4 Traps in New Smyrna 10-27-22

[TheGoschman]

Placed traps Tuesday - picked them up today
Trap #1 - Publix Fried chicken parts
Trap #2 - Uncooked Baby Back ribs
Trap #3 - Mullet - Pin Fish - Whiting - Lady Fish
Trap #4 - Mullet - Pin Fish - Whiting - Lady Fish

NOT A SINGLE BLUE CRAB - NONE - NADA - ZERO

Did catch a dozen Stone Crabs tho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Most had legal claws.......they still do!  I was looking for blues to use as bait not dinner.

[SHELLFISH]

Thanks for your report!
I have been stopping at the fishing docks in the area and nobody is catching any Blue Crabs!

[TheGoschman]

There's a couple on Youtube I watch who crab the ST Johns alot. I may have to drive up there some time and drop my traps.

[SHELLFISH]

I have also seen those You Tube videos also. Look like good sized crabs too!
Interesting! A guy posted on Facebook about big crabs he got in St Augustine!

[LoveDemBlues]

Thanks for the report !
my cousin was catching reliably at kennedy park with chicken on string, but since the storm has not been able to catch as well....maybe the storm moved them around

[witch1031]

There's a couple on Youtube I watch who crab the ST Johns alot. I may have to drive up there some time and drop my traps.

The Old Couple Outdoors just posted a new video last night.  They went to their secret spot (I'm desperately trying to figure out the location) and caught 6 nice jimmies and 1 sook on hand lines although one was caught in a cotton string dip net.  One of the jimmies looked like 8+ inches and they all had yellow bellies.   The crabs are still here, they're just hiding.