Keeping crabs alive? (Bait)
Submitted by sackshaker on Wed, 2016-02-03 14:46
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.
kirky79
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Date Joined: 13/01/12
Ghost Crabs
Will stay alive in a bucket, with no water. But the bigger crabs will kill a few of the smaller ones. In fact we watched a big one eat a smaller one in the bucket up at Ningaloo. Kids were fascinated
carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Cool
Keep them cool but no colder that 16 deg and stick some fish in the bucket to stop them attacking each other
cruzy111
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Date Joined: 08/10/13
Im pretty sure there is a
Im pretty sure there is a bag limmit is 10 per species of crab. So you can have 10 golden ghost crabs and ten long horn ghost crabs per person. If you put one long horn crab in with the golden ghost crabs it will usually kill all of them. Dont ask me how but many a time the only crab left alive is the smaller long horn crabs.
sackshaker
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Date Joined: 22/04/15
Yeah ok. Some good advice
Yeah ok. Some good advice there cheers guys.
Idea was to try some for baldie bait. Not one of there natural food sources (im guessing) but im tipping they will munch em quick smart.
Broome lad
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Date Joined: 16/11/15
Dont
Over crowd the bucket or they don't last great bait for tusk fish but plenty of other species eat them also caught a Dhu Aussie day weekend spewed up a small crab .