This week on vacation we spent a lot of our free time crabbing. We used traps and crabbing lines, which are simply a weight with a hook, for the bait, tied to the line. We found rotten, raw chicken and dead fish to work the best. The crabs were most active when
the tide was starting to coming in. The water was als
o the clearest then so it was easy to spot them. The other thing we learned the hard way was that you can drowned a crab. If we store them in too much water over night they w
e die. We did this twice before figuring it out. In total we caught 15 to 20 crabs and had a wonderful dinner on Thursday night. Next time we need to vacation with people who like seafood. There was way too much for the couple of us who ate them. We
have a lot of leftovers to try to freeze. In addition to crabs, we also harvested clams, oysters and whelks (a conch sized looking snail). We have the whelks in the fridge to eat tonight. Bon appetit!
This week on vacation we spent a lot of our free time crabbing. We used traps and crabbing lines, which are simply a weight with a hook, for the bait, tied to the line. We found rotten, raw chicken and dead fish to work the best. The crabs were most active when 
the tide was starting to coming in. The water was als
o the clearest then so it was easy to spot them. The other thing we learned the hard way was that you can drowned a crab. If we store them in too much water over night they w
e die. We did this twice before figuring it out. In total we caught 15 to 20 crabs and had a wonderful dinner on Thursday night. Next time we need to vacation with people who like seafood. There was way too much for the couple of us who ate them. We 
have a lot of leftovers to try to freeze. In addition to crabs, we also harvested clams, oysters and whelks (a conch sized looking snail). We have the whelks in the fridge to eat tonight. Bon appetit!
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