keeping river crab

[john/r]

hi ,just a follow on to bringing on crab thread,how many people find like myself it is easier to keep shore crab alive than river,
john

[Mogthemackem]

I might sound a bit of an amature here but are river crab more reddy brown and shore crab green? If so I've definitely lost a few reddy brown crab and can't remember losing a green crab on those warmer days.

[fishingfanatastico]

Re:CRAB

Yes mate shore crab are lighter in coulor, river crab is always darker probably simply through the environment(water) each crab live in. I have found it is easier to keep shore crab alive even red hot days when flattie bashing, river crab seems to be weaker for some reason. But this doesn't effect how they fish, people get live peelers in the winter and most of these are river crab however people catch fish on these year in year out but i like using sea crab its cleaner and personally i think it fishes amazing in the rights conditions. Frozen and fresh a fish will scoff it either way if it sees it.(codling/Cod they are worser than whiteys they get going in a Big sea)

[CHUKKA]

Yes mate shore crab are lighter in coulor, river crab is always darker probably simply through the environment(water) each crab live in. I have found it is easier to keep shore crab alive even red hot days when flattie bashing, river crab seems to be weaker for some reason. But this doesn't effect how they fish, people get live peelers in the winter and most of these are river crab however people catch fish on these year in year out but i like using sea crab its cleaner and personally i think it fishes amazing in the rights conditions. Frozen and fresh a fish will scoff it either way if it sees it.(codling/Cod they are worser than whiteys they get going in a Big sea)

Personally I think there is a big difference in fish catching ability of crabs from different areas.

The best crab I find are always those which are very dark green with dark orange custardy juices that have an aniseed smell to them. Usaully from the open shore rock pools. The huge cock crabs found in North Northumberland are superb but hard to find!!

As far as river crab goes I would rate them in order as follows

Devons, Tees, Blyth with Tyne last

For some reason tyne crab can be milky. They catch fish dont get me wrong but given a choice I would have local Tees or Blyth crab any day.

I also think the further up river you go the poorer the quality they get.

[john/r]

hi chukka, how do you rate the wear crab, talking to bob gasgoine one day at work he was saying he could tell me which crab came from what river interesting
john

[The man from the prom]

crab

must have different accents

[BriH]

hi chukka, how do you rate the wear crab, talking to bob gasgoine one day at work he was saying he could tell me which crab came from what river interesting
john

Maybe because he was in someone elses traps Lmco

[The man from the prom]

crabs

L.OL just fund out what it means been garn round calling every one lol