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« on: November 25, 2009, 09:19:51 AM »
i have been crabbing for about 3 weeks now
i always use fresh chicken
but have 3 people told me that the rotten bait is better calling them out
is it true?
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 09:25:13 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 09:26:10 AM »
Fresh is better, definitely.
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« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2009, 09:27:53 AM »
the guy told me with such confident it will work lol
he told me he was carbbin ever since he was alittle kids
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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2009, 09:39:20 AM »
Quote from: jiakai_ln on November 25, 2009, 09:27:53 AM
the guy told me with such confident it will work lol
he told me he was carbbin ever since he was alittle kids
    Would one really want to eat crabs that are fed rotton food??....
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« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2009, 10:05:12 AM »
FRESH is the best.  Wink
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« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2009, 11:06:44 AM »
chicken,eel,lips,if it's not fresh it's not right. Wink
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« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2009, 12:37:30 PM »
My Dad's side told me that rotton is better...But the commercial crabbers are on my Mom's side...
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« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2009, 01:03:04 PM »
Crabs are scavengers and will eat just about anything, including, "dead" things.  Sooo let your imagination run with that one  Undecided
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« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2009, 01:31:25 PM »
Quote from: cath on November 25, 2009, 01:03:04 PM
Crabs are scavengers and will eat just about anything, including, "dead" things.  Sooo let your imagination run with that one  Undecided
Actually, The Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) is a very accomplished predator.  They hunt and kill most of the things they eat.  Especially clams, oysters and other crabs. They are very good at killing minnows and other small fish by ambush. Callinectes sapidus will feed on fresh, dead things also.

"Adult blue crabs prefer mollusks such as oysters and hard clams as their primary food sources. The crab uses the tips of its front-most walking legs to probe the bottom for buried bivalves and to manipulate them after they are located. Some other common food items include dead and live fish, crabs (including other blue crabs), shrimp, benthic macroinvertebrates, organic debris, and aquatic plants and associated fauna such as roots, shoots and leaves of sea lettuce, eelgrass, ditch grass, and salt marsh grass. It will also prey on oyster spat, newly set oysters and clams, or young oysters and quahogs if other food is unavailable." http://www.bluecrab.info/lifecycle.html
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« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2009, 03:06:08 PM »
Quote from: cath on November 25, 2009, 01:03:04 PM
Crabs are scavengers and will eat just about anything, including, "dead" things.  Sooo let your imagination run with that one  Undecided
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« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2009, 03:19:03 PM »
Quote from: 125blackfire on November 25, 2009, 12:37:30 PM
My Dad's side told me that rotton is better...But the commercial crabbers are on my "MOM'S" side...

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« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2009, 03:48:44 PM »
HOORAY FRESH BAIT! 


RELATEDLY, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 25% OF A CRAB'S DIET IS OTHER CRABS  Shocked
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« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2009, 07:38:16 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2009, 12:27:32 PM »
Well all I can tell you is that when I am through for the day and I have bait left over that has soured or has been thawed to long it goes overboard.
FRESH BAIT!!!
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« Reply #15 on: November 26, 2009, 06:11:13 PM »
Quote from: R D on November 26, 2009, 12:27:32 PM
Well all I can tell you is that when I am through for the day and I have bait left over that has soured or has been thawed to long it goes overboard.
FRESH BAIT!!!
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« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2009, 06:52:20 PM »
Lobsters want nothing to do with rotten bait.  thumbsdown
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« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2009, 07:27:53 PM »
I also had people tell me that! I use to let my necks lay out in the sun 1 day before I crabbed. Get'm stinking the crabs will smell them a mile away. I won't do that anymore after reading this thread. The guys here know their sh$$ especially Jack!  Glad I checked this thread! Thanks!
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« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2009, 08:01:57 PM »
Quote from: captaincrab55 on November 25, 2009, 09:39:20 AM
   Would one really want to eat crabs that are fed rotton food??....
No.  Lest anyone forget my personal experience a few years back with old bait, when the crabs smelled and tasted like rotten chicken even after a thorough steam bath in J.O. #2  Whole batch had to be dumped!  What a waste!!!
NEVER EVER USE ROTTEN BAIT.  PERIOD. stop

Unless of course you like the smell and taste of rotten chicken.  Then go right ahead.  sick2


PS:  You're right Shoov.  If there's anyone here who knows sh$$,... it's Jack.   grin2
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« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2009, 08:15:34 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2009, 08:19:14 PM »
Half a basket a run sounds good to me. My wife would like that 2 hours and done i would come home sober  Grin     
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« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2009, 10:17:55 PM »
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« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2009, 11:45:55 PM »
Quote from: kcullip2006 on November 26, 2009, 08:01:57 PM
No.  Lest anyone forget my personal experience a few years back with old bait, when the crabs smelled and tasted like rotten chicken even after a thorough steam bath in J.O. #2  Whole batch had to be dumped!  What a waste!!!
NEVER EVER USE ROTTEN BAIT.  PERIOD. stop

Unless of course you like the smell and taste of rotten chicken.  Then go right ahead.  Roll Eyes  sick2


PS:  You're right Shoov.  If there's anyone here who knows sh$$,... it's Jack.  yes

I have used rotten bait before, and never had a problem of them tasting bad. Did you put your bait in your bushel basket with the crabs?
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« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2009, 02:32:15 AM »
Quote from: 125blackfire on November 26, 2009, 11:45:55 PM
I have used rotten bait before, and never had a problem of them tasting bad. Did you put your bait in your bushel basket with the crabs?
Nope.  Just got lazy.  Took my father-in-law out 3 days in a row with the same bait.  First two days were fine.  It was so bad by the third day that whatever they ingested of it was enough to make them smell and taste just like the rotted meat.  Don't do it.  Sooner or later, you'll regret it.  Trust me.  Course those were back in the days when we cable tied in all 30 pieces to the traps(before springs).  Took forever to bait and unbait all 30, so we figured, "Ah, what the heck.  They'll eat anything anyway."  Again, just lazyness, or trying to save a trip to the store and a couple bucks.  Take your pick.  Well, the moral to the story is:  They ate.  And we didn't.  Lesson learned.  Wink
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« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2009, 02:23:37 PM »
And it's not just chicken that'll do it... there was a thread on here a while back about crab caught with bunker that a stink to em and the smell of the fish was in the crab...   
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