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Dungeness are WA’s most lucrative seafood, but we know little about them
Dom Wilbur slammed the knife into the frozen squid, sending shattered ice flying. Nearby stacks of crab pots teetered as his dad throttled the boat past the Skagit River delta and carved deeper into the fog. As the salty mist enveloped the deck, Dom Wilbur and his cousin Alex Stewart heaved empty pots and stuffed bait traps with the squid and chum salmon. “Go ahead, boys,” J.J. Wilbur called out from the rear cab window. Dom Wilbur and Stewart tossed the buoy off the side of the boat, followed by the splash of a 65-pound pot. They would repeat this dance dozens of times on a late June afternoon and haul up a bounty of Dungeness before sunset. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:23
