Crab Time

[diver1]

the crabs (blue swimmers) will be comeing on soon, in fact there already getten a few in lake macquarie out in the deeper water apparently, anyway i love me crabben and just wondering what everyones choice of bait is for the witches hats? mullet goes gr8 but gets a bit expencive when ya gota keep buyen it, a mate swears by chicken necks and there cheap as!! ive also got sum huge crabs on tins of cheap cat food with holes all punched thru it. anyway whats ya prefrence? whats worked? what aint worked? also do use reckon flathead heads and frames would work??

[flatty hunter626]

i just get some mullet frames and heads from windybanks after they have filleted them ....free crab baits and they work a charm in the river and my grandfather uses the same thing in lake mac and gets plenty of big blueys...

cheers flatty hunter

[Davemmm]

Any frame works but the flattys are a little light on for meat.

I keep everything from the fish I catch and find the easiest ones to use are the bream frames. They aare easy to tie on and have enough substance to attract the crabs.

Dave

[flatty hunter626]

might just be me but i have never had any luck on flatty frames ...........

[Ray R]

Hi Diver1, Ox hearts, cost 2 10ths of bugger all and it has caught us plenty in the past, never used flattie frames myself but have used slabs of bonito and they like that as well. We can't use the hats down here unless you register them , so we just use hand lines..

[love2fish]

Im keen on trying out crabbing in botany bay,i bought a crab net no the witchews hat the other style rectangular,why there was only $5 difference and i thougt it would fit more crabs in it(damn to much watching deadliest Catch).wil these crabnet work..??

[flatty hunter626]

you might get a few crabs in it but from what your describing its one of the muddie traps.