Peeler crabs

[Borisono]

Anyone tried this, I was searching through the loft short while ago and came across some old Sea Angler mags decided to read a few and came across this article in the March 1980 edition (50p).

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[red rock]

if you could make it work you would make a fortune overnight, many have tried and many have failed

[mick dunn]

Peeler crab.

I used to get them in rock pools etc,however spoke to a guy on the pier the other day who had bought some from a tackle shop in Billingham. Three or four in a small plastic bag and at a cost of £3:50. It looked like a good deal to me. The lad gave me a crab and i cut it into three pieces and used it with rag and squid.

[willywetegg]

Mick, I think you will find that they were not peeler crab mate. All of the tackle shops sell them but they are not nearly the same.

Jim.

[Ian Alexander]

Blind Crabs!

Hi Borisono, I remember that article and also the subsequent letters that it prompted to sea angler magazine! The idea that anyone would deliberately blind a tank full of hardbacks in an attempt to induce the peeling process provoked letters of disgust. If I remember correctly someone said that the wounding inflicted and the corresponding trauma resulted in a very high fatality rate. (Now there's a suprise, eh!).
It's amazing to think that that article was published over a quarter of a century ago. Nowadays, quite rightly, such an article would never go to press.
Equally as shocking...........50 pence for Sea Angler magazine!
I think I can remember saving my pocket money to buy it when I was just a kid and it was published once every 2 months then but I can't remember the exact year.
Ian.

[fozally]

Ian, Did it tell you how to tie a shock leader on back then.....or how to dig lug worm....or how to peel a crab and stick it on a hook ?

[Tompa]

Nah mate, it just tested the best rods for under a tenner :-}

Cheers

Tony