To Market, To Market, To Get A Crab Dinner.......

We decided to have crab for dinner so we went to the market, Alaskan style. I called Nancy to meet me at Taquan. I had an open seat to pick up some passengers from a bear watching tour. 

We left early so we could check our crab traps. It was a 20 minuet flight to Polk Inlet, about the same time it takes to go to our grocery store back home. 

On our way we flew over some "Seiners" out fishing for the day. There are small boats that draw the fishing net out from the large boat in an area where they think are a lot of fish. Then the small boat brings the net back to the large boat.

Then they pull a line, closing the bottom of the net (like a purse), capturing the fish. There is a rolling drum on the large boat and it reels in the net with the fish in it.

We made a landing and coasted to a stop at one of our crab traps. It had 2 large (and as we were soon to find out) tasty Dungeness crabs waiting for us. We put them in the float compartment and taxied over to the dock for a short wait for our passengers.

Back at Taquan we off loaded our passengers and I ramped the Beaver. I took out the crabs and cleaned them. By that I mean broke their shells off on a dock cleat and separated the legs and claws from the rest. 

 

At home Nancy made a salad and boiled potatoes, then boiled the crab legs.

It was an hour and a half from the float to the pot. It doesn't get any fresher than that!

 
Mmmmm good!