Using bacon caught crabs....?

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Using bacon caught crabs....?

#1 Post by mackfish »

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..

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#2 Post by bass man 09 »

as far as i know there no good as bait
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#3 Post by seabass88 »

Wrasse will eat hardback crabs and so will eels
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#4 Post by mackfish »

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#5 Post by chuckaroo »

.. and so will smoothhound
just bind them to the hook with baiting elastic.
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#6 Post by paul skelly »

I wouldn't waste my time with feeder crabs lad ,
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#7 Post by cragk25 »

Iv got hounds on them last year, but again peeler a lot better
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#8 Post by ste c »

Waste of time for bait
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#9 Post by mackfish »

ste c wrote:Waste of time for bait
Says it all really!!...I'll not bother with them!..:)
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#10 Post by Gabikyla »

chuckaroo wrote:.. and so will smoothhound
just bind them to the hook with baiting elastic.
better baits out there...
What kinda better baits ?
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#11 Post by fishmad »

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

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