I love all those photos you put up. Lots of keepers, including the lovely lady.Nice little feed of saltwater blue crabs View attachment 55805
This crab photo though, brought back a cherished memory of an event that you probably just consider part of a normal day:
When I was a teen, we were on a family vacation on Vancouver Island. This trip was the first time my 40-ish dad ever saw the ocean. We were out in Tofino on the west shore and my dad started shooting the shit with a guy who was putzing around with a small fishing boat. The guy ended up inviting us out with him for a ride. He lived in Victoria, but would drive out and tend his couple of traps, more as a hobby than for any practical purpose.
Anyway, this guy let us help with pulling the traps, showed us how to sort through and throw back the ones that weren't wanted, and then scooped up a big pot of seawater and proceeded to cook up a massive feast of fresh caught crab. No cutlery, no napkins or garlic butter, just the best seafood I have ever eaten. Our whole family was covered in crab juice and carnage and we needed to be run through a car wash, but holy shit was that amazing.
That was our last big family holiday, and my parents had saved so we could act like "big shots" for once in our lives. We stayed in Vancouver on that trip and ate some ridiculously expensive and wonderful meals in some rightfully famous restaurants. I recall eating grilled swordfish and duckling a l'orange, but nothing came close to that fresh caught crab.