Using bacon caught crabs....?

Hey folks, how you all doing??

I was down at a small pier the last evening with my girlfriends niece, and we were using bacon tied to a bit of line to catch the crabs that were around the pier, they were coming in thick and fast. Some were big enough but others were quite small...

Could any of these be used as bait?..I'm guessing these would all be hard shell and not peelers but I could be wrong..

Cheers

as far as i know there no good as bait

Wrasse will eat hardback crabs and so will eels

Thanks lads

.. and so will smoothhound
just bind them to the hook with baiting elastic.
better baits out there...

I wouldn't waste my time with feeder crabs lad ,

Iv got hounds on them last year, but again peeler a lot better

Waste of time for bait

Waste of time for bait

Says it all really!!...I'll not bother with them!..

.. and so will smoothhound
just bind them to the hook with baiting elastic.
better baits out there...

What kinda better baits ?

Deadly for wrasse up here I found ,nothing else like!!