Anyone out there Crabbin'?

[richardhmc]

What kind of crab do you catch? We get Dungeness and Red Rock Crabs here in Oregon, but I suppose most crabs aren't too picky.

I've used:

Salmon heads - Excellent bait but a favorite of Seals and Sea Lions, too.
Other fish carcasses - Almost as good of bait, Seals and Sea Lions can eat it.
Chicken - I save up all the backs, necks, giblets, wingtips, et cetera in freezer bags. To use the bait you zip-tie it into the pot and poke a bunch of holes in the bag. I've used whole, unplucked chickens, too.
Mink carcasses - Good bait but it smells terrible, a local favorite.
Bobcat - Dang thing ate 17 of my chickens before I got him...

Im guessing around here are only Blue crabs - hard shelled. Wow those are crazy crab nets! around here, they are the size of cereal boxes lol

 

[voss345]

crabfishing isnt fishing all i have to do when i want crab to go blackfishing is throw a trap unbder my boat and ill have 100 by morning at least

 

[Fish Room Plus]

crabfishing isnt fishing all i have to do when i want crab to go blackfishing is throw a trap unbder my boat and ill have 100 by morning at least

Blacks are in already?

 

[Dan F]

Anybody else have crabbing pictures?

I'm curious to see what the gear is like after Richard's comment. How big do Blue Crabs get? Are you crabbing in the ocean or the bay? From a boat or shore? What kind of traps/nets? How do you cook them?

I'm going crabbing tomorrow, I'll post pix if we do well!

 

[voss345]

Blacks are in already?

they are always in
at least in the sound, the season is very weird it is open right now but closes for a while in september before reopening

 

[Frostyone]

Chicken necks, bull lips and pig ears are all great crabbing bait.

 

[125blackfire]

I'm a blue crabber! Maryland is blue crab HQ!
somethings you should know is there are different methods of crabbing, handling, trap, trot line, and pots. check in with DNR for crabbing licenses different states have different laws.

CHECK in with www.bluecrabinfo.com every question will be answered from one crabber too another =-]

 

[dzb912]

I had crabs in college??????? does that count??

 

[125blackfire]

going blue crabbing today i might be able too get some pictures in. if i can find a camera destroyed last one...LONG story...

 

[grego]

we use any kind of carcass beef, chicken, or fish, but we poke some holes in the top of a can of cat food, and add one per trap, crabs cant stay away, next couple of months the crabs will be gettin nice and fat up here.