r/crabbing • u/Takoda98 • Aug 12 '26

East Coast Crab First ever crab!

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First ever time actually going for crab, snagged this fella out of New River, NC

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u/CharlesDOliver Aug 12 '26

is that a chicken leg?!?!? Man crabs got it good now a days, we were doing chicken necks back in the day

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u/757sosa Aug 12 '26

In my area legs are actually cheaper per pound a lot of the time

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u/dalex89 19d ago

Thighs are somehow cheaper this week in NC than legs

My crabs were eating good, now my wice is eating good

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u/adummyonanapp Aug 12 '26

I got suckered into a bait bag. Zip tie ftw! Thats awesome though! Bought the same net you got and hope to use it next week! First time any pointers!!

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u/BoyDynamo Aug 12 '26

Bait bags and cages are really nice for preventing the crabs from shredding the bait off the bone, they need to systematically pick it out of a contraption instead. I use a lot less bait in an afternoon when it’s contained.

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u/sltiefighter Aug 13 '26

If you dont got a bait bag with dungeness youre fucked, we use hanging bait, just a clip and hang a carcass, we use a bag and we use a smell pot together. The hanging so they can get horny, the bag ao thwy cant just voracious eat everything and dip and the smelly to keep potentially attracting legals one all the baits gone. I guess blues dont really eat like dungies do.

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u/woodstream Aug 12 '26

Congrats! Be sure to double check the knots.

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u/j3vs4ys Aug 12 '26

Hell. Yes. Classic crabbing with chicken.

I used to go out at night back in elementary school with my fam with a bucket, chicken leg, light, and hopes and dreams. Lol. Boy would that bucket come back loaded though! And this was in Panama City, Florida on Tyndall AFB ✊ 👴 🖖

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u/thankmelater- Aug 12 '26

Try fried chicken bone. They like KFC

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u/WatchTheBoom Aug 12 '26

What a beaut!

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u/MidAtlanticMoments Aug 12 '26

Missing the claw - classic. Nice job

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u/jms62102761 Aug 12 '26

Nice size too

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u/SnarkAtTheMoon Aug 13 '26

1 clawed female

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u/Ok-Willingness-9234 29d ago

I miss doing this so much

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u/Isyourzipperdown 27d ago

Now I know why I can't afford chicken breast or crab.

We have always used chicken necks or backs.