Stanage Bay monster

[shawshankredemperor]

Good morning,thought I would post a few photos of the monster Muddie I received at work yesterday.I've been dealing with pro crabbers for a long time and the Stanage Bay ones are usually bigger than any area I receive them from.See a lot over 2kg and a few dribs and drabs between 2.5kg/2.8kg.This one weighed 3kg,I see them this size very very rarely.

[eg_vtec]

thats a big muddy! well done

[shawshankredemperor]

Mate I wish I caught it,it ended up at a Vietnamese restaurant in Darra

[yoyo]

shame there's not a max size limit on muddies....

that's a brute, but is going to be reasonably old. taste might be questionable...

[Caffrey]

I gotta agree with yoyo that things probably going to be a tad on the interesting side of taste.

[zan0_15]

taste aside...that there be a big crab!!!!!!!

any one got any idea how old something like that would be?

[Dinodadog]

sampled a few of those crabs years ago as its right beside the army area

[Surfingant]

Damn, that's one big muddie!

[John]

Have moved this to the Crabbing category

geez thats a big crab!

[Guest]

Yep thats a nice looking Crab, Not sure what it would taste like but i would give it a dam good go

I bet your up for a few $$$$$ for that sucker :pinch:

Cheers

Darren

[etran]

monster !!

[Manni79]

Beast !!!!

[Gad]

shame there's not a max size limit on muddies....

that's a brute, but is going to be reasonably old. taste might be questionable...

having done a lot of crabbing,north from Bundaberg in areas up to Cairns during the late 60s` to the early 80s` large male crabs were common,especially from Gladstone to the Bowen area, and they tasted great.From the mid 80s` on they have taken a battering from pro crabbers supplying the southern and overseas markets./

As far as a max length goes a male muddy starts producing sperm at around the 110cm mark and the female prefers a smaller male for mating.

Edit.. producing sperm at around the 110mm correction

[dan25]

Nice one

[Jords]

shame there's not a max size limit on muddies....

that's a brute, but is going to be reasonably old. taste might be questionable...

having done a lot of crabbing,north from Bundaberg in areas up to Cairns during the late 60s` to the early 80s` large male crabs were common,especially from Gladstone to the Bowen area, and they tasted great.From the mid 80s` on they have taken a battering from pro crabbers supplying the southern and overseas markets./

As far as a max length goes a male muddy starts producing sperm at around the 110cm mark and the female prefers a smaller male for mating.

110 mm ?

[rosstralia46]

shame there's not a max size limit on muddies....

that's a brute, but is going to be reasonably old. taste might be questionable...

having done a lot of crabbing,north from Bundaberg in areas up to Cairns during the late 60s` to the early 80s` large male crabs were common,especially from Gladstone to the Bowen area, and they tasted great.From the mid 80s` on they have taken a battering from pro crabbers supplying the southern and overseas markets./

As far as a max length goes a male muddy starts producing sperm at around the 110cm mark and the female prefers a smaller male for mating.

110 mm ?

11cm

[T Fisher]

get a few sangers outa that brute

[Gad]

shame there's not a max size limit on muddies....

that's a brute, but is going to be reasonably old. taste might be questionable...

having done a lot of crabbing,north from Bundaberg in areas up to Cairns during the late 60s` to the early 80s` large male crabs were common,especially from Gladstone to the Bowen area, and they tasted great.From the mid 80s` on they have taken a battering from pro crabbers supplying the southern and overseas markets./

As far as a max length goes a male muddy starts producing sperm at around the 110cm mark and the female prefers a smaller male for mating.

110 mm ?

Edit.. producing sperm at around the 110mm correction

[madmullet]

dammmmmmmmmmmm. would love to no what sort of power it had in its nippers

[rosco1974]

a crab that size would be approx 3 years old they grow around 3 inches a year.normally malt into a bigger shell twice a year,as for taste it would taste like any other chok a block full muddie would bloody beautiful,deffinatly a monster

[viper83]

Thats a nice size crab mate. I have done some good crabbing up in Stanage bay. It always produces big crabs. Hope it tasted nice.

Matt

[kamarshark]

wouldnt that look nice in a pot beside a camp fire

[viper83]

yes it would look awesome in the pot. I am starting to get hungry for mud crab right now.

[sprintcardude]

nice muddy mate well done

[Guest]

hopefully next time my pots are out, something like that might crawl into it..