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REEL BEAST · Last edited by REEL BEAST on Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:09 am; edited 1 time in total

Fiddler crabs, of course! I live on the water and have fiddler crabs undermining my sidewalks and bulkhead. They make large burrows and are causing a lot of damage. I have tried everything I can think of and no success. The big ones are almost as big as a tennis ball and most are the size of golf balls. I NEED a solution. If I could catch them I could have a perpetual bait supply, but those buggers are REALLY fast. I have not been able to lure them into a typical crab trap setting in the yard, although I have frustrated a couple of coons and a skunk. The neighbors frown on gunfire, and no type of poison has seemed to work. The crabs stacked the mothballs back up neatly in the grass. Anybody out there have a solution to crabs?

I got one this morning!!!
I picked this one off at about 16 yards with my new pellet rifle. Nothing else seems to be working. So I got me a sniper pellet rifle and the games are on. Anyone interested in margaritas and stogeys on the back porch waiting for crabs!!!!!!! AAAARRRRRGGHH!!!!!!! Seriouly that was almost as much fun as picking off an AJ with my speargun. I looks like I only have about 200 to go. Remember now, I am 6'7" and 320 pounds so that little crab is bigger than he looks.

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Capt Mike Singleterry · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2728

Ross if i were you I would put a sign up in my yard that said.........
"Catch your own Crabs for Bait $5.00/doz"

Might work Very Happy

Mike

tbugosh · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:46 am Post subject:

Morning Ross, Have you tried this solution, it sounds reasonable.
http://www.ehow.com/how_8400097_make-trap-fiddler-crabs.html

Bighead · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:05 am Post subject:

Fire. Kill them with fire.

Bighead
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REEL BEAST · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:48 am Post subject:

I like the fire idea best, but the biggest nest is directly under my boathouse, bummer. I would really enjoy a crab roast. These guys are seriously causing a lot of damage. One of the sidewalks leading to the bulkhead has dropped two inches at the bulkhead, this also sheared off the water line to the dock, located underneath the sidewalk. Now I get to trench a new line up the hill to the house. Definitely CRABWAR!!!

Mike, how about "Free Crabs", maybe the neighbors won't mind all the gunfire so much after they see that sign.

As far as the buried bucket idea goes, sounds good but I am a lazy man and have 185 foot of frontage, just hoping for something a little less labor intensive and not a possible mosquito pond, but definately might end up trying that if nothing else comes about. Thanks guys.
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Chef Lefty · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:52 pm Post subject:

I thought I read something on this forum that lighting flares and sticking them down the holes worked effectively. Yes???
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Bigrock · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:03 pm Post subject:

Get some of AT's aggressive flying thingys and teach them to go into the crab's lair and drive them out.

Crash · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject:

Pait ball gun turned up to 400fps and it would be fun......a couple of friends some beer and a spotlight would be having fun all night
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am3 · Finger Mullet Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 21

Dig a hole about 2 feet deep 4'x4' put two pieces of plywood leading into the pit use a flashlight at night and chase them into the plywood funnel where they fall into the pit and collect what you want. They make excellent sheepshead bait

cuzn dave · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 465

Lighter and ice pick...
Concrete
Put in mini terrariums and sell to tourists
Use for sheephead (as mentioned) or pomp bait

Personally I would not use any poison that close to water.
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putawaywet · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:05 am Post subject:

Well, Campho Phenique gets rid of the 'little' ones.....
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Ray · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject:

REEL BEAST · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:11 am Post subject:

TTT- I updated the original first post. Pics and story included. Very Happy

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ironmanstan · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:03 am Post subject:

Try soapy water.
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hickroots07 · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:21 am Post subject:

That right there is the biggest fiddler crab i have ever seen. Sounds like a ton of fun!