigs and drove the ice roads regularly. Many went well beyond Alaska boundaries and we used to brag about driving South to Alaska.
art
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Thanks for all the comments guys. We pull the pots up by hand, and we check them every couple days. The water is only about 70� deep and the ice in the picts is about 3� thick which is plenty safe. It takes only a couple of inches to support a person, and IIRC just under a foot to support a car/small truck. The thing I worry about more than breaking through is the ice breaking off shore and blowing out to sea. It happens every year about this time, so I�m pretty cautious of that.
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Damn, I wuz just thinkin' about how some king crab would taste right about now. They had some for sale in Auke Bay a few weeks back - I think those were Browns.
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You guys definitely earned every ounce of that crab! Pretty cool stuff there, thanks for posting the photo's!
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Ice fishing at it's best. Great pick and always good to see young folks learning to have fun. What's the cooler for?
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What's the cooler for? Prolly to keep the beer from freezing  ...
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Excellent job with the crab.
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I'm just glad you didn't fall in!!!
Great pics--esepecially of your fav lil' helper!
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What's the cooler for? Prolly to keep the beer from freezing ... If that's Nome, perhaps. Many folks prefer coolers to keep the crabs from freezing so the legs don't break off and to keep the crabs in better eating condition. Assuming you don't plan to eat them frozen, they cook up nicer if they haven't been frozen first. Looks like Seward Peninsula to me though.
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What was the temp? How far from land are you in the picture, please don't say 70' to the bottom Mike
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