dinga75 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone knows what is the best bait to use for blue swimmer crabs in lake macquarie? are raw chicken carcasses ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randal Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 chicken carraces are good ,they catch leather jackets too, fish frames are hard to beat especially mullet frames,try a sheep heart they are good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myocard Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I don't know if the lake is any different - but mullet pieces outfish everything else. I grab whole sea mullet from the local fish shop - it's cheap. Cut it into thirds and bait the traps. Other fish pieces/frames/cat food/burley chunks don't do as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austral Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 the neighbours cat,hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anroco Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I use mullet and a tin of cat food in the trap (puncture holes in it - the tin ) sometimes chicken frames / chicken guts / raw meat... trial and error pretty much CHeeRS Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummybusta Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 for me both for swimmer and muddies i would say flathead frams followed by blackfish frames most fish frames work but once again match the hatch to the catch so use fish that are found in the system your working in as the crabs will idenitfiy it easy and relate it to their normal diets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 nepean river mullet im stocking the freezer now for the next trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 When your short of bait and the blue swimmers are running you would even get plenty of crabs in a trap if you rammed a left over drum stick into the pelvis of a minature chiropractor's skeleton. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myocard Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 When your short of bait and the blue swimmers are running you would even get plenty of crabs in a trap if you rammed a left over drum stick into the pelvis of a minature chiropractor's skeleton. Cheers jewgaffer - how'd you come up with this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinta_bay_pirates Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Potato's work every time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinnyman Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 A mate of mine was a professional sand crab trapper in QLD and has tried everything imaginable. Mullet with the gut in is the best bait. He reckons he bought a heap of gutted mullet and was only half as good. Cut the mullet in half, leaving half the gut in each end of the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondnature Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Mate, i have been crabbing all my life and the best bait for swimmers is any oily fish as it attracts crabs for miles as an added bonus i fill the foot part of an old stocking (dont use your misses good ones as she will hit the roof) with tuna oil soaked saw shavings (not dust) and tie it with the bait. You can re use the shaving by drying them and soaking again do this the night before for the best results If you cant get any shaving use shaving for a smoker box good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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