Flatty frames for crab bait?

[kingcray]

As normal going to soak the pots near home while i spend the day at Mud tomoro. I have a heap of flatty frames starting to fill the freezer, has anybody used these for sand crab bait?? i normally use mullet, blue mackeral or bonito.
I would think they would still work but they are not really oily or meaty, just head n skeleton.... otherwise i will have to pick up some expensive servo mullet in the morning

cheers

[Goodoo haven]

I have no idea, but I would like to know how you go with your fishing and crabing tomorrow.

[lucee81]

Back home in Darwin we used to just chuck a can of tuna in em when we had nothing else also red meats worked well.
Heres the proof on red meat off cuts. about $1kg
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cant hurt to try i say.

[lucee81]

any fish frames should work as they are scavanger feeders give the flatty frames a shot. worst that would happen is you have wet empty pots.

[kingcray]

hey lucee thanks mate, but that was Darwin. This is Redcliffe well anyway heading out now so hope they work.
Cheers

[lucee81]

Yeah but my point was crabs eat anything. Good luck. Hope you at least get a feed. Got a awesome chilli crab recipe if you need one.

[Thumbsuckers]

G'day mate. I have used flathead frames as crab bait and have found them to be very good on sandies. I keep my frames for that purpose.

[The Woo]

Yep, I too have caught many a Sand crab on the Flattie frames (just out of Scarb harbour too). Go your hardest mate.

[lucee81]

How did you go with the crabs?

[kingcray]

no good. first donut on the crabs for probably 20 trips. only got a few undersize. although i tried new spots. made up for it with the fishin for once so now i have frames for next time

[tunaticer]

I have run flatty frames alongside most other estuary fish frames as crab bait for muddies and yet to get a single muddy from them, got a few sandies tho, not many but a few.
I noticed a LOT of pro crabber pots close to redcliffe the last two mornings.

[choppa]

flatty frames are fine,,, but as you stated they are nowhere near as oily as mullet/bonito/mack frames,,,, try them again with a splash of Tuna oil,,, ChopJr has half a dozen "bags" or so in the bait freezer filled with flatty frames/tuna oil ,,, By bags I mean he steals stockings from his mum and Nan,,, 1 pair of stockings makes 4 bags when you cut the legs in half and they defrost once placed in the pot and thrown in