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Old 03-07-2017, 11:38 AM   #1
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Tuna Crabs are Back

Just got some intel from a dive buddy who dove La Jolla shores last night. At 50-100 feet he came upon a several hundred yard patch of solid tuna crabs. No sign of any washing ashore.
Conditions are already looking up for a hot spring bite!
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Old 03-07-2017, 04:49 PM   #2
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True, I was out both Friday and Saturday and saw them. Birds were feasting on them non stop throughout the day.
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Old 03-07-2017, 05:49 PM   #3
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WSB LOVE them, just another positive sign. Tight Lines.
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Old 03-07-2017, 07:53 PM   #4
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Saw them when I was otw last Thursday. Birds and a few giant macs on them. Dove today off lj point to 40 feet, didn't see any crabs.

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Old 03-08-2017, 06:02 AM   #5
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I hear people talk about catching them and using them as bait. What is the best way to do that? Just scoop them up and bait them on a hook like you would squid or cut bait?
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Went out on the Dana Pride yesterday for a 3/4 day and they where all over the water column especially down south near the Power plant in San O... At times you could see them on the surface.. The Deck hands and Captain claimed it shut down the bite but I'm fully convinced now Dana Wharf has crap numbers for their local half and 3/4 day trips... Every angler got about 5 rockfish but can the tuna crab really shut down the rock fish bite 200 feet down?
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Went out on the Dana Pride yesterday for a 3/4 day and they where all over the water column especially down south near the Power plant in San O... At times you could see them on the surface.. The Deck hands and Captain claimed it shut down the bite but I'm fully convinced now Dana Wharf has crap numbers for their local half and 3/4 day trips... Every angler got about 5 rockfish but can the tuna crab really shut down the rock fish bite 200 feet down?
Yes they can, i have seen it happen.
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Old 03-08-2017, 08:54 AM   #8
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FYI the red crabs never left..... have been here year round past few years. In fact they are spread all the way up to Oregon.
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I hear people talk about catching them and using them as bait. What is the best way to do that? Just scoop them up and bait them on a hook like you would squid or cut bait?
I was on an overnighter for rock fish last week and the fish were coughing up the crabs. I put one on a hook, sent it down and it did get bit.

Also, on a Colonet trip, the fish in 150' were stuffed full of crabs and didn't want to bite, while the fish at 250' were hungry and bit like crazy. So yeah, the crabs can shut down a bite.
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I hear people talk about catching them and using them as bait. What is the best way to do that? Just scoop them up and bait them on a hook like you would squid or cut bait?
I thread a mosquito hook through their tails or just simply hooked the end of the tails. They're not the most durable bait, but damn do the bass love em'!
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Old 03-10-2017, 07:03 AM   #11
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Anyone have a picture of these things or a scientific name? I tried to google tuna crabs and the results were very NSFW...

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Anyone have a picture of these things or a scientific name? I tried to google tuna crabs and the results were very NSFW...

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Old 03-09-2017, 10:26 AM   #13
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Dove la jolla shores last night. Starting around 35ft down to at least 60ft there was a pretty dang thick carpet of them. Stretched for longer than I was swimming the edge of the canyon

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I saw big clouds of something on my ff and thought it might be the crabs at Dana Point, never saw any on the surface
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