Sand crab as bait?
Submitted by buschy on Sun, 2009-12-20 16:36
Being a new moon while fishing up at Jurien the last couple of days, the sand crabs were out in force. When I retrieved one of my baits a juvenile crab let go as soon as it left the surf - I managed to catch it and contemplated using it as bait. It would have been about 5cm across the shell and nice and soft still. Ended up letting it go as I was not sure.
Has anyone ever used them as bait before? How did you go?
Cheers,
Rob
carnarvonite
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Supaglue
Supaglue a big hook on to its back and cast it out as far as you can,if there are mulloway or gummy shark about they will take it for sure
Colin Hay
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They work well
You can set them up as Carnarvonite has suggested, or another alternative is to pull of the nippers and legs (make sure you leave the bottom segment of the leg), peel off the top and bottom shell and break the crab in half. You then feed the hook through one of the holes where a leg was and back out another.
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buschy
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Thanks folks - will keep it
Thanks folks - will keep it in mind for next time!