Help!! Peeler crabs

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:07 pm

Hi all.

I've taken time off work to spend 3 days worm drowning in Portugal.

Being new to sea fishing I've never encountered a peeler crab before, but I came across some crabby looking LIVE things in the tackle shop today and, of course, I had to invest a couple of euros. Unfortunately, seeking advice from the tackle shop and from local anglers over here is a bit pointless if you speak only 4 words of the lingo (grande cerveja faz favor = huge beer, John) - although the evenings can be eventful with my advanced vocabulary. :lol: :lol:

I now have a fridge full of vicious predators and not the slightest idea of what to do with them. :evil: :evil:

Perhaps they may not be peeler crabs. They are between 1.5 and 2 inches across the shell and show no sign of peeling, only a grim determination to remove a couple of my fingers.

Can anyone tell me how I should prepare/present them as bait or would I be better chucking them back into the sea.

Wotno

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:50 pm

Right - If I don't get any replies the crabs get it! OK?

4:00 tomorrow (Saturday) they're back in the sea (feeling quite sorry for them anyway)

wotno

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:07 am

Download this link (it's a PDF) and goto page 8

HTH

Rich

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/Book%20of%20Bait.pdf

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:40 am

Brilliant - just what I was after. Will have a go today.

Thanks

wotno