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Posted 11/11/2008 8:45:20 AM


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Met up with Bladeco and a few of my refular fishing brethren and had a little luck.  Fish were caught on the pier at the base of Bob Sykes bridge.

25"

Bladeco's also at 26" and a fatty!

My friend Steven caught a weird crab in a net.  Below are some pics

When you would touch this guy he would ball up and looked just like a small stone.

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Posted 11/11/2008 8:50:56 AM


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cool crab. thanks for the report. nice fat red


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Posted 11/11/2008 9:00:33 AM


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Kind of hard to tell by photo....Yellow Box Crab??

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Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:03 AM


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I think a box crab.... google it.
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Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:57 AM


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I found a crab like that on a wreck in 75 ft of water this past summer, except it was more white and black mottled.  Same features though, when I poked him with my spear he balled up and looked like a piece of granite underwater.  Pretty cool find though.  I wish I knew more about what kind it was.
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Posted 11/11/2008 9:37:07 AM


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Box crab it is.

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Posted 11/11/2008 11:18:33 AM


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Looks like a good night and that is one crazy looking crab.

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Posted 11/11/2008 1:27:39 PM


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looks like a wonderful night on BSikes. I haven't gone there in a while but got the fever again.

way to go KONZ!!!

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Posted 11/11/2008 10:52:10 PM


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Congads on a great night Ray..

You sure you weren"t fishing the Lower Escambia River when catching that crab? ...look forward to fishing with you soon...flounder rig ready to go !!!

Jimmy

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Posted 11/11/2008 10:53:37 PM


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I've seen a bunch of them caught off the pier but never in the bay

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Posted 11/12/2008 11:57:40 AM


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The crab is one of the Calappa species- probably C. flammea- as mentioned, called box crabs or the slang "shameface crab".  We trawl those up on the research vessel every trip- they're pretty common in both the bay and Gulf.  Have had some success keeping them in captivity- they're really cool to watch in an aquarium.  Neat catch!

 

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