Big Northumberland peelers?

[Codcodcod!]

You mean you've took a load of Doggas from up the coast hoping you can bring them on and peel them?!

 

[Deans]

Well i bring snots on just takes longer, very few fall out but rather have them closer to peel as less looking after.

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[Deans]

caught a few red cod up the Howick area, on the way back I hoyed in a few crabs which were brimming the pools I noticed.

some good worm beds round sugar sands too.

well, crap, worth a gan anyway. load a crap

gotta laugh

 

[Codcodcod!]

the only snot ive heard of is the ones up my nose.

the thread makes perfect sense to me. can you bring on any shore crabpulling the end of a nipper or leg of obviously shows a crab will peel.

thought maybe the other ones just take longer.

thanks ha ha ha

Answer to the question is NO you can't pick up any shore crab and bring it on to peel.

It has to be in the peeling process.

 

[Deans]

Answer to the question is NO you can't pick up any shore crab and bring it on to peel.

It has to be in the peeling process.

cheers matey

 

[northeast1]

486 crabs in the freezer a mix of cracked backs, soft under back segment and snottys...very low death rate, less than 1 every 70 i would say so whatever i am doing ti is working for me

 

[Deans]

the only way to settle this one is to take them to the swimming baths with the bairne tommoro and see what happens

 

[Codcodcod!]

I've got 8 frozen. Must be doing something wrong.

 

[GPO]

Unbelievable!
Let's all go and fill a bucket with doggers eh Peter?!!

 

[adam.d]

Break the end segment of the leg shell off, if it has a new floppy leg underneath then you can bring it on to peel. If the new floppy leg segment is more like snot then I personally put them back but some people say they can bring them on. If there is no new leg segment then the crab has already peeled and is nowhere near ready to peel again.

 

[Sam Smith]

From the original post it seems that some think that crabs peel all their lives. If this were the case we would be seeing crabs the size of bin lids!
I think the original poster may have himself a bucket of old dog crabs past their peeling lives.

 

[kingcod deano]

From the original post it seems that some think that crabs peel all their lives. If this were the case we would be seeing crabs the size of bin lids!
I think the original poster may have himself a bucket of old dog crabs past their peeling lives.

i have seen peelers bigger than the size of your hand

 

[TerryC]

I brought on crabs for years when I used to match fish. I never used an air pump just big deep plastic boxes with just enough water for then to drink but not too deep or they will die off as they oxygen levels drop. Check them twice a day as soon as they crack I would put them into a fridge with wet seaweed and could hold them like tis for a week or more. Just before you need them let them warm up and give the a short drink they will pop in a few hours.