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[conedoggy]

i was fishing at the park wed. morning from 3:30 a.m. till 9:30 a.m. no fish....then walked around for a few hours ... i am new to the beach during the winter .. but found it odd that there were thousands of what appeared to be juvenile hard shell crabs dead all over the shore , and black shelled mussels also ...anyone know if this happens all the time , or is something weird  going on in the atlantic....i never thought i would see crabs dead or alive in this weather( i didn't see any live ones) ....but what do i know !!! any of you regulars have an answer...

[Fireman Ed]

Do you know what kind of crabs they were green? blue claw? and for the mussels could have had really rough seas and they get ripped from the rocks and washed up..

[conedoggy]

well fireman, to me they looked like the maryland blue shells . but, small. prob. 1 - 3 inch point to point...and the mussels were black shells , but also very small...kinda like " Honey i shrunk the seafood" i have pics on my phone , don't know how to post. if someone can post pics let me know your number i sent them to you... i dont know...

[ChrisL]

It's the "norm" to see them down by the inlet in large number, but no so usual for the rest of the beach.

[ped579]