Squat Lobster

[Handymansd]

The Squat Lobster were so thick today that I caught several on the sabiki... The sonar showed huge blankets of them, 10ft thick and extending out hundreds of feet. I have seen these in the warmer waters of Baja but not here. A good omen?

[roadx]

tuna crabs?

[Saba Slayer]

Squat Lobster....?
From Team Sewer...?

[Zed]

Bonito

[Ggiannig89]

http://ktla.com/2015/02/23/thousands-of-squat-lobsters-wash-ashore-in-newport-beach/

It is an El Niño year after all. They taste great I wouldn't mind picking some up 😋

[yemff]

You sure they weren't pelagic red crabs?

[Zed]

Give the man a C-gar.

They are actually a lobster. A squat lobster. Not a crab. Crabs dont swim w their tails.
Call them red bunnies if you want. White seabass arent seabass either.

[Handymansd]

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/image56.jpg

Back in February there was a huge bunch of them that washed up on the beach at high tide and then died... It made it difficult to find the perfect greenies...

[tanners]

There has been tuna crab blanketing the coast for 3-4 months now. All of the islands yellows I am catching are full of them and I'm sure the LJ yellows are too.

I've heard that there is a difference between tuna crab and squat lobsters. Something to do with squat lobsters only being found in Northern California. I could be wrong.

[Zed]

Call them whatever.
Crabs have evolved (if you believe that) their tail folded up under their bodies. No crabs have articulating tails.