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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Pass The Butter! => Topic started by: newcaddy4j on July 10, 2012, 03:36:01 PM
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I've read a couple posts about the crabs from around the Raritan having "brown growth", I personally haven't seen it. But I have definitely seen crabs with stained brown shells. I've always equated this to an older crab. Just an FYI.
Good website.
http://www.bluecrab.info/prime.htm (http://www.bluecrab.info/prime.htm)
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Thanks ,been crabbing for 50+ years and learned some thing .Good to know . slt
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Yes there brown growth when they live in Mud mostly in the creeks and rivers like the Navisink up in red bank. that made for a good read. If you ever get a chance to got to Christville MD its a crab mecca. I was there for a week end and luck out with a tour of one of the Plants, I saw the Boats The Cookers the pickers and machines that finish them off. then what looked like a Jail it was the shredder tables behind barbed wire and locked gates each crabber had their own section, god forbid poaching, The festival they have is a no miss but rooms are in short supply. look up the area about the out Islands a lot of history and all. Bill
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I watched a show on the Chesapeake once and they showed the women who worked at the crab processing plants. Insane. They could pick and sort an entire crab under a minute. And I mean picked clean.
They boil the crabs in seawater, straight out of the bay. From the boat directly to a pot.
Wish I remembered what show it was.
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dirty jobs! t^
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No Boil the have giant steamers I will try to find the photos I took. The pickers are paid by the pound and they are fast. And I might add make very good money.
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slt