One of the highlights of the holiday for the kids was going crabbing off the pier with some of the other kids. We went crabbing twice in the end, once with a big group of kids, about a dozen of them and once a couple of days later with just our kids and one of the other children there, a young girl who the young lady had take quite a shine too.
Crabbing for those that may not know, which until last years holiday would have included me, is basically fishing for crabs, using either a small net on the end of a line or a basket type thing, also on the end of a line. Now there are various types of kits out there, but there are the best kits I think.
There simple and effective, even if they do take a bit more practice to lift out of the water while keeping the crabs attached. Now there was also a lot of debate about what bait to use but on this topic there really is only one answer as far as I'm concerned and that's bacon. Doesn't matter what type of bacon, but bacon is king of the crab bait. Stick it in the pouch and lob it in the water and away you go, as long as there are crabs in the water that is!
With out bacon filled net, we managed to catch more than the others using a basket type affair, and we caught some woppers as well!
The kids really enjoyed the crabbing, although it was yours truly who actually had to deal with the crabs! No-one else would touch them, although they all had great fun watching me chasing the dam things all over the pier when they escaped! Don't worry though, we did release all the crabs back in to the wild after we were done and as close to where we caught them as possible.
If your ever get the chance to do some crabbing with the bairns, go for it, its cheap and great fun, just be careful how you grab hold of the crabs! I'd recommend keeping away from the pincers at the front!
Oh, and have you ever seen a crab drawing?
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