We love the Oregon coast and we love catching and eating crabs. We simply thought that we were out of luck in general during the winter months for crabbing due to the rains and storms. And, indeed, checking with a boat rental marina in Waldport, the gentleman thought that it would be May before we can do much good.

It was by luck that we checked the Seagull Charters at Newport to see if they were going out for crabs. The weather had cleared and they had 21 crabs between three crabbers on Monday. That was all the encouragement we needed. We signed on for Tuesday.

Tuesday was cold for the Oregon coast and there was a breeze. Captain Greig was waiting for us when we arrived. He had all the crab pots and boat ready. Captain Greig was very friendly, thoughtful and knew where the crabs were. We had to set the pots and pull them with his guidance. At the end our three hour trip the four of us had 47 keepers, one crab short of 4x12=48 crabs for Oregon.

We figured that we had a total of over 70 lbs. of cooked crabs. The current store price for crabs along the coast was $4.99 per pound. The cost of the charter was $29 per person. No license is required for crabbing in Oregon. The cooking cost was $5 per dozen. If you love eating crabs, this is not a bad way to get it.