seasponge Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I put the mud crab traps out last week. It’d been way too long since I’d had a feed of crabs, and from all reports, they’ve been on fire in the Hawkesbury in the lead up to Christmas. Dropped them in about 10pm at low tide and left them in for the high tide overnight. I was a bit apathetic checking the traps in the morning as I’ve retrieved many an empty trap from this location. I was pleasantly surprised when the first trap revealed a legal muddie. I was ecstatic when the second trap had a very decently sized one as well. I cooked the big one up using a chilli mud crab recipe found on this site - delicious. The smaller one, I boiled in sea water. I wanted to answer for myself the age old question of how the muddies compare to blue swimmers. After preparing the smaller muddie the same way I do for the blue swimmers, I can say that I found the muddies just as nice as the blueys, and obviously with more substantial meat. The crab was cooked and cooled in salt water, so it had a pleasant sea taste to it, but not too salty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omally Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Oo oh what a feed.. Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconnolly Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King chaser Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Couple muddies and a cold one, That’s living! Nice catch mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Cracking feed and backdrop:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingfisherMan Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Great Feed Mate!! Certainly a great catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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