... that we went crabbing?

In planning Oregonfest 2014, Matt had mentioned that one thing you can do on the coast is rent a crabbing boat. I had no idea what this entailed (other than being in a boat and somehow collecting crabs), but I love boats and the ocean, so it seemed like a pretty fun idea to me. We found a place where we could rent a boat for 3 hours, so we decided to split the time and go crabbing in two groups.

Oh. My. Fun.

We seriously had a blast! It was a lot of work and probably one of the dirtiest, craziest things I've ever done, but it was SO FUN!!! First, you take three huge, disgusting chunks of frozen fish or chicken,

Lash one to the inside of each trap,

Throw the traps into the water,


Drive the boat around a little bit,

Take pictures of the seals,

Pull up the traps,

Haul in the crabs,

Throw back the little ones,

And throw the traps back in again! There were crabs and water and fish guts everywhere and we were all dirty and soaking wet but it was seriously so much fun!!!

 

We didn't actually catch that many crabs that were big enough to keep, but we ended up with four to steam and take home.


It was kind of extremely disturbing to eat something that you know you pulled out of the ocean and brought home in a bucket, but add enough garlic butter and they were delicious! Crabbing was probably my favorite part of the whole vacation. It was just SO MUCH FUN!!!

I love new adventures!