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Rock crabs long island

« on: March 30, 2019, 01:05:34 PM »

Only caught two this morning it seems like I'm catching fewer and fewer every year . I'm starting to think they're getting fished out.


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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2019, 01:15:29 PM »

These are the crabs I used to catch in my Lobster traps.
Are they LadyCrabs or Jonah Crabs?
Are these what you are calling Rock Crabs?

I alwys called Rock Crabs those small Asian invasives we use for Blackfish bait!


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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2019, 07:13:44 PM »

I don't know what those are


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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2019, 07:44:12 PM »

What you have there are Jonah crabs, Atlantic rock crabs are smaller and a darker reddish pink shell, Blackfish fisherman here lump them together and call them "white" crabs, and use them for bait.

I'm seeing more Jonah crabs this year then in quite a while, they come into the bay from the ocean with the colder water.The claws are good, the body meat is so so IMO.


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