Crabbing in Bandon, Oregon

 

This is one the boys favorite trips. From about January onwards they say “I can’t wait for Bandon”. This year they invited their godfather Pop B. We picked him up in Anderson early Tuesday morning and after a couple stops on the way north we arrived in Bandon a little after Noon. We got a quick fish and chips lunch and all our shellfish licenses and off we went to launch the boat.

We crabbed for 2 hours and called it quits at 36 crabs. The weather this year was excellent. Low 60’s the entire week with mainly overcast skies. A stark difference than the valley weather we were experiencing back home.

We rented a different house this year and I would say it was slightly better. The house was a little smaller than last years house but this time the beach was our back yard.

This year the crabbing was great. We got easy limits on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon (48 crabs each day) and the ocean was calm enough for us to try some rockfish fishing offshore. We spent only a short time offshore and Matthew landed only 1 good sized rockfish.

The bad news this year was I got sick somehow. We all ate the same foods but I came down with bad intestinal cramps. It happened on the morning of the best clamming tide so we were all disappointed that we did not get to clam this year. That is something we all wanted to do again.

As usual the food was great. Eating the freshest crabs for dinner and one of the best ice cream (from Face Rock Creamery) for dessert is bliss.

Already booked for next year!

 

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