Thread: Crabbing...

Awe come on, there's meds out there that'll get rid of em if ya catch em!

Glad all that scary stuff didn't exist when I was growing up. Barefootin' on oyster shells, tar balls and God only knows what else was not unusual. And there was always a little blood from hooks, knives and gig heads. Guess it just wasn't so dangerous back in the day!

Originally Posted by FinChaser

Glad all that scary stuff didn't exist when I was growing up. Barefootin' on oyster shells, tar balls and God only knows what else was not unusual. And there was always a little blood from hooks, knives and gig heads. Guess it just wasn't so dangerous back in the day!

And you rode a bike with no helmet, ate homemade ice cream made with raw eggs, rode in a car that didn't have seat belts and burned leaded gasoline, ate French fries cooked in beef tallow and lard and lived to be an adult.

Originally Posted by Nimakdm

Yah I dont think I will be crabbing. I have enough anxiety about the sharks, jellyfish, poisonous snakes, alligators haha.

This summer will be 63 years since I first went crabbing (and got clawed). I've only had an infection once and got rid of it easily. Just don't ignore something if it gets infected.

Crabbing is a hoot. I used a small dip net that I carry when trout fishing to help maneuver them, and that way I never even got close to getting nipped by one. Just take a few fairly obvious precautions, and you'll be fine. Don't try to put them all in a big bucket of water and keep them overnight. Google "how to keep crabs alive" and read plenty of information about it. Best advice - make it a day/afternoon project, then cook them soon after. Don't expect to catch 2 or 3 every day and cook at the end of the week. I tried that once, and they died and very quickly get nasty.

BEST crabs I ever ate were the big blue crabs from Little Lagoon behind our condo last year. I'm definitely doing it again. Make sure you have a pot big enough for them waiting on you, or bring one from home and use it as a packing container for some of your supplies. You can buy a mid-sized cheapy crab pot for about 10-12 bucks that does the job. We did that, but then had to pack it into our stuff to go home.

Like there are no 'lil critters' that live in fresh water ponds and lakes ;-)
Biologists warn folkses NOT to eat raw fish, shellfish etc from freshwater due to the extremely nasty parasites and amoebae that live in it.

We were handling crabs at 5 years old with no issues. Not much different than crawfish...

If ya'll catch any of those nasty slimy softshell crabs, I'll dispose of them for ya... Free pick up & disposal.

If you have time booked with the pier#r your on the right track. Just ask questions listen and your way ahead of the curve.