We went fishing the other day, for the first time this season. I finally got to break in my new pole! 'Course I didn't catch anything but seaweed, although I did feel a nibble once. Kent didn't catch anything either (except more seaweed). Shae, on the other hand, put the net down and pulled up a crab! He was very excited...till we measured it and discovered it was half an inch too small. Back he went.
Now desperate to catch a keeper, he lowered the net and let it soak longer. When we pulled it up, there was another crab - bigger! This one was about 6 inches - well within keeping range. Oh the joy!
We talked about how it was not going to be a pet. It was going to be dinner (at least for Shae - not much meat on it). It would be his first taste of crab meat (and he caught it himself!). So excited!
I felt so bad tho, when it came time to do the deed. He understood the crab would die to become his dinner and he was okay with that, but still a little sad. He said his goodbyes and told the crab "I'll see you in Heaven. Maybe you can live in my room."
If that doesn't just bring tears to your eyes!
We're keeping the shell as a token of his first catch.
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So where was this that you caught Mr. Mighty CrabCakes? Off the pier at the park?
Looks pretty good-sized. Did you just eat it steamed, or put it in a nice salad with spinach leaves and croutons? Was there dipping sauce?
Rats. Now I'm hungry...
Off the pier in Edmonds. Just steamed (boiled actually). No spinach. No dipping sauce. He thought it was pretty good, but didn't eat much of it (he had other food as well & got full).
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