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Sam · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:03 pm Post subject: Crab netting

Where is a good place to catch some crabs? Is it better at certain times of the day? I remember when I was a kid we would go out and catch them, but I don't remember if it was certain times of the year or at certain times during the day. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Smile

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rabbit · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject:

I guess anyplace around here is ok. Most people use chicken necks tied to a piece of string. And then bring them in slow so they can be netted. We used to use the hoops with netting on them and then tie fish guts to the netting, but that was in california I have not seen that method used here.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

My daughter and I used to chase them around on the backside of Mustang with nets by Fish Pass etc. Then we would spend two or three hours and maybe get four. It was a lot of fun but we stopped that when we could get them at the Boat Hole Marina from Cindy for 1.25 each.

Hec fish · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject:

We used to get tons on the train tracks at the end of Holly Rd.You can only access from the Bluff side now.Off of Flour Bluff Rd.at the water tower.
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rabbit · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject:

Big Irv · Pony Mullet Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 56

it still should be accessable from holly until that new subdivision gets rolling a little further along

Sam · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info, when I was a kid we used those hoop/basket nets and used chicken necks tied to the middle of them. I told my wife about it and she wants to go and catch some blue crab now Smile

Tyler, thanks for the info about the boat hole, might just be easier to go and buy them there Smile

We will try our luck, maybe at the train tracks, if we can't get them we will just go and buy them Smile

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steve78412 · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject:

I'm with Tyler, get with Cindy. They are closed Monday. They sell fish too, $2 per pound and will scale and clean. That is, if you have had bad luck fishing, but I would not know about that.

I've crabbed at the mud bridge on Yorktown. Just east of Clems on Packery channel has to be a good spot with everyone throwing their fish cleaning waste into the channel there.

Go see Cindy.

Steve

Sam · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject:

Yeah I thought about trying areas where frequent scraps get tossed.

Is it better to get crabs during the day or at night? Hmm, that didn't sound right Very Happy

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topdog15 · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject:

buying crabs is ok but catching them is great. especially with kids. I started crabbing when I was very young and still enjoy it today. Oso bay is full of crabs, but some may question eating anything out of there. Corpus Christi bay, just across from the college has lots of blue crabs and stone crabs. Packery channel is a good place to try. I like to use a line and pull them in but for kids the baskets are a lot easier. As to what time, if there are crabs in the area and they smell the bait they will come to it. I've caught them at every time of the day and night. Give it a try and everyone is sure to have fun.
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TexasJohnny · Finger Mullet Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 18

A couple years ago I went way out holly to get to the tracks and try the new 4wd. Everything was cool until I hit the pavement coming back and there was a grumpy cop trying to clear a large branch off the road. He told me that was private property and that he should give me a ticket. He let me go, but haven't been back since. Cool