What crabs ?

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What crabs ?

#1 Post by Doberman »

We were fishing in Brandon Bay last weekend and we also got few crabs on rods.
What crabs are they ?

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Re: What crabs ?

#2 Post by myworldfishing »

Spider crabs?
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Re: What crabs ?

#3 Post by simplywabs »

Definitely Spider Crabs...
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Re: What crabs ?

#4 Post by donal domeney »

The first sigh of them been around is when you reel in with one or two snoods missing.
these boys heve been known to snap hooks
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#5 Post by Doberman »

Thanks guys, so they will be cooked tonight.
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Re: What crabs ?

#6 Post by tight lines »

Doberman wrote:Thanks guys, so they will be cooked tonight.
only eat if you have kept them alive never eat crab or lobster if they are dead already

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