re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Official Thread (March 20)

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If you sneak up on it (swim without pushing A, angle the camera as straight up and down as you can so you can see how close you are as you inch up on it, and only dive at the last second), it can be a little easier to snatch very fast sea critters up before they take off.

I was not expecting how big that crab was going to be. I am going to have to hunt down a second one since I gave my first one to Blathers (and now my deep sea tank is a dark pit of ancient horrors).

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I have caught several now and have used the strategy you mentioned and it really did help. Another thing one can do is chase it into the corner of the net around the island and it will eventually turn back into you. Your strategy is faster, though. Thanks for the tip!