queensland muddies still around

[rosco1974]

put some pots out yesterday to get a couple of muddies for a nice sunday lunch washed down with a few beers.went back this morning to get 4 good muddies full as,also got a few keeper muddies what were only 3/4 full so i threw them back as i had enough for lunch.i recon only the full muddies taste any good anyway.not bad for the middle of winter.will take a pic and add when they are finnished cooking.used whiting frames and reef fish fraes for bait,the reefie frames worked best.most crabs in 1 pot was 12 with 2 keeper males kept and the rest released.

cheers rosco

[rathabfishin2]

Thanks for the report Rosco! Iwas thinking about dropping a few pots in this evening when I take my son for a night fish...you just made my decision for me!

Cheers Andrew

[rosco1974]

worth taking your pots mate.added pic

[Nitris]

good stuff.. nothing like a sunday lunch feed of muddies

[etran]

good stuff, lunch would have been good !

[rosco1974]

sure was a good feed of muddies got 1 left for dinner tonite,we got 6 sandwiches out of 3 crabs.of cause i had a couple of ice cold beers with them.

[straddiebrad]

funny you should bring that up rossco,just got back from looking at a few spots iam thinking of trying,gunna smack them up when the tide gets a bit bigger.brad

[rosco1974]

give it a go mate if you find the crabs this time of yr they are normally all good full crabs.but in saying that we threw back 2 what where prob 3/4 full.

[Nitris]

how to u tell if a crab is only 3\4 full? Tap them if they sound hollow ?

[rosco1974]

press under where u measure a crab, if it moves it normally is not full.another good sign that a crab is full is the underside of the crab is normally a brownish color.

[eg_vtec]

nice!! great feed

[Nitris]

press under where u measure a crab, if it moves it normally is not full.another good sign that a crab is full is the underside of the crab is normally a brownish color.

Cheers rosco :woohoo: .. so they are soft to touch they are hollow? as its not long since they would have shed the shell im guessing?

[Smiderman]

how to u tell if a crab is only 3\4 full? Tap them if they sound hollow ?

press the area between the underside caripice extremities just above the legs if its soft the crab is going to be a water bag.

I've found the browner the fuller they are, when the shell takes on a greenish colour they're hollow for mud crabs at least

[tugger]

I've found that to Rosco when you catch them in winter they are usually full

Good to see you haven't lost your touch mate