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stingray
08-15-2010, 01:55 PM
Caught a BLUE crab this AM. Actually caught it twice. The entire crab was bright powder blue except for the underside which was white.
Another crabber near me took a picture. Not sure if he monitors this site.
BTW- I wasn't crabbing the Patapsco.:D
crabby and son
08-15-2010, 03:38 PM
They are beautiful creatures! William Warner's book beautiful swimmers was a good read. I would like to see the picture.........Gary
racemd
08-15-2010, 04:28 PM
You can see one at the Wildlife reserve/park something like that off of muddy creek road.. Its amazing what clear water wil do to a blue crab... Come to think of it, all the ones we catch in Florida near New Port Ritchie are all blue instead of green.
shoot4bone
08-15-2010, 05:07 PM
I have only ever seen one of the "powder blue" crabs you are referring to once and that was this year. Strange???
J bones
08-18-2010, 09:03 AM
It's a genetic variation, not related to water clarity.
WRClarke
08-18-2010, 02:09 PM
http://wrclarkepix.shutterfly.com/707Not powder blue but almost electric blue that this picture doen't do justice to. We caught these in the Coto Colorado River in Zancudo, Costa Rica. We've been going for years but never saw any crabs until fishing from a dock one day and one crawled by. Nobody catches them and nobody eats them. At least not in this little beach front village. We made a very rough crab pot out of hardware cloth, baited it and the next day we had enough crabs for dinner for two. When we went to empty it the second day the crocodiles had mashed the pot into a little ball. I guess that's why nobody targets them there. We're thinking of taking some real pots down unassembled and trying our luck in deeper water. http://www.wrclarkepix.shutterfly.com/707
WRClarke
08-18-2010, 02:11 PM
Tried twice to post the picture. I'm missing something...
WRClarke
08-18-2010, 02:14 PM
http://wrclarkepix.shutterfly.com/707
3rd time's a charm.
Swamp
08-18-2010, 02:44 PM
How does the taste in Costa Rica compare to here? I'm looking for a good place to retire in 20 years. Can never start too early.
bob the welder
08-18-2010, 02:51 PM
In the 80s my dad caught an all white blue crab at fort howard and had it in a live box about the time the aquarium was opening. He planned to donate it to them but on the third day it died.
Boseafish
08-18-2010, 05:30 PM
Caught one you are describing a few years ago at Crab Alley. A guy crabbing alongside me said they used to catch them like that years ago and called them "Channel Crabs".
DirtyFrank
08-18-2010, 07:30 PM
looks like he's been sitting in a Porta-Jon
WRClarke
08-19-2010, 05:18 AM
How does the taste in Costa Rica compare to here? I'm looking for a good place to retire in 20 years. Can never start too early.
Just like here, it depends who cooks them. Steamed them over beer/water with salt and red pepper flakes. They were excellent even though we had no crab spices down there then. We do now though.
crabby and son
08-19-2010, 08:09 AM
How does the taste in Costa Rica compare to here? I'm looking for a good place to retire in 20 years. Can never start too early.
You definitely need to start saving now but thing about a "place" in 20 years is worthless right now. This world can change in 20 days much less 20 years!..........Gary
Crabbermanjl
08-19-2010, 11:46 AM
http://wrclarkepix.shutterfly.com/707
3rd time's a charm.
What's the deal with the female laying in the sink?
WRClarke
08-24-2010, 08:49 AM
What's the deal with the female laying in the sink?
She getting ready for her steam bath. It's an untouched fishery, numbers are not a problem. Sort of like shooting does. Not a problem in a healthy population.
crabbyd
08-24-2010, 10:58 AM
Here is a "blue" crab I caught last fall on the eastern shore.
Crabbermanjl
08-24-2010, 09:22 PM
She getting ready for her steam bath. It's an untouched fishery, numbers are not a problem. Sort of like shooting does. Not a problem in a healthy population.
Right! My Bad, Me so sorry I didn't realize where it was till afterwards. Happy Crabbing, I wish I could keep all the ones I catch, But can't.
Jim
shoot4bone
08-25-2010, 10:48 PM
NO. I see the color of your "electric blue" crabs, I meant powder blue (very, very light blue). I will post a picture if I get another.
WRClarke
08-31-2010, 03:03 PM
Right! My Bad, Me so sorry I didn't realize where it was till afterwards. Happy Crabbing, I wish I could keep all the ones I catch, But can't.
Jim
No foul. We were catching 50-60 per pot per day in Chincoteague in early July. We were lucky if we could keep five of them. All egg bearing females. Sure bodes well for the future though.