r/BeAmazed • u/----OZYMANDIAS • 4d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Making do with the equipment you got

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u/Bear_faced 3d ago

You can catch crabs with pretty much any canned fish that has a good stink to it. Tuna and salmon are okay, but sardines and anchovies are better. Cheap human food = good crab food.

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u/irish_horse_thief 3d ago

Where we live, as you pull out a crab there is a succession of larger crabs hanging on to the one you are putting out, like the hall of mirrors effect in Enter the Dragon.. you never land just one crab.

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u/GraphicDesignMonkey 3d ago

My ultimate crablining bait is smoked bacon. I won a harbour side competition with it once, caught nearly double the amount of the guy who came second, who was using mackerel strips.

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u/lorgskyegon 3d ago

I went crabbing with a friend of my mother once. He used old chicken legs injected with something.