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  1. #46

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    Tailor in the brissy seems to be the go at the moment. Had a variety of baits lately including Mack tuna, pillies, mullet, gar, spanish frames,and tailor (cleaned out the chest freezer)and all crabs have come to the pot with tailor. Ben

  2. #47

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    Best - Fresh fish frams / heads / offcuts from Yeun's Asian grocer at market square - $3.00/kg - help yourself to best bits out of big containers...


    Worst - cat fish - crabs didnt even touch it!

  3. #48

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    I've had good results recently with pilchards..... but mu best so far is roast chicken.

    when we have roast chicken, i carve the bird and stuff all the bones and left over skin & stuff inside... bind it up with string.... thenstick a piece of wire thru it....into a ziplock baggie & into the freezer.

    Last one I used......I had it in the pot for 4 hours.....got some good crabs off it..... back into the baggie & back into the freezer.....and used it again next time.

    When they come out of the water.....ther is a real good roasty smell.

    cheers
    Its the details, those little details, that make the difference.

  4. #49

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    All week people were not doing very well on muddies in baffle creek.. pretty much everyone dad spoke to was coming up empty handed.. Old mate use a couple of pilles and for 2 pots out for only a few hours each day (5 days) came out with 5 good sized bucks, twice as many big jennies and a handful of undersized randoms... All caught with 100m of flatrock.

  5. #50

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    Go to some joint that sells pre-made Chicken Roast Rolls and that sort of thing....
    In Brissy it's places like Pattons, Lenards, maybe even the local Butcher.......

    Get the Chicken Frames...maybe $1 each if you're unlucky.

    They're magic..............and work real well in Burley too....
    ..........................................for the days the Crabs are off.
    Don.
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    It was a Woman who drove me to Drink......
    ....and I never gave her money for the Petrol......


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    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    Save all those mongrel grinners you catch - they are second to none when it comes to crab bait!

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    Ausfish Gold Member ThePinkPanther's Avatar
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    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    .................. forgot to mention, mate of mine also uses old chicken frames in a small mesh bag and swears by them!

  8. #53

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    the t-bones ive been using for the crab pots (earlier post) have rotted away and have been replaced by raw, frozen chicken drumsticks from the local butcher...at $3 per kg they make a cheap bait, and are working well...

  9. #54

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    So what are the worst crab pot bait choices?

  10. #55

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    Quote Originally Posted by A_DIFF_PERSPECTIVE View Post
    So what are the worst crab pot bait choices?
    G'day

    Salmon frames.... and reef fish frames

    Dave

  11. #56

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    I agree that chook frames are good and I score mine from Lenards for 20cents each. Old mate there always tries to sell me a crate of 30 for $6. I tell him I don't have the room for all of those and generally get ten for $2. I do believe however that they are not the best if crabbing for an extended period as they really start to smell rank after half a day and I believe this has an impact on catch rate.

  12. #57

    Re: Crab Pot Bait

    Quote Originally Posted by Craigo View Post
    I can't say I have seen them at it, but I did see two of them smoking once when I pulled a pot up.
    my drink came out of my nose... roflmao.

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