Blackfish 9/21: Bright morning. Picked up green crabs $8.00 a dozen now. Tried for some tog. Hooked into two but landed one. It was small but it's a start. First of the year.

greenfrog Loc: Central NJ

Bright morning. Picked up green crabs $8.00 a dozen now.
Tried for some tog. Hooked into two but landed one. It was small but it's a start. First of the year.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

greenfrog wrote:

Bright morning. Picked up green crabs $8.00 a dozen now.
Tried for some tog. Hooked into two but landed one. It was small but it's a start. First of the year.

Good start Frog, looking forward to more pics. Never heard of green crabs, do you have a pic of them?

greenfrog Loc: Central NJ

plumbob wrote:

Good start Frog, looking forward to more pics. Never heard of green crabs, do you have a pic of them?

Invasive green crabs (aka European green crabs, Carcinus maenas) are shore crabs native to Europe and North Africa. Though they're new to Alaska, they're not new to the States. They have been wreaking havoc on the Atlantic Coast since the 1800s, likely transported across the ocean by ships in their ballast water.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

greenfrog wrote:

Invasive green crabs (aka European green crabs, Carcinus maenas) are shore crabs native to Europe and North Africa. Though they're new to Alaska, they're not new to the States. They have been wreaking havoc on the Atlantic Coast since the 1800s, likely transported across the ocean by ships in their ballast water.

Thanks Frog that's my something new for the day. Any size to them and are they editable?

greenfrog Loc: Central NJ

plumbob wrote:

Thanks Frog that's my something new for the day. Any size to them and are they editable?

They run small. Smaller than a blueclaw.

Are green crabs OK to eat?
European green crab identification and information ...
Though considered edible and fished commercially in parts of their native range, European green crabs aren't any bigger than your fist and don't make the most appealing meal. Where eaten, they are used primarily for crab stock and soup.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

greenfrog wrote:

They run small. Smaller than a blueclaw.

Are green crabs OK to eat?
European green crab identification and information ...
Though considered edible and fished commercially in parts of their native range, European green crabs aren't any bigger than your fist and don't make the most appealing meal. Where eaten, they are used primarily for crab stock and soup.

Thanks again Frog, not that I plan on eating or catching any, just that curiosity thing. Don't know unless we ask.

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Nice 👍

Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅

greenfrog wrote:

Bright morning. Picked up green crabs $8.00 a dozen now.
Tried for some tog. Hooked into two but landed one. It was small but it's a start. First of the year.

Nice catch, Thanks for sharing your picture 👍🏽👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

Wv mike Loc: Parkersburg area. Wv

I would like to give them a try sometime

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

greenfrog wrote:

Bright morning. Picked up green crabs $8.00 a dozen now.
Tried for some tog. Hooked into two but landed one. It was small but it's a start. First of the year.

Nice Tog Frog. Cut them crabs in half and pull off a couple legs, hook them through the leg holes. Tog candy.

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

Don't know if I've ever seen one of those. Where do they hang out? jetties? Expensive for being invasive.

greenfrog Loc: Central NJ

kandydisbar wrote:

Don't know if I've ever seen one of those. Where do they hang out? jetties? Expensive for being invasive.

Green crabs live on rocky shores, cobble beaches, sandflats and tidal marshes. They can often be found near eelgrass beds or other shoreline vegetation. Green crabs tolerate a wide range of water salinity and temperature.

Another invasive one is the Asian crabs. You can turn over rocks at low tide and get some for bait. They are even smaller.

Its known New York range includes the Hudson River and its lower tributaries and Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge on the north shore of Long Island. The crab’s means of introduction to the U.S. Atlantic coast is unknown, but it is theorized that adults or larvae were introduced via ballast water discharge from international shipping.

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

greenfrog wrote:

Green crabs live on rocky shores, cobble beaches, ... (show quote)

Thank you.