Wide Open Winter - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Iceman · 02-01-2016, 08:47 AM

Good info Chris! I am in the "like red crab" group

nice compilation vid. January 2016 was good enough to have bigger fish in the first month verses all 2015 submitted in 2 of the 3 WCW categories! Let's keep it rolling!

Dirty Curti · 02-01-2016, 09:45 AM

Great video, fantastic report! Many are afraid to share this much info so it is much appreciated. A great write up!

BIG JOAQUIN · 02-01-2016, 10:20 AM

Thanks for sharing some of the sonar shots. Way to start off 2016.

dos ballenas · 02-01-2016, 10:57 AM

CalCOFI? What the hell is that?

Red crabs spend a lot of time on the sea floor..... and as Chris said they can be found here year round.... I find red crab in yellowtail stomachs all year round every year... some year more than others....

Below is a small exert from an older paper:

The Benthic and Pelagic Habitats of the Red Crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
CARL M. B OYDl

It appears that P. planipes lives to some
extent on the bottom in its first two years of
life and is also found as a planktonic animal
at this stage. The relative amount of time spent
in these two environments is unknown, but
data from plankton collections indicate that
there is some diurnal exchange between them,
with crabs occurring in the surface water at night
and settling to greater depths and perhaps to
the bottom during the daytime hours (when a
suitable bottom is available) . After their second year of life the crabs assume a strictly
benthic existence and become segregated fr om
younger animals by assuming a deeper environment.

kayakfisherman · 02-01-2016, 11:07 AM

Outstanding Chris!! Super report, I learned a lot. Thanks!!

2-Stix · 02-01-2016, 11:43 AM

great info and write up...thank you.

02-01-2016, 08:47 AM	#1
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,948	Good info Chris! I am in the "like red crab" group nice compilation vid. January 2016 was good enough to have bigger fish in the first month verses all 2015 submitted in 2 of the 3 WCW categories! Let's keep it rolling! __________________

02-01-2016, 09:45 AM	#2
Dirty Curti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 419	Great video, fantastic report! Many are afraid to share this much info so it is much appreciated. A great write up! __________________

02-01-2016, 10:57 AM	#4
dos ballenas Vampyroteuthis infernalis Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 585	CalCOFI? What the hell is that? Red crabs spend a lot of time on the sea floor..... and as Chris said they can be found here year round.... I find red crab in yellowtail stomachs all year round every year... some year more than others.... Below is a small exert from an older paper: The Benthic and Pelagic Habitats of the Red Crab, Pleuroncodes planipes CARL M. B OYDl It appears that P. planipes lives to some extent on the bottom in its first two years of life and is also found as a planktonic animal at this stage. The relative amount of time spent in these two environments is unknown, but data from plankton collections indicate that there is some diurnal exchange between them, with crabs occurring in the surface water at night and settling to greater depths and perhaps to the bottom during the daytime hours (when a suitable bottom is available) . After their second year of life the crabs assume a strictly benthic existence and become segregated fr om younger animals by assuming a deeper environment. __________________ ____________________________________________

02-01-2016, 10:20 AM	#3
BIG JOAQUIN Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: C'mont Posts: 33	Thanks for sharing some of the sonar shots. Way to start off 2016.

02-01-2016, 11:07 AM	#5
kayakfisherman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 715	Outstanding Chris!! Super report, I learned a lot. Thanks!!

02-01-2016, 11:43 AM	#6
2-Stix Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 376	great info and write up...thank you.