Peeler crab

[martin435]

Iv always been an angler who collected majority of my own bait avoiding purchasing bait when possible the exception to this rule is with peeler which I have nearly alway bought bar some collecting during the summer months. This year I hope to collect use and freeze my own. Can anyone tell me when roughly the first molt of spring would be. Basically when I can start collecting from. I'm I'm the Dublin region. Cheers in advance everyone

[jondun]

Interesting question, having only got back into sea fishing last summer I intend to collect my own bait this coming summer. So any response will of interested to me too.

[fishfinder]

The start of the crab peel varies every year ,it all depends on the weather and water temp, a prolonged cold spell can delay the peel by a few weeks.