How do you hook a fiddler crab to go fishing with it as bait?
I’ve heard a lot of people using fiddler crabs to catch sheepshead, flounder, catfish, and trout (I’m fishing out of brackish water to explain the mixture of salt and freshwater fish). And I live on a river and behind my home is a bank and a marsh and both are loaded with fiddler crabs. I’d like to use them as bait but I can’t imagine how to hook them being that they have that shell. Or atleast hook them and still use them as LIVE bait.
I googled the mess out of it, but no site I found really addresses how you’d go about hooking them. And I know people do this all the time, so I decided I’d come here for the answer.
And I’d like a link to a website that explains it or a link to a picture that explains it. But if that’s not possible, detailed information would be great.
Thanks.
through the body.
This site is very informative. I also hook my crabs in the furthest corner of the shell, however they are not hardy on the hook.
through the bottom of the body then out the top.
flguy gave you a good answer.I’ve used them before and hooked as he said. I hooked mine from the bottom up. Even though they may not survive on hook, the fish will still take them. Winter months is sheepshead time in S Fl. and those crabs are a great bait. Tight lines.