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Crab eggs

Post by 4n6fisher » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:48 am

Pulled this lady up the other day, full of eggs. Interesting we were in a spot that all we got were females, except one large male out of about 40 crabs. While not the most experienced crabber I thought it was interesting that there were so many females in every pot, not even any small males. Thankfully she did not grab onto the
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Full of eggs
pot so we able to gently release her.

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Re: Crab eggs

Post by Outdoor Gal » Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:15 am

In my entire rec. crabbing life, I've never seen a female crab busting at the seams with eggs. Were you crabbing near the fertility clinic? lol
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Re: Crab eggs

Post by jd39 » Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:37 am

That’s pretty cool. Apparently juvenile and adult kings and coho gorge on crab larvae, didn’t know that until recently. So we need those for future crabs and to help salmon survive!

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