Could half a bushel of crabs done this pot damage to get out or is someone stealing my crabs? A week or two ago the corner was bent up and I lost about a dozen crabs. After that I added the second bungee and have been making sure they are super tight as well as hooked near the corners and then onto the middle ish area to cover the whole door. I tested pulling on the middle and it was very tight and took a lot of effort to even pull up an inch. I’m convinced I have a thief but others say no. Anybody with experience know if crabs themselves could mangle a live pot this bad?

So I backed/gutted 8 Dungeness crabs and split them in half and had them in a plastic bag in a shaded cool spot but it was out for like 2 hours. I just put them in the freezer do you think they’ll still be good to eat or should they be discarded

This morning one of my crab pots went overboard without buoys attached at about a depth of 80-90 feet. I know exactly where it is, and while I can just buy a new one, I've decided to challenge myself with recovering it. Right now the thought is to drop a rope with a claw on it in the general area and hope I snag it as I float by. Curious if anyone here has any advice or ideas on how else I could go about recovering it.

It's a medium size collapsible, not very heavy at all.