cleaning crabs????

[brownbob]

is there a law or reg about cleaning your crabs  as you catch them and then storing in a cooler with ice? how would the law know what size they are or were? on another site some guys are talking about this , i just dont think it would be acceptable from the man!!!!!!!! any documentation on this? thanks bb

[olclamman]

  i asked the wardens at nacote  creek  office that very question - i was told it was not legal
   to do that as there is no way of proving what size they are and you would get written up
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[nadapesca]

What the ancient mariner said. They'll ticket every one of them if you clean it (if the mood strikes them). I was going to do that and save the shells, like the racks on a party boat but was told it didn't matter. Ticket, ticket.