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Post by eddy on Jul 3, 2008 21:09:19 GMT
Yeah they don't usually feed (or do much at all actually  ) whilst waiting to peel. sorry but your wrong,shore crab(greenbacks)will sit under rocks/weed etc until the process is done,spiders will feed upto the point they start taking on water to pop the shell.if you go to any break water with a baited net(brighton marina for one)you will pull up peeling spiders,i personally prefer the night time low water way.....hundreds to choose from ;D every year the spider molt attracts countless bait hunters on brighton marina,no doubt you've never collected spiders  |
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Post by squideyebarnes on Jul 4, 2008 13:55:27 GMT
collected 3 fish crates full and 75% were peelers and the rest were soft backs DE lunged and shelled and vac packed them.
When doing the leg test only kept if they had the claw on the end and it was black not brown is this right or did I threw back loads of good ones to.Also threw back the jelly's legs and claws are these any good as bait?
Andy
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Post by woody565 on Jul 4, 2008 14:27:34 GMT
Hi all
Im going to come down on monday night to fish selsey, low water is about 20:45. Do you think i will be able to pickup 4 or 5 peeling spiders form anywhere along this part of the coast? Thanks for any help
Danny
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Post by eddy on Jul 4, 2008 15:35:09 GMT
collected 3 fish crates full and 75% were peelers and the rest were soft backs DE lunged and shelled and vac packed them. When doing the leg test only kept if they had the claw on the end and it was black not brown is this right or did I threw back loads of good ones to.Also threw back the jelly's legs and claws are these any good as bait? Andy the colour of the spike will vary between brown to almost black,the main thing is 'has it got the claw'if it has then theres a 90+% chance it's a peeler,i say 90+% because every now and then you'll come across one or two which are'nt quite ready to peel,you'll now it when you find one because you'll end up with a big meaty mushy lump as opposed to a perfect crab. you can collect them with a baited net but i prefer to do it at low water,they tend to be well on the way to peeling,thus easier to peel,also you will find the jellies just starting to pop the shell,the crinklies i leave alone. so yes you probably threw a good few peelers back ;D |
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Post by eddy on Jul 4, 2008 15:36:30 GMT
Hi all Im going to come down on monday night to fish selsey, low water is about 20:45. Do you think i will be able to pickup 4 or 5 peeling spiders form anywhere along this part of the coast? Thanks for any help Danny not to sure about selsey,weston shore in southampton should have a few |
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Post by squideyebarnes on Jul 4, 2008 21:05:56 GMT
Cheers Eddy for that's great thanks.
Andy
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Post by squideyebarnes on Jul 6, 2008 20:08:48 GMT
here's a pic of some spider peelers you can see the old shell just waiting to pop of! so these are prime for pheromone release i guess?  |
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Post by daznewland1 on Jul 6, 2008 20:47:59 GMT
here's a pic of some spider peelers you can see the old shell just waiting to pop of! so these are prime for pheromone release i guess? there the ones you want mate ;D |
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Post by woody565 on Jul 7, 2008 11:36:24 GMT
excellent pics, got to get me some of those. how much longer do u think they will peel for? and will be a ble to get some at low water in daylight?
Cheers
Danny
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Post by solehunter on Jul 7, 2008 15:25:25 GMT
no more than 2 or 3 weeks i wouldnt have thought.
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Post by eddy on Jul 7, 2008 19:22:35 GMT
the downside to all this is that there is a MLS in force for spider crab  ,don't get caught ;D |
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Post by monkeynuts on Jul 7, 2008 19:36:52 GMT
seems the spider crab peel has finished in hamble river , not 1 for 5 days now.
back to turning rocks for me.
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Post by eddy on Jul 8, 2008 12:32:43 GMT
seems the spider crab peel has finished in hamble river , not 1 for 5 days now. back to turning rocks for me. might be down to the weather john,have a look when we get some warm calm weather....if we get any |
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Post by AdamG on Jul 8, 2008 15:20:37 GMT
seems the spider crab peel has finished in hamble river , not 1 for 5 days now. back to turning rocks for me. might be down to the weather john,have a look when we get some warm calm weather....if we get any exactly what i was thinking. we had that burst of easterlys, now the southerlys, that next, westerlies then northerlys? |
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Post by codfather11 on Jul 8, 2008 16:41:01 GMT
wheres the crab
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