King or Spider Crab? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

IN2DEEP · 01-22-2014, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ful-rac

Very nice! Thats a huge spider for sure!

I had some spider crab last saturday, and it was exellent! So much meat...but so much work... If you dont mind breaking out the sledge hammer to crack'em...you will be rewarded.

Yes, eating quality was very good
Different from the rock crabs... more like king crab... well, kind of

Body cavity is loaded with "easy to get to" meat if you can get the shell off!

driftwood · 01-22-2014, 08:35 PM

Hookem and cookem! here's an idea.

FISH11 · 01-22-2014, 08:57 PM

Huuuuuuuuuge Crab. I had no idea we had crabs like that around San Diego. Looked sweet!

vincentek9 · 01-22-2014, 09:18 PM

MASSIVE!!!!!! the meat on them taste real good too.

01-22-2014, 09:18 PM	#4
vincentek9 MAYNEE-YAK Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: So Cal Posts: 533	MASSIVE!!!!!! the meat on them taste real good too. __________________

01-22-2014, 08:35 PM	#2
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086	Hookem and cookem! here's an idea.

01-22-2014, 08:57 PM	#3
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	Huuuuuuuuuge Crab. I had no idea we had crabs like that around San Diego. Looked sweet!