14 sandies with their gear off - yum yum. caught off wello pt tuesday arv and wednesday morning. look out for a couple of old blokes in an old 15-16 foot tinny. caught em pulling a pot tuesday arv - gave em a good serving. he reckons my pots look like his (lol). was out late tuesday so decided to run the risk and leave em out overnight. back there at 6 wednesday morn - no crabs in the pot nearest the leads, six in the next 2 and none in the last. found same 2 bastards 50M from the last pot (the one that caught the previous day) - they even bloody waved at me and left for the ramp within the next 2 minutes - must have recognised me. ive seen these blokes out there 2-3 times per week but never seen a pot on their boat. a mate reminded me that the last time i lost a pot in perfect conditions the same boat was doing the rounds. keep your eyes peeled. next time i catch em they'll be reported.
if you are wondering what to do with a load of crab meat try this:
sand crab spring rolls.
mix meat from half a dozen crabs with some salt, pepper, 1/2 onion, chopped shallots, bit of sweet corn, few peas, mustard, chilli, mayo, 2 eggs and thicken mixture with some bread crumbs/cracker crumbs. put in spring roll wrappers and freeze - anytime your deepfrying chuck a few in (if you can stop at a few). i do the same with prawn toast - make up a stack and freeze em - bloody good feed and a good way to preserve your crabs and prawns.
cheers
davo
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