Hermit crab

[LiamNE]

Ive been given a bunch of live hermit crabs - anyone used them as bait?

 

[Pighunter]

Terrible bait complete waste of time, I will however bin them for you I find them the best bait out there got to be fresh though.

 

[LiamNE]

Terrible bait complete waste of time, I will however bin them for you I find them the best bait out there got to be fresh though.

Cheers bud

There's a few dead soft ones amounsgt them I will bin them ones. Any recommendations for storing them? I'm not fishing till Thursday

 

[Pighunter]

Bin the dead ones put them in the fridge in about 2-5 mm sea water and cover them but not air tight.

 

[waco]

Ive been given a bunch of live hermit crabs - anyone used them as bait?

good bait, however you need to tie on with other bait as by its self it is a very soft bait and hard to tie on, a mate of mine leaves a bit body to help him tie on to hook, also another option is to put inside whole squid or an empty tea bag hope that helps

 

[pablo]

I have had better results on the boat with them but still had fish from the shore with them live or frozen,like stated good cocktail bait.

 

[thommaz]

Cracking bait had plenty of fish on it up to 6lb+ this yre only use it on rocky marks , wdnt recommend any where else unless u are goin for smoothies on a beach

 

[sage]

telpie is a good bait and dont throw the dead ones away just freeze...complete with shell... just smash shell open and tie all on with lacky thread
live ones creep out of shell with the aid of a bit heat on shell

 

[LiamNE]

Cheers lads,

Already thrown the couple dead ones away, they had gone very soft anyway so I doubt they would have been much use.

I found them surprisingly easy to coax out of the shell but unsurprisingly difficult to coax our lass into letting me keep them in the fridge

 

[kayos]

When I was young in the 70's we were given free bait with the hire of a dinghy at King's Cross, Arran. It was always hermit crab or scallops! Both worked great and I seem to remember cod took the crab and haddock took the scallops. I haven't seen a hermit crab since those days - or cod and haddock in the Clyde -and as for scallops,I bought enough for Lynn and I for a meal at the weekend and they cost me £14!!

Ah for a return to the good old days.