Reply With QuoteIntersex fish are becoming common......safe to say crab will be too......not that there is anything wrong with that!
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Thread: 1/2 bushel on 100ft trot line
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05-28-2012, 06:30 PM #11
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Several of the males I saw Saturday had red claws. I flipped them over and I promise you they were males.
Capt Dale's right, the ones in disguise can be hard to tell apart.
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05-30-2012, 07:57 AM #12
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05-30-2012, 04:09 PM #13
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Ive had quite a few Males with red claws my last 2 outings....... Swore my wife up and down she put Sooks in the basket, till she turned them over and proved me wrong!!! I can say though, its the first year I've seen it.....
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05-31-2012, 10:18 AM #14
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THANK YOU FOR POSTING, NEMO, YOU ARE HELPFUL, THANK YOU.
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I HAVE SEEN MALE CRABS WITH RED CLAW TIPS, ON AND OFF. Dont know why they are red. I always thought / speculated that red males meant they would sluff soon... probably natty boh talking again....
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You are a bad man capn dale.... smiling... thanks for humor...
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05-31-2012, 01:45 PM #15
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Crabbing Board Rockstar!!
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