Dont throw back those ugly crabs! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Mr. Adventure · 02-12-2012, 02:32 PM

Went out friday night with some BWE members hooping and fishing out of newport/ CDM. Fishing and bugging was slow, no lobster what so ever but I pulled up one of those big ugly spider/ sheep crab (they seem to use the names interchangeably.)

It looked like something out of my nightmares but I'll be damned if I was going home skunked.

Boiled him up (that's a 12" pizza pan)

then spent about AN HOUR extracting the meat (with a hammer, vice grips and a chopstick to poke the meat out)

Then mixed up some crab cakes, the best crab cakes I've ever had (saffron really set it off.)

A lot of work, but would have made an awesome valentines dinner had I had one this year. So, practice for the next time I nab an ugly crab and need to cook some girls pants off.

02-12-2012, 02:32 PM	#1
Mr. Adventure Damn Hippy Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Riverside Posts: 311	Dont throw back those ugly crabs! Went out friday night with some BWE members hooping and fishing out of newport/ CDM. Fishing and bugging was slow, no lobster what so ever but I pulled up one of those big ugly spider/ sheep crab (they seem to use the names interchangeably.) It looked like something out of my nightmares but I'll be damned if I was going home skunked. Boiled him up (that's a 12" pizza pan) then spent about AN HOUR extracting the meat (with a hammer, vice grips and a chopstick to poke the meat out) Then mixed up some crab cakes, the best crab cakes I've ever had (saffron really set it off.) A lot of work, but would have made an awesome valentines dinner had I had one this year. So, practice for the next time I nab an ugly crab and need to cook some girls pants off.