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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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Fresh is better, definitely.
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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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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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FRESH is the best.
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chicken,eel,lips,if it's not fresh it's not right.
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My Dad's side told me that rotton is better...But the commercial crabbers are on my Mom's side...
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Crabs are scavengers and will eat just about anything, including, "dead" things. Sooo let your imagination run with that one
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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
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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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
One learns something new everyday....
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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...
ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR "MOTHER"!!!!!!!!!!!
and commercial crabbers..
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HOORAY FRESH BAIT!
RELATEDLY, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 25% OF A CRAB'S DIET IS OTHER CRABS
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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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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!!!
Gotta feed FLUFFY!!!!!!
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Lobsters want nothing to do with rotten bait.
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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$$ especially Jack! Glad I checked this thread! Thanks!
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Quote from: captaincrab55 on November 25, 2009, 09:39:20 AM
Would one really want to eat crabs that are fed rotton food??....
No. Lest anyone forget my personal experience a few years back with old bait, when the crabs
smelled
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like rotten chicken even after a thorough steam bath in J.O. #2 Whole batch had to be dumped! What a waste!!!
NEVER EVER USE ROTTEN BAIT. PERIOD.
Unless of course you like the smell and taste of rotten chicken. Then go right ahead.
PS: You're right Shoov. If there's anyone here who knows sh$$,... it's Jack.
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