Crabbing

[Chew]

Are you asking how to catch crabs?

When are we going fishing at the docks by the shrimp packing facility? [emoji106][emoji1787]

[Sackett]

When are we going fishing at the docks by the shrimp packing facility? [emoji106][emoji1787]

So.....you wanna go shrimpin'?

[Chew]

Tvc gave me a tour of where the fish stack up waiting on the shrimp waste from the packing plant. [emoji16]

[tvc184]

Tvc gave me a tour of where the fish stack up waiting on the shrimp waste from the packing plant. [emoji16]

Yep. It helps that it is across the street from the police station..

[justletmein]

Are you asking how to catch crabs?

Easy when the bar is closing they catch you.

[SabineHunter]

Up to 317 now and we only crabbed five days in July. My wife makes an awesome crab cake.

[glen]

If any of you guys have a CrabMaster or know someone making similar let me know. I love soup and cakes just hate cleaning.

[Mike]

If any of you guys have a CrabMaster or know someone making similar let me know. I love soup and cakes just hate cleaning.

The Crabmaster is hard to find, I have been looking myself.

Regarding catching, I have a few neighbors, coworkers and buddies that have been killing them since May. I hate to say it for those posting numbers but they are catching 100-300 in a few hours here in Southeast Texas. They are in areas off the Neches, all within sight of the Rainbow Bridge and off the bank. One guy stops between 80-100 and that will take 2.5 hours. I have two others that only crab in the marshes via boat and they haul in the numbers. A group of 2 men and 5 kids, all under 10 caught 288 on afternoon. They drank a bit and thought they had about 100 but the kids hammered them, lol.

Also, all on chicken necks and string, no traps.

[justletmein]

Yeah I'd do a lot more crabbin if I had a CrabMaster. We only have four traps and one of them is pretty decrepid, had about 80 in them the last time we put them out. We just keep 3 per person and do a boil and let the rest go but it would be nice to stock up on some crab meat.

[diamond10x]

Since April I’ve put about 125 in the freezer in 4 trips to Port A. Been a decent year. Had 2 traps stolen last time I was down there about 3 weeks ago. Sorry sons of guns. I guess it happens to everyone and I figured it was a matter of time since I started putting out traps a couple years ago.

[No-Tox]

So I'm curious. There are guides for all kinds of fishing, but are there guide for crabbing? I would love to take the family down to the coast to put them on some crabs. When I was a kid living in Corpus, at the time, I still have great memories of the family going out, setting up on an island to stab flounder and then I would go catch crab while they sat around the bonfire.

[panhandlehunter]

So I'm curious. There are guides for all kinds of fishing, but are there guide for crabbing? I would love to take the family down to the coast to put them on some crabs. When I was a kid living in Corpus, at the time, I still have great memories of the family going out, setting up on an island to stab flounder and then I would go catch crab while they sat around the bonfire.

I doubt it. They are easy to catch. Some chicken necks, strings, and a net. Just find a spot and have at it. Even easier to buy. Lol

[MadHatter]

You can scoop a couple hundred a night out of the surf with a dipnet.
No bait needed, just a good headlamp, and long handled net.

[SabineHunter]

You can scoop a couple hundred a night out of the surf with a dipnet.
No bait needed, just a good headlamp, and long handled net.

I have never tried that. Do you just go in the first gut and scoop?

[b.latiolais]

We only made one trip so far this year back in April but we managed 109 in about 3 hours. I need to get after them and possibly put out the traps. We love eating some crabs.