Alaskan Crab fishing boats?

Feb 06, 2008 by Malicious Intent | Posted in Boats & Boating

I am looking towards getting an alaskan crab fishing boat to go crabbin'. I'm looking for something in the 100+ ft range. Any ideas of websites I can look up to get a good idea of the boat i'm looking for?

You may be able to make contacts through this site that will lead you to what you are looking for. Best of luck with it.

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Hunting King Crab | Dans Life

by Dan

Hunting King Crab

June 7, 2010

I guess that’s not really a fair title, there are a few of us in a unique position to actually find them. For the past few years I’ve been diving with friends for Alaska King Crab. In the summer time they come shallow then when winter comes around they head back deep. So from June to January King Crab is open for personal subsistence fishing and were able to use our scuba gear to dive down and grab crab. The State of Alaska considers Scuba gear to be acceptable subsistence fishing harvest gear. Here is an early video of me diving for crab.

I’m still going to dive for crab but with the summer season here and the Fire Fighter Academy in full swing – my time isn’t as free as it used to be. So I figure why not. One of the biggest considerations for using pots to fish crab is getting them out of the water.

Most boats fishing pots have a ‘pot puller’ or a block with an electric or gas motor and wheel used to pull up the pots from the bottom.

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