can you use hard crabs as bait

[fishingforcod]

can you use hard crabs as bait??
might save a few pounds if you can??
oh and wats the best bait to catch the whiting fish and flat fish.
ps iam working down at abyswys i think thats how its spelt they are catching small pout fish on meat yes meat from the butchers?? they are gettin 5or 6 a night,good uns as well.cheers for the info!!

 

[gazzawill]

rag worm tipped of with mackrell strips best for whites and rag alone or small rag with bit smelly runnydown up hook shank for flatties works for me anyway lol

 

[fishingforcod]

wats that catch??
i need to na were to catch loads of fish an wats beast baits tio use.
iam in a cllub but not deein well wi workin awy.coming home next days.ps loads of rag doown here if ye want some.mind ye its a bit far to gan.and ye can get it at the byith harbor biside camis.

 

[Stephen]

i once caught a codling of about 3lb wen i gutted it minuites after catching it there was three small hard back crabs still alive inside its gut

first time i ave seen out like that

 

[sless]

i caught a cod on the boat with 37 hard back crabs in its gut

 

[Hedley]

I have an old sea bait book (cost 3s6d) which clearly states that hardback crab outfishes peeler! Diagrams of how to mount the bait using copious amounts of thread are included! Well now we all know where we\'re going wrong? :casstet:

 

[sless]

i got one off ebay
had to pay in real money

 

[YoursTruly]

granty uses them all the time, he\'s a bit of an expert on non peelers.
come on tony tell the man how you do it.

 

[Seasonalsortofguy]

Caught a fish with 10 big hard backs in, a fine mix of velvets edibles and shore crab. Some were still alive. Why not try some. Between me and you (and all the other 10 thousand readers) ask your local potters why they get codlings in their crab pots ?.

 

[tonytaylor]

Hard crabs are an excellent bait for wrasse. When I first started fishing some of the old hands used dogger poultice. This was hard back crabs pulverised in a bucket and mixed with sheeps wool. You kow the stuff which hangs from barbed wire fences in the country! I once saw a guy catch an 8lb cod at Slatey Gut in Tynemouth on this bait. It worked best from an anchored boat over rough ground.
I like black lug tipped with mackerel, squid or mussel for whiting and rag or peeler crab for flatfish.

 

[foss]

When we young lads we used to fish for flatties in the wear at castletown the bait KIPPER!! worked a treat

 

[tony.codling]

velvets are the easiest soft and smelly
anyway pull off the legs cut around the carapace
stick a flat knife under the shell and gentley scrape the meat out
cut the piss flap off
put your hook through the middle crush it together and
lash it on with fine knitting elastic
you can do this with any crab
im not joking lads ive had plenty cod using this method
why not its natural bait
but if you all try it and dont catch owt dont say im full of crap
coz nothing is certain in the present climate

 

[fishingforcod]

thanks very very much lads.i have noticed some top anglers have comented and once again thankyou.

 

[big_sean]

thanks for that one tony might give it a go the next time i find a crab but the times i have been on the rocks and had a look there dont seem to be any lol lol must all be collected in the summer whilst peeling

sean

 

[andysc]

When we young lads we used to fish for flatties in the wear at castletown the bait KIPPER!! worked a treat

Didnt think you could remember that far back matey.

 

[tony.codling]

sean its hard to get crabs this time of year mainly its a combination of
sea running \"dirty water\" crap tides during daylight bigger at night\"
sometimes at work for a laugh i get a big old paint tin burn some holes
in it put a weight in it and a coalie drop it over the quayside with a rope pull it back up after a bit its full up with baron green backs
and stick them in welders kit bags

 

[TC]

\"............ pull off the legs cut around the carapace
stick a flat knife under the shell and gentley scrape the meat out
cut the **** flap off
put your hook through the middle crush it together and
lash it on with fine knitting elastic
you can do this with any crab.\"


I know it goes without saying when giving such information to anglers, bitJust to to make it clear to any antis out there, Ill say it...............KILL THE CRAB HUMANELY BEFORE DOING ANY OF THE ABOVE :exclam:

[Edited on 3/2/2006 by TC]

[Edited on 3/2/2006 by TC]

 

[big_sean]

eh thats not nice as welders hands are vital tools and very delicate

sean

 

[andysc]

sean its hard to get crabs this time of year mainly its a combination of
sea running \"dirty water\" crap tides during daylight bigger at night\"
sometimes at work for a laugh i get a big old paint tin burn some holes
in it put a weight in it and a coalie drop it over the quayside with a rope pull it back up after a bit its full up with baron green backs
and stick them in welders kit bags

Us welders hav got plenty of crabs as it is. We dont need fettlers sticking there own in.

 

[tony.codling]

fettler nice one andy
may your next butt be as wide as the piers
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