Thread: Blue crabs as bait?

Originally Posted by Haywire

I have always kind of been curious about putting a lively blue crab out under a float during cobia season. Heck, for that matter, a live Florida lobster might get all sorts of attention.

On one of the North Carolina Piers last summer I witnessed a Cobia as it was being fought up chuck a bunch of baby skates and a another
do the same with crabs later the same day.Tells me they eat whatever comes along.

Yep, one of their nicknames is 'crabcruncher'. It's hard for them to turn down a small hardhead catfish with the spines snipped off, too.

Originally Posted by chillinfish

So what is the creel limit for legal size blue crab on a recreational saltwater license?

There is no creel limit on recreational crabs unless you are catching them in a recreational shrimp net, in that case its what fits into a 5 gallon bucket.
As noted, you can only set up to 5 traps under a recreational license.