I have seen other crab pots that aren’t as heavy duty going for two to three times that price, so in terms of value for money you can’t go wrong. A couple of disadvantages include taking a bit more time to set up because the support pipes that hold the pot up aren’t fixed to the pot, so you have to reach into the pot, pull them out and snap them into place. BCF regularly has them on sale at two pots for $60, which obviously works out to be $30 each. The pots I went with are from a company called Rogue and are readily available from all BCF stores. These crab pots are large, round, heavy-duty meshed, four-way entry and one other neat little addition is they have a bait pocket, so you don’t have to worry about zip ties or securing your bait to the pot. Let’s look at some tactics to get muddies in the boat. We have used these techniques over the years to achieve great success. Just kick back and let’s get down to business.īefore we dive too far into tips and techniques, we will start with the main part of your arsenal that is going to deliver the mud crab goods – a quality crab pot. They come in many shapes and sizes, so how do you know which ones are going to work for you? Basically any crab pot that has an opening and bait in it is going to catch a mud crab at some stage. I also love getting the kids out on an adventure. All three of our kids love pulling mud crab pots. We normally run into a bit of trouble because you can’t evenly divide eight mud crab pots between three kids. Generally I’ve got to pull up a couple to keep it even and avoid sibling rivalry – hence March mud crab madness.

You see, I like easy mud crabbing and not having to work too hard to get fantastic rewards. This is the time of year when I look at getting out and chasing big Cap Coast mud crabs. Not as much as those up north but enough to green the area right up and get some drains running fresh. Here on the Capricorn Coast, we have received some much-welcomed rain. Haha, somehow I doubt it, but it would be a nice thought to have a deckie like Christina on board pulling mud crab filled pots… Maybe she was really wanting everyone to get dirty and get out to do some mud crabbing. March is the time of year to get out of your comfort zone, get messy, muddy and dirty and join the mud crab madness. Maybe that’s what Christina Aguilera was talking about when she named that big hit many years ago. You don’t need to spend a fortune to get into crabbing. We prefer to clean our crabs before cooking.

Mud crab spring rolls are another idea to make your crab go further. Crabbing is messy business but well worth it. A couple of big muddies about to be tied up.

Feed and grow fish crab madness