View Full Version : Crabs invade so cal beaches.
old pudd fisher
06-21-2015, 06:34 PM
Just look at all these suckers. I wonder if you can eat them. 46504 46505 46506
DEVOREFLYER
06-21-2015, 06:57 PM
Just look at all these suckers. I wonder if you can eat them. 46504 46505 46506
Cajun Gumbo comes to mind, they kinda look like "Cajun Mud Bugs".....
Stinkbait
06-21-2015, 08:50 PM
La Niņa for sure. Those little guys are the reason you got a shot at a yellow right now on a 1/2 day boat.
shinbob
06-22-2015, 07:48 AM
La Niņa for sure. Those little guys are the reason you got a shot at a yellow right now on a 1/2 day boat.
Question for the people catching yellows right now -- are these in their stomachs? Genuinely curious, even though I'm not a salt guy.
City Dad
06-22-2015, 09:36 AM
I love the Ocean
La Niņa for sure. Those little guys are the reason you got a shot at a yellow right now on a 1/2 day boat.
Kind of the opposite of La Nina, El Nino.
NFCD I
06-22-2015, 10:28 AM
They look more like shrimp than crabs.
DarkShadow
06-22-2015, 01:48 PM
Hope they're checking their papers!
City Dad
06-23-2015, 09:33 AM
Hope they're checking their papers!
they're taking jobs away from native mole crabs
billystein
06-23-2015, 09:35 AM
They look more like shrimp than crabs.
they look more like crawdads to me.
DarkShadow
06-23-2015, 11:30 AM
they're taking jobs away from native mole crabs
And look at all the resources they're taking up! That bulldozer contracted to clean them up ain't free! Bet they haven't even learned the native language yet.
smokehound
06-23-2015, 03:10 PM
Pelagic red crabs seek warm shallow water to spawn. They are an indicator of el nino conditions, but ignore the people whining about radiation from japan or climate change.
this is a natural occurance every summer, though more noticeable during strong el nino conditions. They normally stay south of san diego, as our waters are normally too cold for them, but the warmth has allowed them to migrate up to socal.
midgettosser1
06-23-2015, 04:33 PM
Question for the people catching yellows right now -- are these in their stomachs? Genuinely curious, even though I'm not a salt guy.
Yes. Yellowtail eat them. Just about everything will eat them. Caught two yellows a couple weeks ago, one full of crabs one full of sardines. Interesting considering they were caught in the same area. Guess the one full of red crab was just lazy.
dpaulus9
06-24-2015, 07:14 PM
just got back from 7 day trip omn excel and stopped and fish cedros for an afternoon and that place was full of red crabs. we went as far south as the ridge and i saw them everywhere. havent seen it this thick before. and they look like crawdads to me too