re: Are female crabs less desirable?

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Now while that may have been 100% of our crabs from that house, there had to be more than 1% of the total Louisiana catch staying in state.

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I couldn't argue with that, my estimation was mostly hyperbole. We had a guy(RIP), that had the camp next us in Venice and he was a commercial fishing jack of all trades and a master of all. He'd crab, catfish, gator hunt, shark fish, whatever was the most accessible/ profitable for the season. He said 100% of his crabs left the state but, like you said, I can't imagine there aren't a few that stay here. Having said that, I can't think of any place in LA where I could get a whole #1 if I really wanted one. The crabs they catch near Lake Maurepas/ Manchac are certainly contenders for #1 status, maybe some of those stay here?

For the purposes of this thread though, #1 males then all the rest. No difference in taste between the two but females seem to be more predictably full. All crabs are delicious and that's something I don't think anyone would debate...