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Post by 8upbowhunter on Aug 7, 2016 16:43:59 GMT -6
we caught 14-1/2 dozen crabs. Fixing to boil all of them lol.  |
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Post by swampsnyper on Aug 7, 2016 18:05:52 GMT -6
Nice size crabs! I just sold my set nets. Gonna miss all the things I grew up doing, but a new adventure awaits! ( without all the mosquitoes)
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Post by Ruger109 on Aug 7, 2016 20:14:36 GMT -6
Nice haul Ken
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Post by SwampGhost on Aug 8, 2016 6:56:39 GMT -6
Oh yeah!
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Post by qrole on Aug 8, 2016 8:12:45 GMT -6
I'd bust a gut with all that!
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Post by qrole on Aug 8, 2016 8:13:23 GMT -6
Nice size crabs! I just sold my set nets. Gonna miss all the things I grew up doing, but a new adventure awaits! ( without all the mosquitoes) Now it's ticks & red bugs! |
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Post by 8upbowhunter on Aug 8, 2016 18:27:01 GMT -6
I'd bust a gut with all that! I ate a total of 2 crabs, I filled up on corn, taters and celery lol. |
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Post by Ruger109 on Aug 8, 2016 19:18:36 GMT -6
I'd bust a gut with all that! I ate a total of 2 crabs, I filled up on corn, taters and celery lol. You on a diet for hiking mountains? |
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Post by qrole on Aug 8, 2016 19:29:36 GMT -6
I'd bust a gut with all that! I ate a total of 2 crabs, I filled up on corn, taters and celery lol. Man, skip dat & eat dem crabs. I'm easily good for a dozen blues! |
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Post by 8upbowhunter on Aug 8, 2016 19:30:27 GMT -6
Nope, not going elk hunting this year Fred. Crabs are not my favorite and really have to be in the mood to eat more than 2-3.
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Post by Professor T on Aug 9, 2016 6:46:06 GMT -6
Nice catch Ken, looks like all females. That's what we used to catch off the beach.
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Post by 8upbowhunter on Aug 9, 2016 9:26:55 GMT -6
Rarely catch a male at Grand Isle just like you rarely catch a female in Lake Ponchatrain for some reason. I am told the females migrate to the marsh and coast to lay their eggs but the males stay inland, not sure it this is true but seems like it.
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Post by swampsnyper on Aug 9, 2016 13:17:16 GMT -6
Rarely catch a male at Grand Isle just like you rarely catch a female in Lake Ponchatrain for some reason. I am told the females migrate to the marsh and coast to lay their eggs but the males stay inland, not sure it this is true but seems like it. That's exactly right. |
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Post by qrole on Aug 10, 2016 8:01:40 GMT -6
The thing I haven't liked about GI crabs that come off of the beach is they tend to be a lil sandy on the inside.
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Post by 8upbowhunter on Aug 10, 2016 8:29:21 GMT -6
When the surf is fairly calm and clear they are not bad but if its choppy and muddy you get a lot of sandy ones. When I pop the shell and see any sand around the lungs I toss them away and get another one lol.
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Post by Professor T on Aug 11, 2016 9:02:55 GMT -6
Rarely catch a male at Grand Isle just like you rarely catch a female in Lake Ponchatrain for some reason. I am told the females migrate to the marsh and coast to lay their eggs but the males stay inland, not sure it this is true but seems like it. I was told that the males wait on the inside for the females to come shed their shells. That is the only time they mate. I have seen the females laying their eggs while fishing off the old bridge many times at night. I don't remember ever seeing a female in the berry stage in the canals. On the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain I have seen many half grown females in the canals. They were all very light so they were not ready to shed their shells. The MRGO effected Lake P. more than anything else. It used to be a fresh water lake prior to MRGO. That may or may not be why the males are in the lake. Lake P was famous for the great male #1 crabs. Since commercial crabbing it has been a lot more difficult to catch crabs along the sea wall like I used to do in the 50's. |
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Post by StixNString on Aug 25, 2016 10:07:27 GMT -6
Females seekout mature males to breed when near Shedding. The large males in turn protect them at this stage because lots of things like soft shell crabs !  They only need to breed once and store the sperm until needed. Unfertilyzed females have a flap that is triangle shaped, fertilyzed rounded. Females migrate to caostal waters to lay, males are more tolerable of freshwater and are by far the best tasting. Last I was home the crabs I caught we're all male these were up near Galliano, The females are along the coast releasing eggs right now. My uncle use to put large males in his traps to catch busters, he'd get a buck for each. I use to put a buster in mine to catch large males. Funny what we learn and share as fisherman. Neither of us shared this with the other till we stopped fishing crabs commercially. |
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They only need to breed once and store the sperm until needed. Unfertilyzed females have a flap that is triangle shaped, fertilyzed rounded.