Thread: Conned myself out of 40 bucks?

Bought a crab pot from burnsco.
Could be good for bait and burly in close late Oct early Nov?





Or have I just conned myself out of $40?

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Dont know about down there but you should be able to get paddle crabs year round? In the wash on a surf beach would be my choice

Originally Posted by matto1234

Dont know about down there but you should be able to get paddle crabs year round? In the wash on a surf beach would be my choice

Yes probably but we get the snapper in close around that time.

Worth a crack. Raw chicken frames ,necks or liver works best . (100 asians fishing off the brighton pier can't be all wrong )

Use an old bike rim and zip tie some mesh over it. Put it behind the breakers with bait tied on and buoyed to surface. Paddle crabs get tangled in mesh. If eating said crabs, chuck into salted boiling water for 5 mins max, then into cold (chilled) H2O to stop further cooking. Rip back off, wash out guts and salivate as you slop your way though them. Crunch...crunch.. (Dammit; 'nuther filling gone!).

Chilli crabs VC. Like heaven on a stick.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Chilli crabs VC. Like heaven on a stick.

Stay away from those Chilean girls Rushy

Il give it a go tomorrow morning, apparently they are mostly nocturnal according to my research.

Originally Posted by Munsey

Stay away from those Chilean girls Rushy

Ha ha ha ha. I've always fancied Indian, Malay, Chinese and Vietnamese but then i also like Swedes a French as well. Oh and although its not food, I have always found Brazilian a pleasant dining experience.

Mmmm black pepper crab and chilli crab. Mmmmm salivating

Well at least it will catch Koura in a lake etc. if its no good at anything else.

Originally Posted by berg243

we used to get them in the flounder net dragging at oreti beach in the summer during the day.dont know if they where buried in the sand and got spooked when the net was dragged near them or they where actively feeding.

+1 damn things got your toes if you weren't careful

VC growing up every Summer the whole family went to your neck of the woods and there were tons of Paddler crabs that would grab your toes at low tide round at Rabbit Island - along that coast would be where I'd take a look (probably all changed) since I was a cowboy!! Is the nudist colony still there? Plenty of bird watchers looking across the Estuary but I think their suits needed ironing....

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

VC growing up every Summer the whole family went to your neck of the woods and there were tons of Paddler crabs that would grab your toes at low tide round at Rabbit Island - along that coast would be where I'd take a look (probably all changed) since I was a cowboy!! Is the nudist colony still there? Plenty of bird watchers looking across the Estuary but I think their suits needed ironing....

Yea the area was infested with them late 80s and 90s and probably the 2000s too but there were almost no snapper or rig either then.
With their recovery(snapper gurnard rig) I expect crab numbers to not be what they were when the whole ecosystem was out of whack but am sure there will still be some around.

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Well I got 3 lol.
First set in about 6m with cuda fillet for bait. 30 min later bait was infested with sea lice and no crab.....into 4m or the low tide line as it was high tide. One small one and more lice in 15 min.
Into 2.5m and the inter tidal zone and added some salted mackerel bait an got 2 and no more lice but that may have been due to it being nearly midday.



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