Free Crab Clinics & Paid Private Crab Clinics

Spring Break Free Crab Clinics … March 11 – April 01

• March 11, 2023 …. 4 pm – 5PM
• March 12, 2023 …. 9 am – 10 am
• March 19, 2023 …. 4 pm- 5PM
• March 25, 2023 …. 9 am- 10 am
• March 26, 2023 …. 4 pm- 5PM

There is no charge or obligation to attend a Free Crab Clinic, BUT Crab Max type of traps will be available for rent or purchase at the following rates.

Standard Crab Max Trap rental package for 24 hours … $50 .… Three (3) Crab Max type of Traps, a Bucket, and a Crab gauge. CLICK HERE to make reserve and rent.

Standard Crab Max Trap Purchase package … $125.… Three (3) Crab Max types of Traps, a Bucket, and a Crab gauge. CLICK HERE to make reserve and purchase.

There is no charge or obligation to attend a Free Crab Clinic, BUT Crab Trapper type of traps will be available for rent or purchase at the following rates.

Crab Trapper Rental Package for 24 hours … $60 .… Three (3) Crab Trapper types of Traps, a Bucket, and a Crab gauge. CLICK HERE to make reserve and rent.

Crab Trapper Purchase package … $150 .… Three (3) Crab Trapper types of Traps, a Bucket, and a Crab gauge.

CLICK HERE to reserve a Private Clinic at your requested time … $25 … No limit to the size of the group.

Crab Traps will be available to rent, purchase or bring your traps.  In addition, we will be demonstrating our unique Crab Trapper trap. It is fantastic, as you do not need a boat, dock, or pier to use it.  The trap can be used on any beach with no rocky bottom. The Clinic will demo the mechanics of how to catch Crab from shore with our unique trap.

We will spend time with your group showing you all the tricks and tips of baiting the trap, throwing the trap, and retrieving the trap.

You can schedule a Private Crab Clinic at your convenience at any time and date for a fee of $25. Please contact us at 541-765-2109 if desired. No limit on the number of people in the group.

The Clinic will provide an overview of Oregon’s crabbing regulations, harvest methods, location of the four (4) crabbing docks, and live demonstrations.

We will spend time with your group showing you all the tricks and tips for baiting the trap, throwing the trap, and retrieving the trap.

We will arrange to clean and cook your Crab @ $2.50/crab

1. Twenty-five ($25) for the entire group, no limit
2. The location will change depending on the size of the group and the weather.
3. The location will be given after your reservation has been received. To make a reservation CLICK HERE
4. Could you complete the reservation with your phone number and email address to I can contact you?

Crab Clinic & Crabbing Information …. noon – 10 pm 541-765-2109

Where can you Cook Crab?  …. We help you fix your dinner

We provide the kitchen equipment to cook Crab and show you how to clean & cook the Crab…. ready to eat…. $2.50/crab

The clinic provides Oregon’s crabbing regulations, harvest methods, location of the five (5) crabbing docks, and live demonstrations.

Crabbers are allowed to crab with up to three devices per license.  At the Clinic will be demos on how to crab from shore or a kayak. Crab Traps will be available to rent, purchase or bring your traps for a demo.

Crab Licenses .. Oregon State Resident = $10 … Three (3) Day Out of State =$29

YOU ONLY NEED ONE license PER THREE (3) CRAB TRAPS …

Reservations

CLICK HERE to Reserve Standard Crab Trap Package … Details CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE … to Purchase Crab Traps … Details CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE to reserve a spot at a Free Crab Clinic … For Dates of Free Clinics … CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE to Reserve a Private Crab Clinic … You set the dates for the private clinic… CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE to Reserve the Sustainable Clam\Crab Clinic … For Dates … CLICK HERE

The clinics are conducted in Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, or Newport. The location will be changed depending on the rains, tides, weather, and the number of people registered.

Any time is a good time for Crab, but some are better than others.

“Slack Water” also called “Slack Tide” (the times of peak high or low tide) are the best times to crab. During swift tidal exchanges crab often bury themselves, but at slack water, more crabs are walking around foraging, since they are less affected by tidal currents.

The favorite time to harvest crab is roughly the one-hour time slot before low or high tide and one hour after low or high tide. At that time the tide is moving the slowest, allowing the crabs, to roam around and look for food without needing to fight the current, but crabs can be trapped at any time of day.

The State of Oregon is offering residents and visitors the opportunity to explore and experience fishing, crabbing, and clamming without the need for a license or tags on specific listed dates throughout the year.

2023 Free License Crabbing Days

• February 18-19
• June 3-4,
• November 24-25 

• State Resident = $10
• Three (3) Days out of State = $29

YOU ONLY NEED ONE license PER THREE (3) CRAB TRAPS …

Questions … ask an expert … 541-765-2109 hours – noon – 10 PM

Crab Trapper will be Demonstrated at Clinic

The Crab Trapper consists of two metal netted 12″ sides. When lying flat, it sort of the takes the shape of a square circle 22″ X 30″. It is a Crab Trap that can be used from the beach. Since it is the small, it is excellent for children to use from a dock. It can also be used from a kayak, Crab-Cat or boat with limited space.

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Folding crab traps are a recent innovation that is changing the face of crabbing from the beach or the shore in Siletz Bay.

Bait

Any bait will work. A lot of people use chicken. Fish guts are a good one. Things that are natural to crabs seem to do better. This includes using fish carcasses, squid, clams, and the like.

Using these baits has a downside in that seals seem to love them more than the crab. The Crab Trapper uses a bait bag that will keep the seals at bay. It will also help to keep the crab on your bait longer.

If a crab pulls off a nice piece of your bait, more than likely, it’ll crawl off and eat it. So something to stop them from tearing off chunks will improve your odds when using the Crab Trapper.

The bait bag is the key. For starters, this eliminates tying bait to the bottom of the trap, which never seemed to work very well anyway. This is especially nice if you are dealing with some rancid bait-like fish parts. Just toss them in and clip it shut.

Bait bags prevent the crabs from completely devouring the bait all at once. They are open enough to allow for little bites here and there to keep the crabs happy but closed enough to keep your bait working all day long. It is more effective to stand the bait bags upright, as this maximizes floor space.

Gloves
Gloves prevent jellyfish stings from tentacles wrapped around your rope, along with alleviating some of the pain that comes with handling crabs.

Sorting Crabs
Quickly sort through the crabs, being careful not to break crab legs or get your fingers pinched. An experienced crab handler will sort crabs by keeping them at ease. They want to get out, but they don’t want to be forcefully grabbed. A quick shake of the pot is often more effective than reaching directly for them.

Be sure to carefully and quickly release crab, do not throw them from heights as this will often crack their carapace and kill them.

REGULATION

Crabs may be taken using crab rings, pots, or baited line (limited to 3 rings, pots, or lines per license) by hand; dip net, or rake. Pots may be left overnight.
Bays, estuaries, beaches, tide pools, piers, and jetties are open all year. The ocean is closed for Dungeness crab from October 16 through November 30.
No more than 1 daily catch limit per day may be taken per person. No more than 2 daily catch limits per person may be in possession.
The minimum size for Dungeness crab is 5 ¾ inches. Size is measured in a straight line across the back immediately in front of, but NOT including the widest points.

Undersized male, female, and unwanted red rock crab must be immediately released unharmed.
Crabs may not be mutilated so that sex, size, or species cannot be determined prior to landing. Mutilated crabs may not be transported across state waters.
No holding pots, holding devices, or live boxes are allowed in the ocean. Holding pots, holding devices, or live boxes in bays and estuaries cannot retain more than 24 Dungeness and 48 red rock crab per container.

Other Options
Kayak Touring … Click Here
Wildlife Photogenic Paradise … Click Here 
Family\Group Touring …. Click Here
Salmon Fishing … Click Here
Crabbing … Click Here