new to crabbing

[brissy fish]

Hey there all,

Me and my mate have been crabbing for the last couple of months with out any luck. we use frozen mullet (sliced). Just wondering what is the best bait to use and where to throw it in to get some crabs....

Thanks

[Angus]

I know a couple of people that swear by the chicken frames. Mullet should work though.

Where are you trying?

I have been told on good authority that muddies go through vege or at least omnivour stages (like most crustacreans I guess) and it can sometimes pay to put a rotten mango or some rotting mangrove leaves in with the meat. Give them a well rounded choice

Angus

[brissy fish]

mate ive tried nugee beach a couple of times redcliff, shornecliff and once at mooloolaba, thanks for the tips...

I just thought cause it was winter maybe they werent so active...

[Bommie]

hey mate are you after mud or sand crab

[brissy fish]

to be honest any thing really... im not much of a crab eater but i would love to get some to take back to the family and to show off to my mates who love them...

[Bommie]

if you have a boat around green island is good for sandies or go a little futher to the rainbow channel,

the brisbane river supplies good amount of mudcrab, newstead reach, breekky creek along to brett's wharf produces the goods,

You should do alright with mullet, I use mullet frames and guts instead of the fillets though.

[rosco1974]

plenty of crabs at green at the moment, between the 1st and 2nd beacon between green and st helena in bout 5.5mtrs of water,i use mullet frames and whiting frames for bait,been gettin 20 odd in a couple of hours,headin out tommorrow will let u know i how i go

cheers rosco

[Whiskers]

Mate when you figure it out let me know! The last crabs I got were from a dirty night out in the valley :laugh:

[brissy fish]

hahaha too much info whiskers....

no i di=ont have a boat so any crabbing will be done from land. Thanks for the tips guys, ill try them out when i get out there again

[tiny_tinny]

If you are after mud crabs, you need to find smaller creeks where there is an undercut bank, so there is fairly deep water close to the bank. Sand crabs are more likely to be found in deeper channels close to Moreton Bay or in the bay itself - cleaner water and sand rather than muddy bottom, as their names imply.

I crab from a small tinny, so I can't really recommend any particular spots. It's a good time for both types of crab, but I find I have most success with the muddies a few days after heavy rain has flushed them out of their normal haunts. I prefer a rising tide for both, sand crabs at dawn and muddies in the evening.

I like to use chicken wings for bait - fairly cheap, readily available, tough and they work for me. Slice them a few times immediately before use to release the smell into the water.

Best of luck,

Mike

[lethalsaints]

Mate i have a tinnie.. any good spots for crabs would be helpful as i just got a boat so trying to find spots that aren''t land based anymore...

[rosco1974]

went to green this morning did 3 runs with 8 dillies for 34 keepers,a mate went fishing of the hornibrook bridge at redcliff thursday got a few fish and got 6 keeper sandies out of his 2 pots he took with him,not bad for landbased fisho,

[Travis]

Walk the hornibrook bridge and throw the pots on the channel drop offs

[tugger]

if your after muddies try looking for small drains running into a river or creek and the islans around the bottom end of the bay then place your pots in the mouths of these drains good luck

mark

[lethalsaints]

ok kewl will give it a go..... anyone here use mixed baits some mates reckon to use fish eg. mulltet and some sort of vegetable or fruit as well in seperate stocking or something eg. mango let me know what you think?

[Travis]

Bream frames for muddies, if not mullet, use anything fishy for sandies

[lethalsaints]

guessing thats a no to fruit or veg with fish, i have never personally done this but other people swear by it, this is for mud crabs btw.. I personally use fish frames or mullet usually....

[chonna]

i generally buy some chicken frames the day before and leave them outside so that they get a bit of a smell about them. they are approx $1 each from woolies.

another good one is chicken necks which are about $3.80/kilo from woolies

[Travis]

lethalsaints wrote:

guessing thats a no to fruit or veg with fish, i have never personally done this but other people swear by it, this is for mud crabs btw.. I personally use fish frames or mullet usually....

Mate its all about giving it a crack, go the mangoes if you want, im just too lazy to be botherd putting 2 diffrent baits in :laugh:

[lethalsaints]

yeah am hearing ya there...... Still no other suggestions on spots or baits??

[bomber]

fresh fish heads from the fishmongers

[noname]

i have always been a believer in local baits, by that i mean what ever lives around a particular spot, in the muddy creeks, i swear if you take a rod to say aquarium passage, catch some catfish, stoke ya pots with them, drop ya pots where no mongrel can see em, and check em the next day. failing that the ol mullet whole with a slice in him will do the trick too. good luck

robbo

but if you can seriously think about the trip to somerset dam soon, a few chaps up there to help get you sorted out.

[lethalsaints]

awesome going out this weekend cant wait.... ill give the chicken frames a try instead of mullet cheers

[Travis]

from what i hear the crabs are going ballistic out the front of margate at the moment

[fishingnut]

donnybrook was dead for crabs over the weekend!

[Travis]

if we get enuf rain id go hit it again this weekend ya nut

[lethalsaints]

Probably have to take a raincheck on the somerset dam thing because my daughter is bit sick at the moment so cant really cruise anywhere thanks for the invite though.... maybe some other time cheers bud...

[jeff f]

the fruit and leaves is more a winter thing

[fishingnut]

Travis wrote:

if we get enuf rain id go hit it again this weekend ya nut

thats the plan! plus Il be takin my spud gun to blast that brown adder that checked our pots

[Travis]

sew upside down fish hooks into your rope just hope the dpi dosnt check them if your names on em :laugh:

[fishingnut]

hahahah NASTY.... I like it

[lethalsaints]

thats aripper of an idea about the upside down hooks whoever taxes the pots gets what they deserve as for the dpi write them a sympothy card im sure they will forgive you :laugh:

[fishingnut]

I was thinking some trebles would do the trick nicely too

[lethalsaints]

Evil Might put some of the pricks in there place!

[lethalsaints]

Good luck over weekend guys take the camera