On Saturday morning, Benjamin and Russ and my Dad headed down south on a crabbing trip. It promised to be good Grandpa-grandson time, and I was very excited for them to go. We haven't been on a family crabbing trip in a while and need to do it again. I think THIS POST shows crabbing in action the last time we went. Benjamin and his roommate in college have been going a lot. They crab and take them back to their apartment, invite friends over and boil them.
Bright and early they headed to the coast with string, chicken necks for bait, a net and an ice chest. Crabbing is easy and fun. You tie a neck to the string and toss it out. The crabs grab the neck with their pinchers and the string tightens up. The person holding the string gently pulls it in. When the string gets close enough, the person with the net puts the net under the crab and pulls the crab in. Russ is always good pulling the crabs in and Benjamin is an expert with the net. In fact, we nicknamed him Benjamin "Net-an-yahoo" due to his prowess!
I called and checked on the crabbers mid-morning. The wind was blowing hard and the crabs weren't biting like they had been in the past, but they still got about 20. The crabs were big and pretty.
You don't want to get pinched by those pinchers! We filled our boiling pot with water and added Crab Boil Seasoning and brought the water to a boil. We added the crabs, potatoes, garlic, onions, lemons and eggs.
We let the crabs boil for 15 minutes and then cut the fire off and let them soak for 25 minutes. Then it was time to eat!
The four of us wiped out all the crabs, potatoes and all the other fixings. It was delicious!
We will have to plan another crabbing trip again soon before it gets too hot!
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