KING CRAB?

Member Joined: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 78 Location: HUMBERSIDE

fished ty-croes on the bank holiday and on my second cast on sunday could not believe my eyes when i reeled in what i believe to be a king crab weighing nearly 5lbs suprise

,i thought this must be a 1 in a million only to have the same thing happen in the same place on monday with a 3.5lb crab clung to a doggy.i dont know much about this species,is this a common acurance confused

?i do have picks when i get them devolped.

Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:32 pm

wow you never know what you are gonna catch nowadays
blame global warming and trawlers dumping there bycatch

cant wait to see the pics

Member Joined: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 78 Location: HUMBERSIDE

Thats ty-croes anglesey

Regular Joined: Oct 14, 2005 Posts: 400 Location: Holyhead

I live on Anglesey and judging by your post you are the proud captor of Spider Crabs. I've been fishing around Anglesey for 30 years and I report that these crabs where not here ten years ago. These crabs march along the seabed in colonies looking for new grounds. They are a nuisance, they also cut your hook snoods. Did you catch anything else in Ty Croes besides monster Spider Crabs?

Member Joined: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 78 Location: HUMBERSIDE

mostly doggies,a couple of wrasse.my mate had a conger touching double figures.im back again at the end of june with the mrs so il have another go.hopefully be able to catch some fresh mackerel for bait.where will i find macky rock?

Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:18 pm

spider crabs and king crabs are the same species
the king crab grows to 6 ft across

watch the deadlist catch channel 4 20.00hrs

Regular Joined: Oct 14, 2005 Posts: 400 Location: Holyhead

The name Spider Crab is a collective name which covers hundreds of different species, one of them being the Pacific King Crab which you see on TV. A Spider Crab is any species of the decapod family Majidae (or Maiidae; class Crustacea). Just copied the last sentence from a quick google.

Regular Joined: Oct 14, 2005 Posts: 400 Location: Holyhead

Bigfish - Macky Rock is on Holy Island also known as Holyhead or in Welsh Caergybi. Macky Rock is situated about half a mile from Porth Dafarch beach on the right hand side as your looking out to sea. You will need to take the coastal footpath and I guarantee that you will pass somebody who has just been there providing it is fishable. I suggest that you look to see where other people are fishing. If the weather is good there will be an army of anglers on the rock. Don't bother if the wind is blowing from the South or West as large swells surge up and over the top of the rock. It is not easy to get down to the rock as you have to encounter a crevice with a sloping rock down to the mark. Has to be one of the best marks in North Wales, my mate caught the Welsh Record Mackeral there back in the 90's well over four pounds. Bottom fishing produces Ray, Tope, Smoothhound, Flaties, Gurnards, Codling and many more if you manage to get past the Doggies.

Member Joined: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 78 Location: HUMBERSIDE

cheerz for that AH,like i say am there again at the end of june,wel have to meet up or something?you can let me into some of that local knowledge.are they still catching plenty of mackerel from the breakwater?