I am going to pacifica sunday for some crab, how long does the rope have to be?

get there early chris.. it's gonna be a madhouse there..

also.. u might want to iron out all the kinks now, and know what your doing.. the locals there get irritated very easily when crab season starts

hahahaha...that is totally true. the first few times out there was quite the experience for me.

Im not going to try and irritate them Im just tryin to drop a crab net for a few hrs and maybe a fishing line. If them get irritated then so be it I wount be pulling a knife I got something better.

So how long does the rope to be to hit the bottom? 100ft? total?

na it's not that serious man.. just funny old men talkin shoot.. stuff that makes u smile

the crabs can be, but not necessarily, at depths of a 100 feet at that pier.. to answer your question.. u should be fine with 150 feet, counting the height of the pier (pretty high), with some extra...

u should use a fishing pole with a crab snare .. that's what we do

Snares is the way to go...but crab nets can often be fun as well..but if there are big swells, nets are the waiste of time...100-150ft by the way..make sure no rope is super slack... throw BETWEEN the pillars or else i will wait till you leave and peir gaff it up and i go home with a new net...hah! just kidden...if im there i usually try to help if i see someone gets stuck..

Well thats alright then, I did see 2 local regulars at the pier fight and one pulled a knife and stabbed one in the leg! Thats why I wanna be ready

Anyway I will go out with a snare instead! I will see you guys sunday

cool man.. should be a good one.

some tips for anyone else:

- if you don't have a crab snare, you can usually buy one from one of the locals for 5-10 bucks. and to be honest, theirs are better than the store bought ones

- spool your setup with visible line..