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Just finishing up a 14' crabbing skiff. I will be over on the Eastern Shore all summer on my off days with the grand kids. They get bored fishing, but love crabbing.
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I love crabs, but unless you can get quite large ones, they're too much of a hassle to eat. No such option is available where I hail from, which is why I never bother.
I love crabs, but unless you can get quite large ones, they're too much of a hassle to eat. No such option is available where I hail from, which is why I never bother.
WOW!!!!
Building it from plans, or just from your own head????
Earle Brockway built these boats for over 40 years. I used to sit and watch him build these on my off days when I was in the Navy in New London Ct. My friend rented a house up the street from Earle in Old Saybrook. The only measurements needed are the stem post angles and the transom. The transom can be cut to have most any desirable side flare you choose. The rest is done by eye.
You have to look at pickin crabs as a kind of therapeutic exercise. Having beer is always helpful too. And a group of good friends/family.
yea..definitely not my thing.
You have to look at pickin crabs as a kind of therapeutic exercise. Having beer is always helpful too. And a group of good friends/family.
Alright folks, crabs deserve their own thread. Let's not booger up the lobster thread. Each has their own merit.
So crabs. I'm in Delaware. Right up the road from the Chesapeake Bay. Blue Crabs!!!! :mrgreen:
Steamed in beer and Old Bay seasoning.
A cooler full of beer and a bushel of these and the rest of the world can go F themselves.
I've never been to west coast so Dungeness crabs and such I've never had. When I try them, I want them to be FRESH. Not frozen and flown across the country.
Does anyone like softshell crabs?
Not a fan. No. Just no.
Me either. Just wondering. Getting past the eating everything part isn't easy.
My one and only time trying was while I was living in Baltimore. Went to a (relative to Baltimore) famous crab place and was told I HAD to try a soft-shell crab sandwich.
Lets just say...NEVER AGAIN. :shock:
Saw those on a food networks show (DD&D I think) and I was appalled. If you have ever eaten the salt bags from a crab, or know someone who has, you get very leery about eating stuff from inside that isn't part of the leg-moving muscles. The sight of a whole crab between 2 pieces of bread was only topped by someone taking a big bite out of it. Thoroughly disturbing......
Just finishing up a 14' crabbing skiff. I will be over on the Eastern Shore all summer on my off days with the grand kids. They get bored fishing, but love crabbing.
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Alright folks, crabs deserve their own thread. Let's not booger up the lobster thread. Each has their own merit.
So crabs. I'm in Delaware. Right up the road from the Chesapeake Bay. Blue Crabs!!!! :mrgreen:
Steamed in beer and Old Bay seasoning.
A cooler full of beer and a bushel of these and the rest of the world can go F themselves.
I've never been to west coast so Dungeness crabs and such I've never had. When I try them, I want them to be FRESH. Not frozen and flown across the country.
Unless you're planning on moving here, I would suggest that if you come out to Oregon, that you DON'T try the crab. If you do, when you go back to the East Coast, you'll be sad and disappointed at what you have to eat. Accept the low standard of the blue crab and your poor lot in life and you'll be much happier. But if you plan on moving to Oregon/Washington, then come on out and have a bucket (I've never seen crab out here by the bushel, but lots of 5 gal. buckets full) of crab and then your only sadness will the wasted years of having to eat East Coast crab.
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