keeping green crabs
 

Anyone have experience keeping crabs alive/fresh? I was wondering how long I could keep them alive at home? Any tips?
Would they survive for a week in a bait bucket submerged at my slip?

how's the crab trap working out?

not too good! I baited it with some old, freezer burned eels and I dont think they liked that too much. I had one spider and one blue crab and ZERO green crabs! I need to throw a bluefish, bunker or some chicken in next time.

Keep them in the fridge and they will keep for weeks. Use tog or bass racks for bait. :)

they will last all season /in ya slip ;

just drill a buch of holes in a 5gal bucket w/a cover & your good ................... Got the asian crabs ,, going catch 5 gal of greenies tonight :jump1:

perfect, thanks guys

green crabs have to be the stinkiest of all bait. I don't even mean dead putrified ones. I mean live healthy green crabs. They stink.

yeah, I think the bucket at the slip will be best. My son barely leaves my eels alone in the garage and having them in the fridge will be too tempting. I can see him now with them scattered all over the floor with the crabs fighting star wars clone troopers.

mIKE ........i THINK POGIES OVER GREEN CRABS :fury:

Just got in >75 minutes of greenies /plenty to start with plus the asian crabs that were chased & caught yesterday ><<

How do you guys catch green crabs? Do you use a trap? What kind.

I keep my crabs (Asian) in an eel pot with the ends closed and tied off at the dock where my boat is. They keep alive for a long time. I'm looking to try to catch some greenies now.

Thanks in advance for replies

Marc Z

usually people that have crabs dont smile like that, too busy scratching.

nice ><><boss:fishin:

i se why yer smilin! i wouldn't ming catchin crabs with her either

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I WISH IT WAS ME /THAT,S MY KID .......LOL:drool:

Z Man your killin me. BOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope your having a good time with the new boat.