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I have crossed the Columbia River Bar and fished the ocean about three times. I thought your video was well worth watching. I felt that the music was distractive and made it hard to understand your speech otherwise it was very well produced. Thank You.

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to put this together. As a hard of hearing individual I would recommend turning down the music in some sections. Overall fantastic job compiling all of this. Thanks again.

I have never been crabbing. We are going to Florence. I have two crab pots that I will likely never use again as there are no crabs in Kansas, crawdads yes, crabs no, just to save time plus bait boxes made in Oregon to help things along there. I want to do this cleaning job at the dock and throw the "clusters" into an ice chest so I am hopeful there is no problem doing that and the remaining crabs may benefit from the guts and gills. Since seeing you handle the crabs I will not need my meat cleaver for this part. I will be using a cheap pair of rubberized palm gloves. If I lived out there I would invest in the same gloves you have. Well done! Thank you for sharing the direct method. This is one flatlander and wife who truly enjoy crab meat. At $60 a head for all the frozen crab we can put down at a local eatery one time out is still a bargain plus the fun of the work to get the crabs ready is a bonus! Happy crabbing for life to you and yours!

I dont have a cockpit steering station, so in bad weather when I want to sit and steer inside, I clip a bell onto the rod tip area, and it alerts me far better than watching through the window, and not watching for flotsam, and logs

I recently bought a used 2018 Weldcraft 260 cuddy king. It came with twin Yamaha 150s. I am considering repowering to the 200s. I have the longer cabin with stand-up head, the 160-gallon fuel tank. My fish box is smaller due to cabin length, but I also use the bleeder box. I am curious about the 4 bladed prop. Instead of the 3 blades. How is your fuel economy / mph at cruise power? I cruise at 24 knots at 4,300, about 12 gallons per hour.

Bro! Me and the wife we’re up in Ketchikan, Alaska, eating these things straight out of the water. We never saw anybody clean these as efficient as you’re cleaning them in the video! Nice!!!

Just ditch the music, I can barely hear you when it's not leveled properly.

This is hands down the best information out there in the Columbia Bar… The production has a lot to be desired though …. I would love to give a hand helping clean it up

Very well done! I've been looking for this info for years. I'm sure it took you many hours to put it together. I really appreciate that you took the time. Thank you very much!

Great Video! Thank you

sorry man, you should learn more about cleaning and cooking crabs.

We also clean them first. It tastes much sweeter and fresher tasting.

Very efficient. I’ll try it.

Hats off to ya! Great video! I’ve fished the Columbia and the buoy 10 fishery for a decade. Every year to this day I still learn something new down there with the ever changing conditions. I’m Looking at picking up a new 28’ offshore duck and just came across this video on your feed. Very good video. I will be recommending this to anyone I come across that wants solid advice down there.

The indides were my Daddys favourite...ewww yucky, he liked his mustard!

How much did this cost, I’m researching now but I can never find any price points to get an idea.

The difference in flavor boiling a crab whole or just boiling the meat is the difference between night and day. That just my opinion! I’ve lived around crab pots my entire life and have been cooking and eating them for 65 years. Apparently you don’t know about crab fat or where to find it.

Nicely done.! Very accurate and relevant info I know to be factual, which inexperienced boaters can benefit from.

Very helpful video to learn. Thank you for sharing!

This would have been so much easier to hear without the music

I got my first skipper's license for charter boats on the Oregon coast in 1981, then served on USCG motor lifeboats, and eventually earned an unlimited Master's license. I enjoyed your video and compliment you on an excellent research. I will recommend this video to anyone who wants to boat on the coast. Your emphasis on safety in greatly appreciated.

Incredibly educational for those of us who have never ventured outside. Is there a way we/I could learn more from you regarding crossing bars and fishing in the ocean?

Hugely valuable info that definitely will reduce scary moments, build confidence and likely save lives but the good news is you will likely never know it

Surprised the coastguard didn’t say anything about the tide. Obviously you have a tide table but just the same….

It would be epic to see both clusters ripped off at once. Nicely done. I have 3 in the bucket. Will use this method for sure.

Cool beans!

Great video but music/sound effects are too loud I can’t hear the narration

Thank you for sharing. I have never even seen a Dungeness crab before. I've only been to the coast once. Hoping to catch some next week and try your method!

Great info video, looking @ the 2023 Duckworth 26 offshore myself and I have a question about your live bait tank. Which brand is it and Gallons, and is plenty room for your motors to turn without rubbing the tank. thx

Looks like a great crab cleaning method! Thanks!

I kinda do it that way, I rip the shell off and break them in half. I use the heavy duty gardening gloves . they got a nasty bite for sure, seen them cut right into peoples fingers.

Great video! I am in the hunt for a boat much like yours, thank you for the great information for the decision making on features. Knowing where you are operating, have you considered (perhaps you have?) taking some footage of motoring in and out of the ‘infamous’ mouth there in Astoria? I grew up fishing out of Newport OR and still remember my dad and his friends talking about how treacherous the water was during the big water exchanges. One thing I might have missed : is your boat self-bailing or pumped? I’m thinking self-bailing is what I want but I also want high gunnels.. thoughts?

Awesome information provided here! Thank You!

Thank you! You did a great job!

This is exactly what I was looking for! I will be taking a sailboat into the Columbia River from Seattle and this video is enormously helpful. I can see that it was a huge amount of work to put it together....Thank you so much!!!

Amazingly simple! Thank you!

Awesome explanation Joe ❤

cleaning or killing?

Awesome, thank you for the excellent info!

Awesome thank you!

nice boat

This was a great vid to put in the 'Ol Gray Matter. Looks like a great fun Boat. Although I'm a Sailor which is a totally different world for different reasons, I think you make a great case to have a Duckworth Offshore somewhere to make her debut in my armchair fleet. Keep up the great video's! Thanks for a job well done!!

This was a awesome video thank you for making it.

great method. My market steams them, but i will ask to save me some live ones.

Thanks for sharing your secrets. Good work. Do you feel safe going 30 miles offshore (weather permitting), for tuna, with a 26' boat?

Hey Joel, I just bought a Blackstone 22" Grill for my parents. They are going to season it today and I am going to send this recipe to them...looks amazing. I am going to contact you next year, when I hopefully order a Duckworth 26' Offshore. I have some questions for you. First, I will need to sell my 215 Pacific Navigator too. I looked at the Dri-Dek too, thanks.

I watched a so-called "what to know when crossing the CR bar" video and was disappointed and had some questions I put in the comments. Well low and behold, someone commented me with your video. Boy am I grateful they did. You answered all my questions. You did a fantastic job on this video and I thank you for it. You really put some thought into this. Thank you very much.

That was an example of a very fine public service, wishing you find a sponsor. I will always remember..Swell Height plus Wind Wave height should be less than Seconds apart to be a Go.

At 45 mins in are you guys fishing without down riggers? Also great video!

Joel what is the mfg of the floor matting you have in your awesome boat?