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'Dead crabs' on beach are often just old exoskeletons

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  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member Posts: 15,316
    Yep

    Dungeness crab is practically free right now
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,342 Founders Club

    $6/lb.

    I paid $9.99 the other day. Basically free for Deschutes river crabs
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,323 Standard Supporter
    Soon as I say $6 a lb, I buy it at $5 a lb at Costco.
  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member Posts: 15,316

    Soon as I say $6 a lb, I buy it at $5 a lb at Costco.

    $5 here in the real Inland Empire
  • SECDAWG
    SECDAWG Member Posts: 5,004
    dflea said:

    Crab is about as cheap as I've ever seen it right now - so if you like Dungeness crab, go get it.

    I was out crabbing last weekend and we pulled a pot that had only been soaking about 20 minutes. It was so full the doors wouldn't open to let another crab in. It's been years since I've seen crabbing like that. In the last week, I've eaten crab in about every way I could think of - and it was fucking awesome.




    Dungeonous $18/pound here, snow crab a little less. Still way too high. Got like, $32/pound when everything shot up last year. Fk that.

    It has came down but still expensive here. Blue crab not as bad because it’s abundant locally.

    Far as exoskeletons, full moon will turn their shells soft. Blue crab. Can walk the islands or beach and get em and they’re not dead but molting, so to speak. Good stuff.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,558 Founders Club
    Bunch of Crabbing Superiority Guys in this thread
  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,328 Founders Club

    Bunch of Crabbing Superiority Guys in this thread

    I’m not surprised so many of our plasters have experience dealing with crabs.
  • Fenderbender123
    Fenderbender123 Member Posts: 2,989
    $15 a pound where I live. Is that cheap?
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    dflea said:

    Crab is about as cheap as I've ever seen it right now - so if you like Dungeness crab, go get it.

    I was out crabbing last weekend and we pulled a pot that had only been soaking about 20 minutes. It was so full the doors wouldn't open to let another crab in. It's been years since I've seen crabbing like that. In the last week, I've eaten crab in about every way I could think of - and it was fucking awesome.




    Chintriguing. Any reason why?
  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam

    dflea said:

    Crab is about as cheap as I've ever seen it right now - so if you like Dungeness crab, go get it.

    I was out crabbing last weekend and we pulled a pot that had only been soaking about 20 minutes. It was so full the doors wouldn't open to let another crab in. It's been years since I've seen crabbing like that. In the last week, I've eaten crab in about every way I could think of - and it was fucking awesome.




    Chintriguing. Any reason why?
    Pretty sure it good ocean conditions and a late commercial opener. The commercial crabbers will clean them out pretty quickly I think considering how many pots we in the bay - they were everywhere.

    Dungies are meaty crabs - about 25% meat by weight - so you'll get a half pound of picked meat from a 2 pound crab.

    $15 a pound right now is robbery.
  • TurdBomber
    TurdBomber Member Posts: 20,045 Standard Supporter

    dflea said:

    dflea said:

    Crab is about as cheap as I've ever seen it right now - so if you like Dungeness crab, go get it.

    I was out crabbing last weekend and we pulled a pot that had only been soaking about 20 minutes. It was so full the doors wouldn't open to let another crab in. It's been years since I've seen crabbing like that. In the last week, I've eaten crab in about every way I could think of - and it was fucking awesome.



    Chintriguing. Any reason why?
    Pretty sure it good ocean conditions and a late commercial opener. The commercial crabbers will clean them out pretty quickly I think considering how many pots we in the bay - they were everywhere.

    Dungies are meaty crabs - about 25% meat by weight - so you'll get a half pound of picked meat from a 2 pound crab.

    $15 a pound right now is robbery.
    You like to call Metacarcinus magister "Dungies." That's what you like to do.
    Methinks one Crab Superiority Guy is Praetor.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,136 Standard Supporter
    dflea said:

    dflea said:

    Crab is about as cheap as I've ever seen it right now - so if you like Dungeness crab, go get it.

    I was out crabbing last weekend and we pulled a pot that had only been soaking about 20 minutes. It was so full the doors wouldn't open to let another crab in. It's been years since I've seen crabbing like that. In the last week, I've eaten crab in about every way I could think of - and it was fucking awesome.




    Chintriguing. Any reason why?
    Pretty sure it good ocean conditions and a late commercial opener. The commercial crabbers will clean them out pretty quickly I think considering how many pots we in the bay - they were everywhere.

    Dungies are meaty crabs - about 25% meat by weight - so you'll get a half pound of picked meat from a 2 pound crab.

    $15 a pound right now is robbery.
    Do dungies pair better with sativa or indica?
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter

    dflea said:

    dflea said:

    Crab is about as cheap as I've ever seen it right now - so if you like Dungeness crab, go get it.

    I was out crabbing last weekend and we pulled a pot that had only been soaking about 20 minutes. It was so full the doors wouldn't open to let another crab in. It's been years since I've seen crabbing like that. In the last week, I've eaten crab in about every way I could think of - and it was fucking awesome.




    Chintriguing. Any reason why?
    Pretty sure it good ocean conditions and a late commercial opener. The commercial crabbers will clean them out pretty quickly I think considering how many pots we in the bay - they were everywhere.

    Dungies are meaty crabs - about 25% meat by weight - so you'll get a half pound of picked meat from a 2 pound crab.

    $15 a pound right now is robbery.
    Do dungies pair better with sativa or indica?
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  • SECDAWG
    SECDAWG Member Posts: 5,004
    I hate crab superiority guysms…

    The horror.
  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,686 Swaye's Wigwam

    dflea said:

    dflea said:

    Crab is about as cheap as I've ever seen it right now - so if you like Dungeness crab, go get it.

    I was out crabbing last weekend and we pulled a pot that had only been soaking about 20 minutes. It was so full the doors wouldn't open to let another crab in. It's been years since I've seen crabbing like that. In the last week, I've eaten crab in about every way I could think of - and it was fucking awesome.




    Chintriguing. Any reason why?
    Pretty sure it good ocean conditions and a late commercial opener. The commercial crabbers will clean them out pretty quickly I think considering how many pots we in the bay - they were everywhere.

    Dungies are meaty crabs - about 25% meat by weight - so you'll get a half pound of picked meat from a 2 pound crab.

    $15 a pound right now is robbery.
    Do dungies pair better with sativa or indica?
    Sativa if it's for breakfast or lunch. Indica if it's for dinner or a midnight snack.
  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,754 Founders Club
    edited February 2023

    dflea said:

    dflea said:

    Crab is about as cheap as I've ever seen it right now - so if you like Dungeness crab, go get it.

    I was out crabbing last weekend and we pulled a pot that had only been soaking about 20 minutes. It was so full the doors wouldn't open to let another crab in. It's been years since I've seen crabbing like that. In the last week, I've eaten crab in about every way I could think of - and it was fucking awesome.




    Chintriguing. Any reason why?
    Pretty sure it good ocean conditions and a late commercial opener. The commercial crabbers will clean them out pretty quickly I think considering how many pots we in the bay - they were everywhere.

    Dungies are meaty crabs - about 25% meat by weight - so you'll get a half pound of picked meat from a 2 pound crab.

    $15 a pound right now is robbery.
    You like to call Metacarcinus magister "Dungies." That's what you like to do.
    To go more in depth on these eco ocean issues, i can whole heartedly recommend the preeminent book on the subject ~ "Waves and Beaches", a thrilling and informative read, and the seminal discussion of the intricacies involved in oceans, waves, estuaries and beach formation. I know, Wow.

    About 1/3 of the book is dedicated to the Latin Names of crustaceans [you are going to memorize those] and such so this will be very helpful in day to day discussions with friends and loved ones as well. Enjoy.