Question: what's the optimal way to present crabs (peeler) as bait? I read somewhere to cut them in half, but 'em on a hook with shirring elastic and off you go. But doesn't that look completely unnatural? Wouldn't a whole crab be better?
Or is the assumption that the species you're after hunt by smell anyway, by night (smoothies, bass, etc) so a half crab makes no difference....
Btw, I had a discussion on the beach over the weekend with a lad who mentioned there was a special crab bait hook? Some kind of a kinked hook? Anyone know?
crabs as bait - to halve or not
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Re: crabs as bait - to halve or not
Yeah no worries. The lad that uploaded that has a load of videos that are good. Check out the one where he catches an electric eel not knowing what it is 