The Golden are found primarily on sea mounts. My good friend Gary Cobban had a quota for them & brought us some. IMHO they are the "Best of the Best" as far as crab are concerned. He was Skipper/owner of the Scandies Rose in her final days along with his youngest son David and three other...
With a good boat, Skipper & luck a full share guy or gal can easily make a ton of money in just a few months fishing King, Opilio, Tanner, Dungeness etc... Crab.
Or you could die the first day, the ocean is a fickle mistress.
Yeah, I knew a bunch of em & worked on a lot of the boats (Hydraulic repair/troubleshooting & machining), most are just regular dudes but they do ham it up for the camera's just to keep the audience interested. Lost two best friends that were skippers in Kodiak to icing induced roll overs. All...
This one has a 10 speed trans with an automatic/manual transmission that can be controlled via paddle shift on the steering wheel.
First On Race Day. Lol
Though I really am not a "race" type guy.
They were early here too & I was feeding them to the aquarium fish (the Oscars & Jaguar cichlids love the big junies), then I cleaned the aquariums & my sump filters were full of wings, casings & hundreds of legs.
We're back on a frozen shrimp diet.
I use this stuff against the little bastards. I've been busting the brush this spring Turkey hunting & I have walked probably 20 miles in the last month in thick woods with not a single bite!
I just hate it when I wake up early & have to go to work!
Wait, I get paid more now to stay home - who says getting older sucks?
~ Sits on the porch with puppies & sips coffee ~