Crabbing at West Cove - SNR

[Gerald]

I went to Sabine refuge, West Cove boat launch back on May 8. The wind was forecast to be 5-10 mph, but felt somewhat higher.

I made the short run to West Cove and was greeted to 1 to 1.5 foot waves and the winds were more like 10 to 14 mph from the NE. In my small boat those waves were more than I wanted to fish in so I turned around and put the boat back on the trailer. Maybe I could catch something up in the Prien lake area. The water in the Prien lake area was fairly dirty and I only got one bite in over an hour fishing.

When driving south on Hwy 27, all the refuge spots for crabbing or launching a boat were still closed so the trash in those areas could be cleaned, except the West Cove area was open. I talked to one person crabbing and they said it was slow and small crabs.