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Best way to keep blue crabs alive
Posted on 4/30/15 at 10:35 am
Posted on 4/30/15 at 10:35 am
Ran 10 traps over the weekend in Lake P and came away with about 150 crabs, about 1/3 of which were eatin' size. All in all it was a pretty successful haul and enough to have a nice boil Sunday.
However...the ones we caught Friday and Saturday morning and set aside in the live well (which is just a big trash can with holes we set over the side of the pier) managed to wage enough carnage on themselves that we lost probably 6-7 crabs to cannabalism, in addition to all the legs and claws that they tore off each other.
Should I just put them on ice right when I catch them? Throw some bait in the well so they get after that instead of each other? Get a bigger well? Any OB'ers have some pro tips?
However...the ones we caught Friday and Saturday morning and set aside in the live well (which is just a big trash can with holes we set over the side of the pier) managed to wage enough carnage on themselves that we lost probably 6-7 crabs to cannabalism, in addition to all the legs and claws that they tore off each other.
Should I just put them on ice right when I catch them? Throw some bait in the well so they get after that instead of each other? Get a bigger well? Any OB'ers have some pro tips?
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Posted on 4/30/15 at 10:39 am to tigerfan4120
The key is to keep them tightly packed so that they cant move.
Keep them cold but not too cold, put them in a big ice chest with block ice on the bottom. If you pack them in ice they try to breathe the melt water and drown/suffocate because it has no dissolved oxygen in it.
Keep them cold but not too cold, put them in a big ice chest with block ice on the bottom. If you pack them in ice they try to breathe the melt water and drown/suffocate because it has no dissolved oxygen in it.
Posted on 4/30/15 at 10:43 am to hardhead
Can't get blocks of ice, but I can put them in a big ice chest on top of ice with the plug undone. As far as keeping them tightly packed, should I put something on top of them that has some weight to it so their movement is restricted?
Posted on 4/30/15 at 10:53 am to tigerfan4120
Put them in an ice chest with the drain open. Lay a wet towel or burlap over them. Top that with ice.
Posted on 4/30/15 at 10:56 am to GonePecan
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Put them in an ice chest with the drain open. Lay a wet towel or burlap over them. Top that with ice.
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Posted on 4/30/15 at 11:01 am to tigerfan4120
When me and my father would trawl, we would place the crabs in a heavy duty trash bag and place them in the freezer until we boiled them.
Posted on 4/30/15 at 11:04 am to tigerfan4120
Just make sure to freeze them into a coma before you throw them in the boil. This will assure they don't throw their claws when they start to cook. 
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