Philippp

4 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

G'day @Philippp

If I am not mistaken, you should be very careful dealing with those crabs. They are a species of stone crabs that are poisonous to eat and have very strong claws.

I read this sometime ago when researching a few spots in the river. Taken from Brisbane Hooked on Fishing group on Facebook. 

Cheers Hamish

Wow! Thanks for sharing this, a bit of a shame that they have been the only crabs found crawling into my pots this past few days 

I hope they didn’t chase off all the edible muddies in the area

Hi everyone, first time posting 

I would like some help identifying a species of crab that keeps entering my crab pot in Hawthorne 

Photos attached below

When I use to catch mud crabs >10 years ago (exact same spot) they were the large with a greenish appearance, with a paddle like rear leg on either side, similar to the ones sold in all fish markets, but for the past two days I keep getting these ones, no paddle and white under the claw, dark black on the top side

So my question is

- What species are they, are they edible??, and whats the legal size for them? (Only kept catching small ones)
 

All crabs were released 

Thanks in advance

Philip