Crabbing at Lake Entrance

[eddyt]

Ive found squid outcatches chicken frames. Chicken works fine though.

[re-tyred]

We use fish frames. That is the bit left after filleting. Anything smelly and dead will work. You can either cable tie large bits to the bottom of the net or place smaller bits in a mesh bag and attach the bag to the bottom of the net.

[Bugatti]

The lads are spot on, chicken and squid work great. Another good bait is Pilchard, but that needs to go in a mesh cage/bag as they are too soft on their own to tie/cable tie on their own.

We use fish frames. That is the bit left after filleting. Anything smelly and dead will work. You can either cable tie large bits to the bottom of the net or place smaller bits in a mesh bag and attach the bag to the bottom of the net.

Best idea those bait cages, you can put anything in them without fussing to tie each bait/scrap.

Re-tyred is right, almost anything would do, Crabs are scavengers and would eat anything.

Some Fishos even use tinned Catfood with holes punched in them (the tins, not the Cats )

Cheers, Bugs

[Gultch78]

Crabbing at lakes right now any one got a good recipe to cook em

[re-tyred]

Boil them for 5 minutes then bake in warm oven for 5 minutes to dry them out. Plenty of salt in the water you boil them in. Picking the meat out is slow.

[eddyt]

Lightly fry garlic (a lot) and tomatoes, add crabs, then drizzle with white wine, olive oil (be generous on the oil) and top with basil for a beautiful seafood pasta sauce. Add in other seafood like mussels and prawns with the crab

[eddyt]

Oh and cut up the crabs before putting them in. At least lift off the top. But keep the roe inside the head, that's where all the flavour is! Season with salt (cracked pepper and cheese optional) to taste.

You can do this with the European shore crabs too. They have hard shells and it's hard to pick out the meat, but all the flavour gets released into the sauce so just eat the easy bits.