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Whilst fishing the menai straits this weekend at a low water mark and with an hour to spare before heading of to the next mark, I decided to have a look for some peelers in amongst the rocks and kelp etc. Although I found lots of sizeable crabs, only a handfull were at peeler stage. Am I right in the way that I check apart from the pulling of the last segment of the leg off, that the rear end of the crab is soft to a little pressure or that the shell has just begun to seperate from the body?
Is is best to leave the ones that are not peeling (as i did) or can one take them home, if the later is ok to do what would be the best way to store them and bring them into peeler stage. Without setting up a home based marine environment in the shed....................
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanx
Is is best to leave the ones that are not peeling (as i did) or can one take them home, if the later is ok to do what would be the best way to store them and bring them into peeler stage. Without setting up a home based marine environment in the shed....................
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanx