BuddhaBrahma
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I'm gonna eat the Frick out of these pinchy little b-holes.
Mar 14, 2017 4:37 AM
BuddhaBrahma
54708
1105
62
I'm gonna eat the Frick out of these pinchy little b-holes.
Infamouse
Sea spiders
dangerdunlop
Friends and I did this while camping in Tofino. 10/10
Sprezzatura81
Upvote for VanIsle!
five09
"We're crab people now"
NyQuilDaydream
I like how everyone on here turned into crab advocates! XD
RevNighthawk
Eww, you got crabs
dreamsandunicorns
Ha
FatGovernor
You lucky boy, Vancouver Island is niice
BuddhaBrahma
*girl
FatGovernor
Even luckier ?
GeorgeGeef
I enjoy how imgur seems to be becoming a seafood forum.
LordNoodles
I don't. It just makes my Midwestern ass jealous.
Taur622
Wot in crustacean!
contactdianewilliams4
Not being a coniseir that is awesome!
wallace3240
We got blue crabs here. What are those? Look delicious.
Manfredjinsinjin
Look like stone crab? Haven't ever eaten them, we target dungee.
MyLifeisaComplicatedDrinkingGame
Looks nothing like Stone Crab.
BBfish
Summer is blueclaw time. My favorite time.
FirstPostMcGee
Blue crab here goes for $9 each. Crazy.
WallyWorldtoo
That's at a store. What's the dock price then?
FirstPostMcGee
Don't know. We're still in the middle of crawfish season so I haven't checked.
BBfish
Retail prices of blueclaws are insane. Get some chicken, string, and a net and get your own!
FirstPostMcGee
Haven't done that since I was a kid.
BuddhaBrahma
Red Rock.
BaalkpanBay
So much better than dungeoness.
Gray808
Uh. No way. We throw our rocks back. Dungeoness or go home. Way more meat, way more flavor than rocks.
BaalkpanBay
Then you haven't had good rocks. To me, dungeoness are too bland.
mcjesusxDDDDDD
I'm here from a year in the future to tell you you are wrong Dungeness are better I've tried both many times
heinleinfan
WHY is everyone posting seafood tonight, imgur? I LIVE IN A LANDLOCKED STATE FFS YOU'RE ALL MAKING ME CRAZY.
divingin
Rock crabs? Not a lot of meat on them. Make sure you hit Dungie season.
Seaspirit
I was looking for this comment. It looks like only on dugeness in the top left.
divingin
Black tipped claws. Rock crab. Dungeness have white tipped claws.
2ndtimesthecharm
I am so envious over here.
DiastaticPower
It's pretty cheap and easy to go crabbing. You just need to be near the ocean.
Opbama
Crap I'm already bad at step 1
DiastaticPower
You can rent crab rings, so there really is no excuse. Go crabbing.
RegisBent
Awesome score! Any imgurians from Victoria?
kkbots
Nice to see an islander I live on the big rock too
tradbowclaw
SAME.
donthaveonebrojustlurk
Get em while you still can, soon as it heats up out here we gonna have red tide coming in
InTheRain
Where did you go? My dad tried a couple of places around Victoria and got NOTHING.
BuddhaBrahma
Sidney pier and James Island ferry dock.
BuddhaBrahma
For anyone questioning their legal size, I posted in my subs with a caliper to show sizes.
prozach234
Sick I just moved to Montreal from there used to live in qualicum beach
BuddhaBrahma
I grew up in Qualicum. Class of '05.
Thirdy
I looked, seems legal size, around 3 inches.
casualnihilist
BenderBenderBender
I'm still stuck on $25 per crab!?
PDXfishing
Not true. Those are red rock crab. Barely table fare. Even Dungeness dont cost $25
BuddhaBrahma
They sure do in the city.
fukmeefuku
We crab out off the San juans,best darn crab ever! They look legal to me!
WeCouldAllGoPeeTogether
I'm not sure if it's legal, but last time I was there I caught them by hand after dark. So. Much. Crab.
UpvoteDogs
BANANAS MOFO, DO YOU KNOW THEM
vitalcal
There's a limit catch of 6 per day for Red Rock Crab.
shijujin
Havent tried crabbing where i live on the island only ever in nanaimo
WallyWorldtoo
Then you had the best. Get them off the docks? MMMMmmm I have the day off should go get some.
shijujin
Yea were i usually go when i have free time when im in nanaimo been a long time since then
theamountofstupidyoudropis
HOW.MANY.FRICKING.NANAS.MF
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
There's an age of consent for being eaten?
aprilludgateduire
Usually about 5 inches in my experience
Czck
Depends on where you are. There are usually restrictions if the sea creature is too small as they are reproducing if you kill all the babies
stinkingyeti
For crabs, yes.
27yoUGLYvirgin
For girls being eaten out too :|
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Do they ever consent though?
stinkingyeti
It takes a long time to learn their language, but yes, they do.
Renowned1k90
But they could be your friends!!!!!
sosickofthesebullshitusernamesandemailaccounts
I trapped crabs in Delta B.C. Right at the Delta Port. Was awesome. Keep it up.
DiastaticPower
Did you only keep the red rocks, or did you just not catch any dungeness?
BuddhaBrahma
Yeah, about a million giant females :(
DiastaticPower
Lame. I miss crabbing. It got crappy right after Fukushima. I assume there's correlation.
Gray808
Where at? We've been having good years consistently... we mostly drop in Puget Sound, north of Shilshole, south of Edmonds.
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I live in Washington and I love to crab in the sound!
NickBlight
You don't need a permit or something to catch them?
BuddhaBrahma
I always carry an anual tidal license. Covers all bivalves and crustaceans.
RowdyTavern
Those don't look like they meet size requirement. ..either way good haul
BuddhaBrahma
Ffs as I've said multiple times now, 110mm for rock crab. Look at how small that is on a ruler. They are smaller than Dungeness.
MyLifeisaComplicatedDrinkingGame
So... Clams/Mussels/Oysters too? You have any Kumamoto's out there? (IIRC they're from the PNW)
HmmVeryInteresting
as long as they're not females right?
lifetooshortnottobenaked
Right. The under bellies are the tell tale. Wide Christmas tree shape design = female. Basically a straight shape is the dudes.
justsomepersonbutyeah
Guess you just made $180 then (If you were to sell them yourself of course)
Jerry02
Hello, Vancouver Island local here. What kind of trap is 20$?
BuddhaBrahma
A folding one. Crappy Tire, Cabellas, Island Outfitters or Capital Iron will have them.
SouthDakotaHairdo
whots a bivalve?
Rogmonster
Clams, mussels, oysters etc. classified by two valves(siphons)that they use to take in and expel water for filtration, oxygen and movement.
SouthDakotaHairdo
cool
TyranosaurusRx
A valve that like both boys and girls
eion85
What's the catch limit on that?
BuddhaBrahma
4 per person. I went with my roomie who bought a day permit.
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icescream
I just hope you catch them far away from where Victoria dumps its raw sewage into the water.
Zero3Quarter
They're bottom feeders. Not like they're living off quality goods to begin with
demonhawk
Why? That's where all the best flavors come from.
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
Makes for big fat crabs. Like OPs moms
BuddhaBrahma
James Island ferry dock.
SomewhatOxygenated
So you just get them where the ferry dumps it's sewage instead?
Zero3Quarter
They're bottom feeders anyways!!!
BuddhaBrahma
Ferries don't dump their sewage, and the "ferry" is a 60 foot walk on only boat.
Stormycakes
This is now my 157th favorite sentence on the internet.
hippybobby
Where's "Edward macaroni fork" rank on your list?
27yoUGLYvirgin
-200,000
shreddedking
don't they have size requirements? some of these crabs are looking too small to be legal.
BuddhaBrahma
110mm. Any crabbing dock will have tools attached to measure them. The smallest was 130mm.
RespectfullyDisagreee
Carnes28
Damn, @op , you're getting the 3rd degree about your crabs
solsactual
OP just slaughtering the questions
lifetooshortnottobenaked
Pretty basic questions for anyone who goes crabbing. Proper Size, sex, and permit = in the clear
RedBeardedGentleman
what about bait?
BuddhaBrahma
Turkey necks.
tradbowclaw
Fellow Islander! What part of the island are you from?
ilikedumbhae
I laughed because pinchy little b-holes
NobodyCanEnjoyNiceThings
Pffft...I can get crabs cheaper than that
smvallee
I live on Vancouver island! Victoria:)
tradbowclaw
SAME and up island toom two homes. Yay fellow islanders.
BuddhaBrahma
Ditto!
smvallee
Small world ☺
SilverSwearsalot
We get rock crab and sand crab in australia that look extremely similar to them but we eat blue swimmers and mud crabs.
nummycakes
I cooked a live crab once. After it finally stopped hissing and screaming and trying to crawl out, I swore I would never cook crab again.
BBfish
Technically that's not hissing/screaming. It's their internal fluids boiling and the steam escaping through their shell. The more you know
Kenona
Just put a lid on the pot. If it tries to crawl out the water is hardly even boiling. They should stop moving the moment they hit the water.
nummycakes
I think the water wasn't hot enough cause I was trying to put the lid on him with his claw grasping the edge.
RoymanHenryburg
Stick them in the freezer for a bit first. They don't try to run away if you do that.
Halbeard
Honestly the best way to do it is to take a sharp knife, and cut them clean in half. They die instantly. Then cook them.
nummycakes
This might sound weird, but I like to eat the stuff in the shell...
harpoonyourboyfriend
TheSunMotherfukerDoYouPraiseIt
My ancestors are smiling at me, imperial. Can you say the same?
yowalkonthefaceofshreck
[screaming naked man in lizard mask bursts through door and attempts to bite chef]
icanreadlips
He looks so sad :(
IAmNotACatISwear
Well, he's about to get his head cut off. I'd be pretty sad at that point too.
ToastedVanilla
Do they HAVE to be alive? Can't you just snip their head off and cook on the spot?
nummycakes
I think I did it wrong cause I was just going off how I thought I saw my parents do it when I was a kid...
Ne0nDust7
Let the crab juice boil and cook it from the inside while he dies a slow painful death. Hmm delicious! I'm hungry
Fuxel
you can put them head first in boiling water, killing them almost instantly. But it makes the limbs fall of easier after cooking.
EdgarAllanPoo
Aren't crabs like 90% head?
Reddoq
Yeah, the head bit isn't actually where the brain is. You can rip the top half of the shell of and they are still kicking.
Reddoq
It's somewhat unsettling actually. But if you poke the right place they'll die instantly. I know this from experience.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
It's more that they have no neck joint.They do have a brain though(between & slightly behind the eyes).Poke something through before cooking
revelator
EdgarAllanPoo
That's more like 90% NOPE by Gaben
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
They can be humanely killed by driving a knife or pin through the brain (which is a bit behind the eyes,as in all animals).Ppl are just lazy
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Some recommend freezing them for 2 hours to render them unconscious, but I'm pretty sure being boiled alive wakes them up.
Soddo
With mud crabs it changes the texture freezing them
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
I think this happens to all frozen meats and many other foods b/c ice crystals destroy the cell walls.Another reason why stabbing > freezing
barbaavis
TIL mud crabs aren't just from skyrim
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nummycakes
That still makes me sad. Only thing I'll cook live now is mussels and veggies.
PuellaSilentii
Even if so, I wouldn't want to be cooked alive so why would I do it to something else. I'd first kill it. Thankfully I won't ever have to.
ChallengerDeep
They have nervous systems. Ergo, they can feel pain. They don't experience life like humans, but the nervous system is there for a reason.
JarlBalgruufSittingOnLeslieNielsensFace
I always find it so hard to believe when people say certain animals dont feel pain. What was making it crawl out from the water? Ineed anser
fistermatic5000
They can perceive pain, damage, etc, it's just not in the way we do.
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FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
That's not true at all. Arthropods do have a pretty complex brain, the necessary nerve endings throughout their body, and opioid receptors.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Research shows that they respond to tissue damage, but less so when anesthesized with opioids. While we don't know if they consciously...
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
experience pain, their nervous system definitely has a pain response. Eat all the animals you want, but kill them before you cook them.