re: Wats the preferred bait for crabbing

We always used chicken necks and a piece of melt which I am pretty sure is cow spleen. It is soft and squishy and bloody. Crabs won’t let it go. You will probably have to go to a slaughter house to get some but it is awesome for drop lines

Tonys Seafood in BTR, they filet catfish all day. You can buy what's left. I've bought and used for crawfish bait also.

Trout bellies then turkey necks

Jack Crevalle or Catalytic converter thieves

We used to use chicken wings when I was kid living in Metairie. That’s back long before wings were considered acceptable food.

Have not priced them but what about subbing turkey wings?

The tendons and ligaments prevalent in wings make them stay on their fasteners better than more meatier things.

Have you shopped for turkey wings lately? They about $3 a pound now, I'd much rather eat a turkey wing than the crabs you could catch with them.

I remember when chix wings were really cheap too. That and brisket, if you wanted a Brisket you had to tell the Butcher otherwise it was getting ground up.