Soft crabs

[4liters]

Those muddy areas near mangroves are full of little crabs, not sure if it would be legal but one of those little mesh bait traps might catch a few.

[dezza68]

Similar..it was old car tyres in the Tyne..half buried, perfect hiding place for them.
Other than that, look under rocks and ledges near the high tide mark, they tend to hide up as far as they can to avoid predation during their shedding phase.[/quote]

Same mud and similar levels of crap in the river I reckon. Nice eco friendly trapping with car tyres, still its recycling I suppose.
Dumb question but do you still get those dodgy octopus in muddy areas?

[CarlG]

Similar..it was old car tyres in the Tyne..half buried, perfect hiding place for them.
Other than that, look under rocks and ledges near the high tide mark, they tend to hide up as far as they can to avoid predation during their shedding phase.

Same mud and similar levels of crap in the river I reckon. Nice eco friendly trapping with car tyres, still its recycling I suppose.
Dumb question but do you still get those dodgy octopus in muddy areas?[/quote]
Where you get crabs, you'll get occies..crab potters hate them, occies slip into the pot, bite the crab, suck the life out of it, slip back out..all you get in the pot is an empty shell..

[dezza68]

Similar..it was old car tyres in the Tyne..half buried, perfect hiding place for them.
Other than that, look under rocks and ledges near the high tide mark, they tend to hide up as far as they can to avoid predation during their shedding phase.

Same mud and similar levels of crap in the river I reckon. Nice eco friendly trapping with car tyres, still its recycling I suppose.
Dumb question but do you still get those dodgy octopus in muddy areas?

Where you get crabs, you'll get occies..crab potters hate them, occies slip into the pot, bite the crab, suck the life out of it, slip back out..all you get in the pot is an empty shell..[/quote]

Me going mad, I was meaning those blue ringed ones, but of course what self respecting octopus is going to be sitting in a trap waiting for me when the tides gone out. Doh!