Crabbing in Grand Isle

we would bring poles and a string line to the beach and walk out to the first sand bar and then set the poles in about waste deep water about 60-75 ft apart (assuming you want about 12 drops, tie a string about two feet above the waves where it sags down in the middle and then tie drop strings from there about 5ft apart from each other to avoid tangles. you want the drop lines to reach the bottom plus have about 3ft of slack in them.

bring a #3 metal tub with you to put your net and the crabs in and anything you want to bring along like extra baits and tie a string to it to your waste so you dont have to hold onto it all the time

naturally you cant do this in rolling waves so it should be semi calm day and not too windy or you can try the other side of the island and throw your leftover baits as far out in the water as you can so they dont wash back up on the beach

sandbar is very close. maybe 30ft. You go about thigh deep then hit the bar.

another thing in august is the same time that those little sting rays spawn. if you got kids I would make them wear shoes.

thanks again. We are going in a few weeks so won't be August...
I had a friend that went down last weekend and caught 12 doz on hand lines along hwy 1.