Camping and crabbing

Hello, I'll be heading from Phoenix up to the Northwest in early October and will be bringing a 20-foot travel trailer behind the taco. My wife has family in this beautiful part of the country so we've visited before but this will be the first time camping here. We'll be heading down the Pacific Coast Highway. I know Florence Oregon pretty well from previous Dune trips but hoping some locals can help me out with some other good campsites near the beach as well as maybe some tips and tricks on catching Dungeness crab. I usually try to hop on one of the fishing boats in Newport to catch rockfish but I've seen people catching Dungeness right off the pier on the Siuslaw River.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

Here's the link for Oregon crabbing

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/Shellfish/crab/where_when.asp

Crab pots baited with either an old, uncooked chicken leg and/or cat food cans with some small holes poked through works really well in terms of bait.

 

Thanks for the link! I'm really looking forward to giving it a go!

 

No prob, dungeness are the best! Good luck and have fun!

 

Any recommendations on traps? I catch crawfish am I part of the country but I don't think those will work for the Dungeness

 

I've always used pots like this

https://johnssportinggoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SMI19019-LRG.jpg

The netted rings work well too but I like that crabs can come in but not leave with the caged style, and they fold up when you're done using them.

 

Thanks allot for the heads up! I was looking on Amazon and that's a much better deal from johns!