Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
When living in Southern Md, I had 2 2ft cube pots that I would toss off a dock into the St Mary's or Potomac river during crab season.
At the beginning of the season, I went down to a local fishing marina and purchased a trash bag full of trash fish ($5). Rolled 3 fish up in newspaper and stuffed the freezer.
Every morning I would capture a pot and place a fish package in the bait tunnel and toss it back.
Total time ~10 minutes
If the pots were tied to a pier, they would be robbed/confiscated.
In evening I would capture the other pot; empty supper (15+ Blue crabs) into a bucket, toss females back and toss pot back into water.
Total time ~15 minutes
We never had beef during crab season.
I had a 25' thin clothesline with a mini grappling hook tied tod the end. To oss the line out wnhere tohe pot should be and drag until located.
I do not know anything about catching those overgrown crawfish that they call "lobsters" in the south