boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!

boating this weekend
 

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

boating this weekend
 

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


But probably the nicest weather and ocean conditions in 10 years. Pretty
calm, maybe 2’ swells and little breeze.

boating this weekend
 

On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

Ah the old days on the lower Chesapeake when you could shoot poachers
and use them for crab bait.

I doubt that is OK now.

boating this weekend
 

On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

boating this weekend
 

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

boating this weekend
 

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

boating this weekend
 

On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:53 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

There seems to be an echo in here ;-)

boating this weekend
 

On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

Sinkers can work wonders!

boating this weekend
 

On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:53 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

Several times recently your posts have 'doubled' themselves. Don't know why, and it doesn't happen
to all of them.

boating this weekend
 

On Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:58:39 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:53 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

There seems to be an echo in here ;-)

GMTA!

boating this weekend
 

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:53 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling anotherÂ’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

Several times recently your posts have 'doubled' themselves. Don't know
why, and it doesn't happen
to all of them.


They figured they were important and repeated themselves. . .

boating this weekend
 

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 05:27:23 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:53 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling another?s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

Several times recently your posts have 'doubled' themselves. Don't know
why, and it doesn't happen
to all of them.


They figured they were important and repeated themselves. . .

===

Must be that AI thing we keep hearing about.

Speaking of AI, there's a very good YouTube video on Neural Networks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk

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boating this weekend
 

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 05:27:23 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:53 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:


Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.

Hope you had good luck!


Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.

I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.


They have put new rules in place about pulling another?s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.

Several times recently your posts have 'doubled' themselves. Don't know
why, and it doesn't happen
to all of them.


They figured they were important and repeated themselves. . .

They were important enough that I read them twice!

:)

boating this weekend
 

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

boating this weekend
 

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

.... or a .308

boating this weekend
 

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:50:40 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

A 12 gauge without shot may be the way to go.

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:51:54 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:50:40 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

A 12 gauge without shot may be the way to go.

===

Legally it would probably be considered brandishing or threatening
with a deadly weapon. Worse yet, it might justify return fire.

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:55:22 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:51:54 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:50:40 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

A 12 gauge without shot may be the way to go.

===

Legally it would probably be considered brandishing or threatening
with a deadly weapon. Worse yet, it might justify return fire.

Joking.

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:55:22 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:51:54 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:50:40 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

A 12 gauge without shot may be the way to go.

===

Legally it would probably be considered brandishing or threatening
with a deadly weapon. Worse yet, it might justify return fire.

A 12 ga without shot just goes "Pluah" with unburned powder falling
out of the barrel.

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:02:14 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:55:22 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:51:54 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:50:40 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

A 12 gauge without shot may be the way to go.

===

Legally it would probably be considered brandishing or threatening
with a deadly weapon. Worse yet, it might justify return fire.

A 12 ga without shot just goes "Pluah" with unburned powder falling
out of the barrel.

No bang? Damn, guess I'll never try that!

boating this weekend
 

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:18:13 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:02:14 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:55:22 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:51:54 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:50:40 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

A 12 gauge without shot may be the way to go.

===

Legally it would probably be considered brandishing or threatening
with a deadly weapon. Worse yet, it might justify return fire.

A 12 ga without shot just goes "Pluah" with unburned powder falling
out of the barrel.

No bang? Damn, guess I'll never try that!

Shotgun powder is slow and without the pellets to hold the over powder
wad in it just pushes the charge down the barrel. It might all light
or not. Also if you just hit the primer of a shot shell in free air,
(like with a BB gun) it will just blow out the side of the shell.
We found a box of shells in the woods when I was a kid and we tried
all sorts of stuff until I figured out it was a perfect fit in the
pipe on the monkey bars (I had a loose piece of that).
Wedge that between a couple of logs and hit the primer with a center
punch and it will go bang. Next step was talking a plumber into
threading the pipe and giving me a cap. Drill a hole in that cap. Head
space the shell with a couple of washers and put a roofing nail in the
hole and you can get pretty dangerous ;-)

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 22:53:00 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:18:13 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:02:14 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:55:22 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:51:54 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:50:40 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

A 12 gauge without shot may be the way to go.

===

Legally it would probably be considered brandishing or threatening
with a deadly weapon. Worse yet, it might justify return fire.

A 12 ga without shot just goes "Pluah" with unburned powder falling
out of the barrel.

No bang? Damn, guess I'll never try that!

Shotgun powder is slow and without the pellets to hold the over powder
wad in it just pushes the charge down the barrel. It might all light
or not. Also if you just hit the primer of a shot shell in free air,
(like with a BB gun) it will just blow out the side of the shell.
We found a box of shells in the woods when I was a kid and we tried
all sorts of stuff until I figured out it was a perfect fit in the
pipe on the monkey bars (I had a loose piece of that).
Wedge that between a couple of logs and hit the primer with a center
punch and it will go bang. Next step was talking a plumber into
threading the pipe and giving me a cap. Drill a hole in that cap. Head
space the shell with a couple of washers and put a roofing nail in the
hole and you can get pretty dangerous ;-)


I hope the Homeland Security folks aren't monitoring your posts!

boating this weekend
 

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308

Or a .50.

Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!

boating this weekend
 

John H. Wrote in message:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote: On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote: John H. wrote: On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John H. wrote: On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John H. wrote: On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning. Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit. Hope you had good luck! Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant. I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more. They have put new rules in place about pulling another+AJI-s pots. Makes it a penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through the air. Sinkers can work wonders! Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way. ... or a .308Or a .50.Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!

Tell her it's a post hole digger.
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boating this weekend
 

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:17:57 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 22:53:00 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:18:13 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:02:14 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:55:22 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:51:54 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:50:40 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:53:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:47:48 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!

Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.

... or a .308

===

I've never tried it but I'd think that getting off a well aimed shot
from a moving boat would be quite difficult.

There was a discussion about this on THT and you are right but in this
case I doubt you really want to hit the thief anyway.

A 12 gauge without shot may be the way to go.

===

Legally it would probably be considered brandishing or threatening
with a deadly weapon. Worse yet, it might justify return fire.

A 12 ga without shot just goes "Pluah" with unburned powder falling
out of the barrel.

No bang? Damn, guess I'll never try that!

Shotgun powder is slow and without the pellets to hold the over powder
wad in it just pushes the charge down the barrel. It might all light
or not. Also if you just hit the primer of a shot shell in free air,
(like with a BB gun) it will just blow out the side of the shell.
We found a box of shells in the woods when I was a kid and we tried
all sorts of stuff until I figured out it was a perfect fit in the
pipe on the monkey bars (I had a loose piece of that).
Wedge that between a couple of logs and hit the primer with a center
punch and it will go bang. Next step was talking a plumber into
threading the pipe and giving me a cap. Drill a hole in that cap. Head
space the shell with a couple of washers and put a roofing nail in the
hole and you can get pretty dangerous ;-)


I hope the Homeland Security folks aren't monitoring your posts!

I think the statute of limitations ran out on things I did in the 50s.

boating this weekend
 

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308

Or a .50.

Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!

If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

boating this weekend
 

wrote:
On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308
Or a .50.
Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!
If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

They are much cheaper in bulk:

https://www.wikiarms.com/group/50BMG

boating this weekend
 

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:47:24 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308
Or a .50.
Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!
If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

They are much cheaper in bulk:

https://www.wikiarms.com/group/50BMG

I saw one at 2 bucks and some between 2 and 3 but most is 3 or more.
Top of the box is over $8.50 a round.
Considering an M2 is between 450 and ~600 RPM, that is a lot of money
going down range pretty fast.

boating this weekend
 

On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 9:28:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:47:24 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308
Or a .50.
Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!
If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

They are much cheaper in bulk:

https://www.wikiarms.com/group/50BMG

I saw one at 2 bucks and some between 2 and 3 but most is 3 or more.
Top of the box is over $8.50 a round.
Considering an M2 is between 450 and ~600 RPM, that is a lot of money
going down range pretty fast.

I suspect if one can afford a "toy" like an M2, feeding it isn't much of a consideration. :)

boating this weekend
 

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 10:48:08 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart wrote:

John H. Wrote in message:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote: On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote: John H. wrote: On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John H. wrote: On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John H. wrote: On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning. Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit. Hope you had good luck! Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem
the last few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant. I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more. They have put new rules in place about pulling another?s pots. Makes it a penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through the air. Sinkers can work wonders! Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way. ... or a .308Or a .50.Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!

Tell her it's a post hole digger.

LOL!

boating this weekend
 

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:42:05 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308

Or a .50.

Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!

If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

If I were thinking of something like the M2, I'd just get the M85 and put out a lot of ammo quickly.

boating this weekend
 

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:22:01 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:

On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 9:28:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:47:24 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308
Or a .50.
Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!
If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

They are much cheaper in bulk:

https://www.wikiarms.com/group/50BMG

I saw one at 2 bucks and some between 2 and 3 but most is 3 or more.
Top of the box is over $8.50 a round.
Considering an M2 is between 450 and ~600 RPM, that is a lot of money
going down range pretty fast.

I suspect if one can afford a "toy" like an M2, feeding it isn't much of a consideration. :)

Truth.

boating this weekend
 

On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:41:15 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:22:01 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:

On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 9:28:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:47:24 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308
Or a .50.
Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!
If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

They are much cheaper in bulk:

https://www.wikiarms.com/group/50BMG

I saw one at 2 bucks and some between 2 and 3 but most is 3 or more.
Top of the box is over $8.50 a round.
Considering an M2 is between 450 and ~600 RPM, that is a lot of money
going down range pretty fast.

I suspect if one can afford a "toy" like an M2, feeding it isn't much of a consideration. :)

Truth.

I haven't looked recently but M2s were going for about as much as a
big outboard (see what I did, boat reference) a year or two ago.

boating this weekend
 

On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:38:01 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:42:05 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308

Or a .50.

Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!

If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

If I were thinking of something like the M2, I'd just get the M85 and put out a lot of ammo quickly.

I have heard that the M85 wasn't as reliable as the M2 and they use
M2s on the Abrams. Dunno, that is all after my time. We had M2's
removed from WWII aircraft (fast shooting, skinny barrel) on our
cutters. We had to be careful not to burn them up. The GMC did slow
them back down to the 400 RPM rate tho. (maybe even less than that).

boating this weekend
 

On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 13:57:50 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:38:01 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:42:05 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308

Or a .50.

Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!

If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.

If I were thinking of something like the M2, I'd just get the M85 and put out a lot of ammo quickly.

I have heard that the M85 wasn't as reliable as the M2 and they use
M2s on the Abrams. Dunno, that is all after my time. We had M2's
removed from WWII aircraft (fast shooting, skinny barrel) on our
cutters. We had to be careful not to burn them up. The GMC did slow
them back down to the 400 RPM rate tho. (maybe even less than that).

My tanks in Germany all had M85's. We put thousands of rounds through eight of them without a
problem. These were on M-60 tank chassis. Don't know what they have on the Abrams.

boating this weekend
 

wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:47:24 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:18:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:28:13 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 19:25:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:00:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:08:32 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:54:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Heading off to Half Moon Bay for the recreational crab opener in a short
time. Big party as well as able to start fishing for Dungeness crab at
midnight tonight. Some go out and drop pots then. I wait till morning.
Probably a 3 hour pot soak will fill the 10 crab per person limit.
Hope you had good luck!

Bad luck. Came home with donated crabs. We have had a problem the last
few years with pot poachers. Dropped 4 pots came back in a couple hours to
no pots. About a $500 loss. They may show up as the poachers will take
the crabs and then the pots get dropped a ways distant.
I suppose you need to carry a shotgun and anchor over the crab pots any more.

They have put new rules in place about pulling another’s pots. Makes it a
penalty via law. Before, since sport crabs can not be sold, they were
considered valueless, so there was no theft. Commercial crab pots get you
jail or big fine. Doubt the shotgun, but maybe 8oz sinkers flying through
the air.
Sinkers can work wonders!
Until you use one on a guy with a 9mm willing to send some lead your way.
... or a .308
Or a .50.
Ah, I knew I needed a .50 for something. Now if I can just convince my wife!
If you are getting a .50 BMG, don't screw around with a Barrett. Get
an M2.
At $3-4 a round it does get a little spendy to shoot tho.
They are much cheaper in bulk:

https://www.wikiarms.com/group/50BMG
I saw one at 2 bucks and some between 2 and 3 but most is 3 or more.
Top of the box is over $8.50 a round.
Considering an M2 is between 450 and ~600 RPM, that is a lot of money
going down range pretty fast.


I don't have a .50 BMG but it's on my list. A bolt action - not a
semi-auto.

My most expensive gun to shoot is my Barrett MRAD in .338 Lapua Magnum.
I fire match ammo, that costs a bit more, but a typical outing is only
20-40 rounds. The challenge is dialing it in for the conditions that
day and hitting a 30" diameter steel target at 1000 yards a few times.
A .50 BMG would serve the same purpose.