Calico crabs - call them irresistible

[wish4fish]

he makes it sound so easy, but it ain't, lol. lotta hard work, but they do catch.

[plugginpete]

Full moon calicos are striper crack.

[DarkSkies]

he makes it sound so easy, but it ain't, lol. lotta hard work, but they do catch.

Yeah they are tough to get, but if they were too easy, everyone would be raking.

[Fishman]

Good read thanks for sharing.

[hookset]

A bud was raking crabs with this supermoon and caught a few bass. nothing big but bass all the same. When the jetties are covered this will be a thing of the past. sad.

[hookset]

finchaser was talking about fishing mole crabs. This is a cool video where the only fish they catch are with those crabs aka sand fleas.

[seamonkey]

A bud was raking crabs with this supermoon and caught a few bass. nothing big but bass all the same. When the jetties are covered this will be a thing of the past. sad.

Totally agree! We have some calicos in cm but it took 8 years for them to return.

[seamonkey]

Thanks for sharing this I might finally get a rake this year and give it a try. I don't know about keeping them in a tank though. That seems like a very big process.

[finchaser]

You rake and fish them only on the full and new moon when they pop their shells and are softies, then in a few days they become tin backs and still are a good bait. After that the shell hardens they are useless for bait. They can be raked in tidal pools you don't need jetties

Soft shell blueclaws work as good if not better and no raking involved
Many seafood markets throw them out when they die and can be purchased cheap