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« on: May 05, 2006, 11:25:56 AM »
Went over to the space coast yesterday and caught this mess of crabs.  We caught them all in less that three hours. It was an amazing day! A good time was had by all.

Al
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2006, 11:31:42 AM »
Great report AL!!  Cool   
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2006, 12:24:42 PM »
Wow.  Nice day.  How are you catching them.  Pots,  ring nets, or netting them off the flats?  Can you give any advice.  I have tried ring nets off of the Max Brewer bridge and gotten very few.
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2006, 09:38:15 PM »
Holly Sh_t man, i gotta make the drive over there. Shocked
Nice catch...
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2006, 09:52:06 AM »
Nice job, throw them ladies back. Wink Cool Cool
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2006, 06:17:08 PM »
Quote from: Joe Crabs on May 06, 2006, 09:52:06 AM
Nice job, throw them ladies back. Wink Cool Cool
Y'all leave him alone.....we have way to many females down here, they starve to death in the winter time, if you really want to care about the crabs then throw the big breeding stock back, now that makes sense.
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2006, 07:19:04 PM »
Quote from: R D on May 06, 2006, 06:17:08 PM
Y'all leave him alone.....we have way to many females down here, they starve to death in the winter time, if you really want to care about the crabs then throw the big breeding stock back, now that makes sense.

RD it is a helpless cause trying to explain the concept that the crab population is sperm-limited and not egg-limited on this board.  ive jumped up and down with stacks of scientific papers and all, but i guess raw assumptions will prevail over years of careful scientific data. 

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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2006, 09:41:53 PM »
Nice report Al . Great pix too . Enjoy them crabs and keep them reports coming ..................
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2006, 11:42:02 PM »
Nice catch! Enjoy! Wink
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2006, 11:42:42 PM »
Quote from: SUMMERTOP on May 05, 2006, 10:00:44 PM
I see red claws.... Huh

No need to worry there are so many more females it seems than males.
Everytime i go over to the gulf i bet the female to male catch ratio is 3-1.

Good eating there,makes me wanna get back out there think i feel a sick day comming on. Cool
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2006, 11:47:29 PM »
Anybody without a collage education knows that in any species if you take out all the big strong males that have learned to survive and don't let them breed, the species will decline in it's ability to survive and in size. It would be like letting "W" be the father of all the next Generation of Americans
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« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2006, 07:18:43 AM »
Quote from: fla chicken necker on May 05, 2006, 11:25:56 AM
Went over to the space coast yesterday and caught this mess of crabs.  We caught them all in less that three hours. It was an amazing day! A good time was had by all.

Al


Hey Al....and ya caught em in a wheelbarrow huh?.... Grin Grin never tried catchin MUMBOS in one of them  Grin Grin where do ya puts da bait?  Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2006, 08:49:26 AM »
Quote from: procrabber on May 06, 2006, 07:19:04 PM
RD it is a helpless cause trying to explain the concept that the crab population is sperm-limited and not egg-limited on this board.  ive jumped up and down with stacks of scientific papers and all, but i guess raw assumptions will prevail over years of careful scientific data. 



We have been throwing Procrabber back for almost 2 years now!  And he keeps crawling back up and in the basket!   Grin

Al, nice catch!
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« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2006, 09:19:15 PM »
RD -

"It would be like letting "W" be the father of all the next Generation of Americans"  Great analogy!  Next time I'm over your way I'll buy you a cool one of your choice!

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« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2006, 10:24:59 PM »
Quote from: kingcrabber on May 07, 2006, 07:18:43 AM
Hey Al....and ya caught em in a wheelbarrow huh?.... Grin Grin never tried catchin MUMBOS in one of them  Grin Grin where do ya puts da bait?  Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
Maybe you should try it and change your luck, wear a hard hat and maybe the birds will think you are a construction worker and leave you alone. laugh laugh
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« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2006, 10:30:05 PM »
Quote from: Joe Crabs on May 08, 2006, 10:24:59 PM
Maybe you should try it and change your luck, wear a hard hat and maybe the birds will think you are a construction worker and leave you alone. laugh laugh
Grin Grin ;Di predict that king crapper will catch just as many using a wheel barrow and a brick for bait, as he always does laugh laugh      NOW I know where i seen KC before.................hard hat ...construction worker.......sings Y.M.C.A. Roll Eyes laugh laugh laugh laugh
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« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2006, 03:43:25 PM »
So where exactly did you drop the wheelburrow to get those crabs? Any spot you suggest?

Share the wealth brother!

Did you hook a trot line to your burrow to pull it out? I have the WB with the 2 front wheels so it won't tip easy. Maybe I will catch more crabs that way.
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« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2006, 11:53:03 PM »
NICE . enjoy.
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« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2006, 08:19:35 PM »
Quote from: Gregacy on May 11, 2006, 03:43:25 PM
So where exactly did you drop the wheelburrow to get those crabs? Any spot you suggest?

Share the wealth brother!

Did you hook a trot line to your burrow to pull it out? I have the WB with the 2 front wheels so it won't tip easy. Maybe I will catch more crabs that way.


THE LOCATION

My crabbing mate swore me to secrecy as far as to the exact location of this honey hole, but I'll get you in the neighborhood. It's a section of marsh land just north of the Kennedy Space Center between St. Rd. 3 and Mosquito Lagoon. I was as close to the boundary of the Space Center property as the law will allow, post September the 11 th. Launch complex 39, pads A and B were easily within site, no shuttles were on the pads though. Beware of gator's if you venture over there, the area is loaded with em'.


THE TECHNIQUE

No trot lines involved. I just tie a rope to the bumper of my Chevy Vega and snatched the wheelbarrow out of the water before the crabs know what's hit em' That's not the hard part, securing the bait to the bottom of the wheelbarrow was the real challenge, that Spam is tough to work with, you know. I've got it figured out now though. But for patten reasons I'd better not go there. I'm sure you understand.

Happy Crabbing

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P.S.  I can't find a law on the books limiting the number of wheelbarrows one is allowed to crab in Florida waters. SWEET!
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« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2006, 08:35:58 PM »
 Roll Eyes Roll Eyes ::)Thats your story and you are sticking to it Wink Wink laugh laugh
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« Reply #20 on: May 12, 2006, 10:25:07 PM »
I know where you are talking about. My cousin works on the SWAT team at NASA and I used to drive that way all the time when I worked on Merit Island and lived in T-ville.

 I used to see the gators sunning themselves on the banks when I would go thru there.
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« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2006, 02:13:54 AM »
OH, MY, Gosh Al !!!!  Shocked  I am wondering if a green rookie like me could catch half that many.  Am going to go for my first time first week of June in ormond beach area,  congrats!!!
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« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2006, 03:04:19 AM »
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THE TECHNIQUE

No trot lines involved. I just tie a rope to the bumper of my Chevy Vega and snatched the wheelbarrow out of the water before the crabs know what's hit em' That's not the hard part, securing the bait to the bottom of the wheelbarrow was the real challenge, that Spam is tough to work with, you know. I've got it figured out now though. But for patten reasons I'd better not go there. I'm sure you understand.

Happy Crabbing

Al

P.S.  I can't find a law on the books limiting the number of wheelbarrows one is allowed to crab in Florida waters. SWEET!
Hey Al...gonna try that wheelbarrow ta catch some MUMBOS  Grin Grin But,alas,I aint got no Chevy Vega  Cry Cry all I gots is an AMC Gremlin  Shocked Embarassed Tongue ya think that might work?  Undecided Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2006, 07:54:08 PM »
Quote from: kingcrabber on May 17, 2006, 03:04:19 AM
Hey Al...gonna try that wheelbarrow ta catch some MUMBOS  Grin Grin But,alas,I aint got no Chevy Vega  Cry Cry all I gots is an AMC Gremlin  Shocked Embarassed Tongue ya think that might work?  Undecided Grin Grin Grin

Go for it KC, it should work. Sometimes I borrow the wife's Pinto and it works just fine. You got a game plan for the Spam yet?
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« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2006, 08:25:36 PM »
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Go for it KC, it should work. Sometimes I borrow the wife's Pinto and it works just fine. You got a game plan for the Spam yet?
;DYeh Al....for the spam part....ssssssshhhhhhh..this is TOP SECRET  Wink Wink Cheesy gonna tie Joe Crabs up inside da wheelbarrow and shove 35 lbs of spam in his big mouth  yes yes yes then place 2 midget cameras over his beady lil eyes and submerge the entire wheelbarrow.... will sit in da drivers seat sloppin down a GROG and watchin da monitores..whence da MUMBOS show up...I'll throw it in gear and yank the whole kit-n-kaboodle out of da water  laugh4 laugh4 smoking Is that a plan or what?  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
 
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