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now the spider crab season is all but apoun us, can anyone shed some light on how to prepare them for bait as i have never used them before? is it the same pricipal as peeler crab?
ha reminds me of a time i was "rock pool jumping " down w ho on a very low tide and jumped in one and there were absoulutely millions of them i swere.Donkey me old mate,
Yes same thing as normal, go down to Westward Ho! rocks on a spring tide and you will find loads. I find the legs are better.
Leigh.
lol, i found a just peeled one last year while looking for velvet peelers, it weighed in at over 1lb ! i never thought to eat it, it did make 6 huge baits though, funny thing was, none caught a fish, so i put my last velvet peeler on and caught my pb smoothy (last cast !)Westward Ho! rocks spider softies...break a leg off, thread it on, job done as BNB says. If you find a just-out-of-the-shell crab, take the legs home & fry in butter. Nice!
philtherod
wed 18th apr 9.8m low water is 2.06pmBait??!? Surely the best thing to do with them is boil them and have them with a bit of chilli sauce?! :clap2:Does anyone know a site where I can find out tide heights etc for the next big springs as I'd like to collect a few!
I've found the same Hugh. Just popped spiders are too full of water and not a lot else. A just about to pop spider is full of gooey juicy bloody yellowy eurgh, and the fish seem to like that a lot, especially eels and smoothies!lol, i found a just peeled one last year while looking for velvet peelers, it weighed in at over 1lb ! i never thought to eat it, it did make 6 huge baits though, funny thing was, none caught a fish, so i put my last velvet peeler on and caught my pb smoothy (last cast !)