How to catch Crabs (the crustacean type at the harbour)

vicwatson

I know, I know.

But I wanna catch some crabs to eat ! Do they leg it out to sea to get bigger or WTF?

I wanna catch some by the harbour wall.

shuyin1

Odd Q but i'll entertain you. Chicken wings on a string, reusable too

skinny90

vicwatson wrote: »

I know, I know.

But I wanna catch some crabs to eat ! Do they leg it out to sea to get bigger or WTF?

I wanna catch some by the harbour wall.

Any meat really but as a kid i used a weight,fishing line,a small hook and the fleshy bit of a limpit,ya might need a spade for the limpet
As they can be quite hard to pull off rocks

policarp

Bullock Harbour, with a crab pot. . .

shanemurphyboy

well mate I left my lobster pot out yesterday and pulled in 30 odd crabs all decent size, get yourself a pot! plus you can get lobster... or get a shoping basket with a long rope, weight it, bait it, chuck out, leave it, retrieve it and youll have crabs.. or simple as a rope, piece of chicken, rashers, fish whatever and just pull them up from the rocks..

whitesands

skinny90 wrote: »

fleshy bit of a limpit,ya might need a spade for the limpet
As they can be quite hard to pull off rocks

Thats how I done it as a kid, I got the limpets off with a knife or rock. If you don't get it the first time they tighten up & your best off going to the next one.

@vic, beside rocks & seaweed is where they usually are. You could also use your hands at low tide, they will be hiding under lumps of seaweed.

I was probably 10 years old when I last done this so my info could be a little bit rusty :pac:

dodderangler

I used to used the bags for puttin washing tablets into
I used to fill them with limpets drop em down with a bit of twine on te bag and leave it for 3 mins and pull up
Caught spider crabs and all on em

vicwatson

shanemurphyboy wrote: »

well mate I left my lobster pot out yesterday and pulled in 30 odd crabs all decent size, get yourself a pot! plus you can get lobster... or get a shoping basket with a long rope, weight it, bait it, chuck out, leave it, retrieve it and youll have crabs.. or simple as a rope, piece of chicken, rashers, fish whatever and just pull them up from the rocks..

And where pray tell might I get a Lobster pot. Cheers, how long to leave for?

Mitch Buchannon

vicwatson wrote: »

And where pray tell might I get a Lobster pot. Cheers, how long to leave for?

Two seconds on the computer and I got this:

http://www.donedeal.ie/find/all/for-sale/Ireland/LOBSTER%20POT?source=all

Fighting Irish

limpits

make a small hole in the top of their shell, use something sharp to pierce a piece of string through the hole, tie a knot, and away you go