Crabbing in Puerto Rico

[LoneWolf]

Ok now there two types of crabs here that I myself know of, The big blue land crab and the blue crab, Now I know how to catch blue crabs, The same way I used to catch them in long island, BUT I want to try to catch blue LAND crabs, BUT I NEVER have tried NOR do I even know where to look for them, Of course I know they are on land and not in water, BUT where would I go lookin for them and how do I catch them, Someone once told me just go out at night to the mangroves and shine a flash light on the ground and they will come to the light, But it cant be that [dang] easy, Can it?? PLEASE ANYONE that lives here in puerto rico PLEASE HELP ME, I live in Quebradillas,PR I would like to know how and where if theres anywhereclose to me, Thank you VERY much and love this site so much,

[Ronster]

Visiting the blue light district in San Juan will catch you all the "land" crabs you can bear.

;-)

I have a friend down there.    I will aks him if he knows anything about your land crabs.

[LoneWolf]

that would be great, I live in quebradillas,PR thats on the west side of the island way far from san juan,pr

[threesuns1]

It's been a while but let me give this a try.

First you'll need a dark colored pillow case, a flash light and a friend.  Find a land crab trail and have your friend straddle the trail with the pillow case between his/her legs touching the ground.  Turn the flash light on and place it in the pillow case facing away from the opening, towards the back of the pillow case. He must be very quiet and still.

Next find the other end of the crab trail (it could be as far as a mile away) and begin beating the bush along the trail as you head back in his direction yelling "LAND CRAB, LAND CRAB". The land crabs will be herded into the pillow case, when it is about half full have your partner swoop it up twisting the end closed.  Check local regs on the size of the pillow case allowed, I understand some of the orange ones may be slightly over size.

Good Luck!

[Mikie]

Sounds an awful lot like a good old fashioned snipe hunt!! 

[LoneWolf]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Could SOMEONE ENYONE!! PLEASE let me know of Where would be the best place to go blue land crab hunting here in PR, It would be better if it was in or around Quebradillas,PR 00678 which is where I live, Pls if u could get back to me ASAP since I really want to do this night time blue land crab trapping tomorrow, Thanks VERY much for your time,

[LoneWolf]

Aslo I wanted to say  i have heard ppl that say i should put them on wire for no less then a week and feed them good food to clean them out, Is that true or false or can i just eat them as soon as i get themcook??

[Big Rad]

This might help

http://www.stjohnbeachguide.com/Land%20Crab.htm

[jefftoleft]

Well sounds pretty easy to me find some flats by a mangrove swamp get yourself a good pair of welding gloves a maglight and something to put them in go out on a newmoon grab'um and growl 

[LoneWolf]

The problem Im having is finding the mangroves that have the crabs around, If ANYONE knows of some good places in Puerto rico to catch blue land crabs PLEASE let me know, I live in Quebradillas,PR which is on the west side of the island, If you tell me of a good place, Ill even catch a dozen or more for you also, Thanks again

[jefftoleft]

Maybe you should have taken it a little easy on the Heiniken on the plane ride from New York good luck I'll wait another month or so and have some good crab