Staying Alive : crabs

Morry · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:18 pm Post subject: Staying Alive

Just wondering what the best ways to keep mud crabs alive is. I usually put them straight on ice but I wanted to try keep them alive and fresh a bit longer.

BenH · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Few mangroves and a wet hesian sack!!

Mr RiverBabe · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:33 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Spot on. Tie them up throw them in a plastic tub with some wet mangroves and a wet heshion bag under and on top of them.

BarraMick · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:14 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

as said above.

just tie them up. if they are in between wet heshen bags they just think they are hiding in the mud.
if you can re - dunk the heshen bag in saltwater every 6 hours or so they will last for weeks.
have kept them for up to 11 days this way.

Morry · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Cheers thats pretty much what I've heard before. Now I just have to catch some crabs and find some heshaen bags!

semper · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

looking forward to seeing you try and tie them again Morry!

blowski · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

over xmas i stocked up cos the family was in town, got one of those shell pools from kmart think 19 buck special went and filled it with water fresh from the beach, dropped a fountain pump in the bad boy which pumped water into a bio filter, (20lt bucket, poly pipe on bottom then layers of foam cushion and pillow filling and at the bottom you put a 90 degree elbow and the water runs from the bottom into the shell again) kept the water cool, smell free and crystal clear, dropped in some steak peices every day, the lil nippers kept for 4 weeks kept adding and just topped up with fresh salt water every weekend. had about 15 bucks in their they had room to move around, didnt tie em up they all got along. well except for the first lot i got i didnt cover the shell and one got out in the yard, we have a small beagle as a pet, but never did see that crab, still looking for it to this day, but if anyone in wulagi sees a stray muddie return to me please!

covered it with some fencing wire after that, but i swear they were the fullest and tastyest crabs ive ever had, they tasted so much cleaner guess the seawater from the beach maybe purged them out? fark they were the best muddies

daleywaters · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Blowski what's your street, I'l be dropping crab pots along the footpath on my way to work

blowski · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

hahahaha gold, good calll... would be front page of the nt news "fisherman goes crazy fishing for crabs in wulagi, pots found high and dry with beagle eating chicken inside"

daleywaters · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm beagle. Apparently the ears are exquisite

Matt Flynn · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Well, you can tell by the way I fill my fork,
I'm a crabbin' man, no time to talk.
Motor's loud and the sun is warm.
I've been dropping pots since I was born.
And now it's all right, it's O.K.
And you may fish the other way.
We can only try, to understand
The big mud crab's effect on man.
Whether you're a brother
Or whether you're a mother,
Keep your muddies alive, your muddies alive.
The rope's almost breakin'
And the dilly is a shakin'
Keep your muddies alive, your muddies alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Muddies alive.
Muddies alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Muddies aliiiii-iiii-iiive.
Well now, I crab the low and crab the high
And if I don't get crabs then I really try.
Got the steel crab pole, and mud on my shoes
I'm a crabbin' man, and I just can't lose.
You know, it's all right, it's O.K.
I'll live to crab, another day.
We can try, to understand
The big mud crab's effect on man.
Whether you're a brother
Or whether you're a mother,
Keep your muddies alive, your muddies alive.
Feel the rope breakin'
And the dilly is a shakin '
Keep your muddies alive, your muddies alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,

daleywaters · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Geez, even had the falsetto going in my head reading that one!!!!!

Absolute cracker, though I don't wanna know how long and what went through your head thinking that one up.

Muddies = mmmmm

Beagle ears = mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Watch out for those pots in Wulagi you mob

itsinmeblood · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:09 am Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

is that the sound track to the foter that dick put up last week matt? :shock:

seano · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Blowski- if your adding water to replace evaporated salt water you should add fresh water only, otherwise you will end up with water with an unnatrually high salt content as the salt doesnt evaporate only the water. Thats what they do at indo pacific near the wharf. You could keep left over livies in there too!

Morry · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Staying Alive

Thats a good point seano, I wouldnt have thought of that

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