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Originally Posted by GregRuder
This is awesome information. Thanks for all your help, everyone. I think we've decided on Holly Beach...saves us the expense of fishing licenses and allows us to catch more. I'm gonna run over to Academy (best I can do in San Antonio) and buy some gear to set up a trot line.
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Also, go to Walmart and get some shower curtain holders. Tie these onto the end of your string and use them to hold your bait on the line. I sharpen the tip to make it easier to poke it through the bait.
Crabs will often cut the string if it is tied directly to the bait.
Bring a 5 gallon bucket or something to put the crabs in while catching them.
Also having something like a clothes basket to put the crabs in is good and having long "tongs" to grab the crabs makes handling them much easier.
It is going to be hot........get lots of ice and keep the ice chest in the shade. After you catch a dozen or so, quickly put them in an empty ice chest.......all crabs should be up-right. If they are upside down......they can die sometimes.
After you put the crabs in the ice chest, cover them with a wet towel and put some ice on top of the towel. As you add more crabs, move the towel first and put it back on top of the crabs. Add ice as needed to keep the crabs cold. The crabs will die if not kept cold...... and will be mushy after cooking them.
Drain water from the ice chest as needed to remove the water.