Red Crabs

[Mr J]

Good Morning Guys and Girls

Need some help please. Where in East London, taking into consideration the safety factor, as I mostly fish alone, are one of the better areas to collect Red Crabs? Are these crabs easily collected on the Neap tide? 

Also I see at Nahoon River there are a lot of Fiddler Crabs (the ones with the single large claw) but they disappear quite quickly down their holes. Any idea how to catch these little critters? Have a hunch they might make good bait...

Ta.

 

 

[aquadementia]

dig a hole in the sand near their burrows and put some old bait in an empty coffee tin and bury the coffee tin, making the top of the tin level with the sand. keep your distance and watch for a while and they will probably drop in for a bite to eat! As for red crabs, be quick and take the pain, cos they pinch!

 

[Mr J]

Will definitely try that thanks  a stack.

 

[Marthin]

Red crab... Get a piece of red car tube, cut into strips and tie to a broomstick... put this in the rock pools and catch the crabs when they flee thinking it's an octopus.

Works best at night with a torch.

 

[stevenofferman]

i actually saw an occi go for a red crab on saterday, was awesome..

 

[Marthin]

the ideal is to fasten a 10/0 hook very well to the broomstick, and then catch an occie or 2 while searching for the red crab. they will attack or flee from the red tube depending on if they are smaller/larger than the "lure".

 

[stevenofferman]

catch crabs by using a klipvissie setup, with a small #1 hook with a periwinkle as bait, then tie a loop knot and turn it so the loop is around the bait, when a crab feed it grabs the hook and te loop pulling it tight and ull have ur bait... i use that technique when the crab is in a crevace but when its in the open or under a ledge, its easy to catch it with a klipvissie net