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0:00
- Well, we're here.
0:01
- [James] Five water bottles in a cooler all night.
0:04
- James?
0:04
- [James] Yes, ma'am.
0:06
- [Paula] Y'all remember our friend James,
0:08
the crabber man,
0:10
and he promised
0:11
he was going to take us crabbing, didn't you?
0:13
- That's right. How you doing?
0:15
- Oh, I'm good.
0:16
Sorry I'm late but--
0:17
- No, you're good. You're good.
0:19
- So tell us what you were talking about a spring tide,
0:21
I heard you say.
0:22
- Yes, ma'am.
0:23
So we're just coming out of a spring tide.
0:25
It just happened about two months,
0:27
two days ago we had about a full moon.
0:30
So once that happens, you know,
0:32
we get a spring tide, we get a higher tide.
0:34
So water's moving so that crab moving too.
0:37
So hopefully-- - That sounds good.
0:38
- Hopefully we get some good crab.
0:39
- Are we gonna go home and cook 'em?
0:41
- We going to cook them.
0:42
- Yes. - Yes, Ma'am.
0:44
- Well, take me to your leader.
0:46
- Okay.
0:46
- James, how many baskets do you have out?
0:50
- I've got roughly 30 traps right now.
0:52
- Wow, do we have to empty all 30 of 'em?
0:54
- No.
0:55
- I was gonna say, whoa.
0:56
Somebody's gonna have to swim back.
0:58
- No, no, we're not gonna do 30
1:00
'cause I didn't bring enough containers to carry all up
1:04
to be honest with you.
1:04
- So you thinking that the traps are gonna be full?
1:08
- Well, they should be.
1:09
They should be just about full.
1:11
- This young man,
1:14
you also work
1:18
somewhat with Mike, Michael, don't you?
1:21
- I do.
1:22
So I work at,
1:24
I make liquified natural gas.
1:26
I work at a facility outta Savannah, Georgia.
1:29
And I work directly with a lot of the river,
1:32
river pilots and docking pilots,
1:34
and I'm responsible for the cargo transfer
1:38
from shore to ship.
1:40
I'm what they call a load master.
1:42
- Making sure it don't blow up.
1:45
- It's really just a liaison between where I work
1:49
and then the ship.
1:50
So in case the ship has any issues or if they need,
1:53
because we know our place more than the ship knows
1:55
and then the people who run the ship
1:57
knows more about the ship than we know.
1:59
So we're just a constant communication together and--
2:03
- Which do you like best?
2:04
This or that other job?
2:06
(Paula laughs)
2:08
- Kinda put me on the spot.
2:09
I gotta say this.
2:10
This is where my dream-- - I'm gonna say
2:12
you gotta love deep in your heart, don't you?
2:14
- Yeah, this is my dream right here.
2:16
- That your granddaddy gave you.
2:17
- Yes, sir.
2:18
Yes ma'am, sorry.
2:19
Yep. - That's all right.
2:20
I may look like a sir.
2:21
- No, no, no, no, no.
2:23
I'm sorry.
2:25
But yeah, this is a-- - You don't be sorry.
2:27
Look over here.
2:28
Look how gorgeous that is.
2:30
- Yeah, it's real pretty right here.
2:31
- I hadn't been on a boat in so long.
2:35
Oh gosh. And I miss it.
2:37
This is beautiful.
2:39
The most peaceful, peaceful scene.
2:44
- You can't tell me God ain't an artist.
2:45
You know what I'm saying?
2:46
- Yeah, you are right about that.
2:52
The best artist ever.
2:55
Michael was just showing you a sunset
2:58
that we had a couple of nights ago.
3:00
Every night we have a different sunset.
3:03
- It's so pretty too. - And they're all beautiful.
3:06
They're all beautiful.
3:09
- [Michael] I've been watching 'em all my life.
3:11
- I know it.
3:12
You've seen every one of 'em, hadn't you?
3:13
- [Michael] It doesn't get old.
3:15
- I don't know how other people live.
3:17
I really don't
3:18
because I've known, that's all I know,
3:20
you know, the water and marsh.
3:22
That's it, you know? - Yeah, me too.
3:24
- And it's such a beautiful place to land up in.
3:30
- If you don't mind, I'm gonna kick it up just a little bit.
3:33
- Hit it, baby.
3:35
We looking for crabs.
3:37
Now, James, you were just saying I see crab traps.
3:42
You said this is another crabbers territory.
3:43
- Yes, ma'am. - How do you determine
3:45
where you can put your traps?
3:48
- So territory was made up a long, long time ago,
3:52
before I was even born.
3:55
People got their crabbing license way back in the day.
3:59
And it was kind of the wild, wild west.
4:00
I mean, people kinda,
4:02
they kind of fought for territory.
4:04
- Stake their claim on.
4:05
- That's right. That's right.
4:07
And so throughout the generations,
4:10
people have just kept that territory with that number
4:12
that's associated with the number on the buoys
4:16
and with that license.
4:16
And so throughout generations,
4:19
people usually inherit the license or don't--
4:21
- So you got your granddaddy's number.
4:23
- That's right.
4:24
Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.
4:25
- And you were happy with those numbers?
4:27
- Oh, I'm ecstatic with 'em.
4:28
Yes, ma'am. Yeah.
4:30
And the river we're in right now,
4:32
this is another,
4:34
this is a different crabbers territory right here.
4:37
And you'll see throughout this trip,
4:40
you'll see different buoys with different numbers.
4:43
We'll actually go through two different people's territory
4:45
before we get to mine.
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So we're in one right now.
4:48
And then we'll go through another one
4:50
and I'll show you where that territory's at.
4:52
- Your crab traps,
4:53
you take your crab and you sell them too.
4:57
- So right now I'm kinda,
4:59
I'm kinda in this gray area
5:01
where I'm starting to kinda branch out on my own.
5:04
I'm kind of selling 'em to individuals
5:07
and I'm also selling them to wholesaler as well
5:10
right here in Savannah.
5:11
- Okay.
5:12
I didn't know if you sold directly to restaurants
5:14
or for the wholesalers.
5:17
- Typically, well, I mean,
5:20
restaurants really go to wholesalers
5:22
to get their crab.
5:25
And then else's crabbers,
5:26
we'll sell to the wholesalers.
5:28
Or we'll sell to the public.
5:30
One or the other.
5:31
- Yeah. - Yes.
5:32
- So that's how I met James
5:34
because we were having a crab ball at the house.
5:38
And Michael called James
5:41
to buy a bushel of crab from him.
5:44
And I'm so glad I got to meet you.
5:47
- Okay, so this is where my territory starts right here.
5:50
This is the mouth of the Tivoli River right here.
5:53
This is where my papa and I crab
5:56
since I was five, six years old
5:57
right in this river right here.
5:59
- Now, how many traps do you have?
6:01
- I've got about 30 right now south the river.
6:04
- Okay. Can you have more than that?
6:06
- I can grab up to 200.
6:08
- Wow. Wow.
6:10
How often do you have to empty your traps out?
6:14
Because crabs will eat one another, won't they?
6:16
- They will.
6:16
After about three days, they wanna start eating each other.
6:19
So what you try to do
6:20
is you try to let 'em soak for about a day.
6:23
Don't try to let 'em sit in there more than two days.
6:26
But most of the time, it's like a one-day soap.
6:29
- Okay, so what are we fixing to do here?
6:31
- So I'm about to set up my containers here for my sorting
6:35
and then separate. - Oh, so you sort 'em
6:37
here on the boat by the size?
6:39
- Yes, ma'am. - Or male and female?
6:42
- No, the females,
6:44
the females I typically throw back.
6:46
And then the males,
6:47
I just sort them between ones and two.
6:49
So anything typically five and a quarter
6:53
to six and a quarter,
6:54
that is considered a number two.
6:56
- Okay, what do you mean by,
6:57
is that width-- - From tip to tip.
7:00
And then from six and a quarter up
7:02
is a number one male.
7:04
- Okay. - Yes, ma'am.
7:05
And you can typically,
7:06
I've been doing it so long you can see it,
7:08
I can just see it and know,
7:10
but I do have that little thing there on the boat.
7:12
And I also got a measuring if I'm not too sure.
7:15
But most of the time,
7:17
you can see the difference.
7:19
- Michael, are you gonna help him?
7:21
- No. - There ain't room.
7:23
- Ain't room? - No.
7:25
- [Michael] He's got a one-man operation.
7:27
- Yeah. - Yeah.
7:28
I've been doing it--
7:29
- Well, let me know if I can help
7:30
or get outta the way or whatever.
7:32
- Oh, I'll let you.
7:33
No, you just sit there and enjoy the views.
7:36
Now, we've had with like we said earlier when we started,
7:39
we just coming off of a spring tide.
7:41
So these traps, I would imagine,
7:44
probably gonna be a little dirty.
7:47
And that's because when you have a spring tide,
7:49
you see all that stuff out there in the marsh?
7:51
- Yeah. Yeah.
7:53
- [James] The water gets so hot,
7:54
it takes everything outta the marsh
7:56
and puts it in the river.
7:57
- [Paula] Yeah.
7:58
- And some of the stuff floats on top,
7:59
but most of it comes down,
8:01
and when it goes down,
8:02
current gets it and then just catches all on the trap.
8:06
Yeah, you end up having dirty traps.
8:09
11 feet right now.
8:10
- Okay.
8:14
You know, when we put out crab traps on our docks,
8:18
I can't get them outta the mud.
8:20
I don't have the strength to pull 'em up.
8:23
- Yeah, sometimes they,
8:24
they get a little-- - Oh, I see a crab.
8:26
Whoa.
8:28
Whoa, y'all.
8:31
Whoa, y'all.
8:35
That's the number one right there.
8:36
- [James] They moving.
8:38
Oh yes, ma'am.
8:42
Gonna get all these crab.
8:46
- Now, what are you putting in your traps for food?
8:49
- So I put bogies.
8:51
- What is that? - Now I didn't carry any--
8:53
- A fish? - Yes, ma'am.
8:55
- [Michael] It's an oily fish.
8:56
- It's an oily fish.
8:57
Just little fish like that.
8:58
- Oh my gosh.
9:00
Alright, now this basket is filling up quicker
9:03
than this other basket.
9:04
- [James] Yeah, so these are number twos right here.
9:06
These are all number twos.
9:08
That one's too small. - How about that one
9:09
right there, James?
9:10
- [James] That one's too small to keep.
9:12
- [Michael] That one.
9:13
How about that one?
9:14
- [James] That's a number two.
9:14
- [Michael] You sure?
9:16
- [Paula] He looks big.
9:17
- [Michael] He looks level.
9:18
- Yeah. - Yeah.
9:20
Well, this is a little basket.
9:21
- Yeah, it's right there at that.
9:23
Let me get it.
9:27
Oh, you're good.
9:28
- No, I'm getting over your way.
9:30
All right.
9:41
- Yep, right at it.
9:43
- [Michael] I would bet you on that.
9:46
Might have lost.
9:49
- Right at it, that one.
9:50
That one's about the same.
9:52
Right at it.
9:54
I'll throw 'em out there.
9:55
- That's a baby right there.
9:58
- Yeah.
9:59
Another thing too is you don't want your crabs sitting
10:04
upside down like that.
10:05
'cause what will happen is they'll end up drowning.
10:08
You want 'em up,
10:08
Yeah, you want 'em up.
10:09
I've got quite a few in there upside down right now.
10:14
So these are all I-- - I can reach over there
10:16
and turn 'em right side up.
10:18
- [James] That one's a good one.
10:18
That one's just barely number one,
10:20
but it's number one.
10:22
Number two.
10:25
That one's kind of small.
10:28
That one's barely a number one.
10:33
All right.
10:34
- [Michael] That's pretty good.
10:37
Is that a couple dozen?
10:40
- Let's see.
10:41
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
10:46
Yeah, it's about 21 crab right there.
10:49
- Eddie, get a shot of Michael's hat.
10:53
I like that hat. I've not seen it.
10:55
It says live by the tides.
10:59
How long does it take for a crab
11:01
to get to a number one size?
11:06
- Well, you know, they molt.
11:08
I can't remember--
11:09
- I love a soft shell crab.
11:11
- Oh yeah, that's right.
11:12
When they molt, yeah.
11:13
Or shed their shell. - Yeah.
11:16
- That's a soft shell crab.
11:18
A lot of people like to put them in hamburgers and stuff.
11:21
- Oh, I just love 'em.
11:26
- I think a female crab will go up to,
11:28
I think molt about 20 to 21 times
11:33
before she's fully done.
11:35
- Wow. - Or until she reaches
11:37
her sexual maturity.
11:39
Meaning when she finds her mate,
11:42
then she'll stop molting.
11:44
- Oh, so then do they mate for life?
11:48
- So what a female crab will do--
11:49
- The female does.
11:50
The male probably doesn't.
11:51
- The male does but the female will not.
11:55
The female will only mate one time
11:56
and what she does is she keeps the males,
12:04
what's the word I'm looking for?
12:05
- Sperm. - Yeah, sperm.
12:07
Yeah.
12:09
In her glands,
12:10
and she will sponge. - Impregnate herself.
12:13
- She will sponge multiple times off of that one time.
12:17
Yes, ma'am.
12:18
- While he's out frolicking.
12:20
- That's right. Yeah.
12:22
- What I figured girls.
12:26
What we got, James?
12:29
Not as many as the last trap, right?
12:31
Or about the same.
12:32
- [James] That's a little less,
12:34
but still good.
12:35
- [Paula] Yeah.
12:36
- [Michael] Couple little ones.
12:37
- [James] Yeah, we got some little ones in this one.
12:41
That's a nice one right there.
12:43
- [Michael] Yeah.
12:44
- [James] That's full of meat.
12:45
- [Michael] Yeah.
12:48
- What we have found,
12:50
see, that belly was really white.
12:53
- [Paula] What does that mean?
12:54
- It means it just shedded it's light.
12:57
What they call in Louisiana kite.
13:01
That's a nice number one, of course.
13:07
They're just real light.
13:10
Lot of crabbers will throw 'em back.
13:15
See, now that right there.
13:16
- Oh, that's a baby.
13:18
- Yeah, that's a preemie.
13:20
So that will definitely sponge many, many times over.
13:23
I don't think it's sponged yet.
13:25
See it?
13:27
It's a preemie.
13:28
Has not sponged yet.
13:31
It'll do this river good.
13:36
See how it's starting to get that marsh
13:38
and stuff on it right here?
13:39
That grows on.
13:42
- [Michael] If it's too deep too,
13:44
the traps will start rolling.
13:46
- [James] Yes.
13:50
- [Paula] Wow, those are turning loose good, James.
13:53
How long you think it's gonna take for us
13:54
to pick all these crabs?
13:58
As a job, James.
14:00
- It is. It is.
14:03
See, look at this right here, this is gonna be a nice one.
14:07
- [Paula] Oh wow, yes.
14:09
It's beautiful.
14:13
- These are all.
14:14
Right now we're catching a bunch of number twos.
14:16
Not a whole lot of ones.
14:18
What I like to do too
14:19
is I kinda have to keep these crabs wet
14:21
because if not, they'll die.
14:23
Especially under this sun here.
14:25
- Right, now, how are we going to wet 'em?
14:27
- So I got these sacks I wet
14:31
and I'll just throw 'em.
14:32
- [Paula] Oh, okay.
14:33
- [James] Now, look at the way of the crab.
14:34
- [Paula] Yeah. Yeah.
14:35
- And it keeps 'em nice and wet
14:38
and keeps 'em alive for me.
14:41
- [Paula] How's this one look?
14:42
- [James] Good. Oh, ma'am.
14:43
- [Paula] Whoa, that's the fullest one.
14:46
Don't you think, James?
14:47
- [James] Yeah.
14:49
- Whoa, save the best for last.
14:51
- [Michael] That was loaded.
14:52
- Man, I love it.
14:53
I love this.
14:54
Tell me another job that gets you to do this.
14:56
There's not one.
14:58
You know what I'm saying?
14:59
- Yeah.
14:59
- [Michael] I got one.
15:01
- Well, Mr. Mike has one,
15:04
but we're not always that fortunate.
15:07
- I know it.
15:08
I've never seen anybody love a job like you and Michael.
15:13
- I do like my job.
15:15
- Eddie loves his job too.
15:16
- [Michael] He does.
15:17
I can see why he's here.
15:20
He gets delicious food.
15:21
- [James] I mean, look at this one right here, Bubba.
15:24
That is a whale right there, son.
15:25
Look at that. Full of meat.
15:31
- So that was wonderful, wasn't it, guys?
15:34
- Oh, I love it.
15:34
- Oh yeah. I love it.
15:35
- It's so beautiful out here.
15:38
I wish everybody watching this
15:40
had the opportunity to be right here.
15:44
- I can't, like I said earlier,
15:45
I can't think of another job
15:46
that's just rewarding on the water.
15:48
I mean, there's nothing else like it.
15:51
I mean, look.
15:51
- I know - It's beautiful.
15:53
- It is so beautiful.
15:55
And you think we got a bushel and a half of crabs, James?
15:59
- Yeah, we easily got a bushel and a half easily.
16:01
- Okay, well, you gonna go home and clean up
16:05
and then we'll meet you back at our house.
16:07
- Sounds like a plan.
16:08
- And we going to steam them, puppies.
16:11
- We'll boil them.
16:12
We're not gonna steam 'em.
16:12
We're gonna boil 'em.
16:13
- Okay, whatever you say.
16:16
- That's what I do. Boil 'em.
16:17
- Yeah, we boil 'em.
16:19
- So this ends this video,
16:25
and we'll come back for the next video eating.
16:31
- Sounds good.
16:32
- [Paula] Yes.
16:35
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16:36
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