Keeping crabs alive? (Bait)

 Hi guys can anyone tell me there best way of keeping crabs alive overnight for bait? You know the type that run along the beach at night and burrow into the sand.  They dont spend much time under water so im thinking an aerated bucket is NO GOOD?

I have called fisheries to make sure im able to collect them.

THANKS IN ADVANCE.

 


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My kids have caught those at our local beach

Wed, 2016-02-03 14:48

and kept them in a container with sand they lived for 3 days then we took them back to the beach and let them go so overnight will be no problem at all