Krill

There have been big schools of krill massing just inside of the bay. They are swimming right up by the surface, so I got to discover that krill are quite tasty. No wonder everything in the ocean eats them. But, more importantly, something must be attacking them from underneath to expose themselves to the birds. No one has yet tried fishing in the krill, though, so I don't know if the salmon have gotten close yet. Last Sunday was very windy, but the rest of the week was warm and windless. I did my best not to blink. Don't worry though, things are back to normal and chilly again. In other news, I saw an interesting video of crabbing at Lawson's Landing by a rather nice fellow. Here is the link. While marveling at the crabs, notice the door the camera can see. It is wide open and if "wrybread" hadn't pulled up his pot shortly, he wouldn't have any crabs. I cannot stress enough how important it is to weight the doors on the crab pots.

With krill on the mind, I want to tell you how to catch the little morsels. I used a five-gallon bucket, but that's because they were practically jumping out of the water. They usually don't do that, so I would suggest a shrimp pot.

Though very similar in design to the crab pot, the mesh is much smaller. Crab pots are legally bound to have a significant hole to let out the undersized ones. These have no such boundaries. Will you catch krill with it? Nope. Krill are far too small to not fall out of that mesh. That's okay though; you want bigger ones. My suggestion is to get multiple pots and spread them out in deep water (100-250 ft). Come back in an hour, pull them up and put them all where you found the majority of them.