Blue Crabs, Big Ones
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Blue Crabs, in this video well be setting our Blue Crab Traps (Pots) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. We'll be baiting the traps with fish carcasses and some chicken.
The day we went to pull the traps it was very rough so we stopped pulling them and waited for the weather to get better. After 2 days we were able to pull the Blue Crab Traps and ended up with 16 Large Blue Crabs.
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Another great adventure. Weather can make it so much more fun or miserable. In the end, y’all got some good eats.
You're right, we always have a good time but we have bad luck with the weather, Thanks again for Watching our videos
Nice big blue crabs! Loved it! 😊👍
Thanks, we caught some big ones that day. Thanks again for Watching
Oh boy those crabs look delicious! Great video! 😊
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All that work you guys do for a crab wow nice job guys keep the videos coming much love from Tennessee
Helen there must be something wrong with us because everything we do for relaxation involves work crabbing, shrimping, even gold prospecting (a lot of work) lol. That's why we both have bad backs lol. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos we really appreciate it
Very smart idea waiting on the weather. You can't enjoy yourselves when cold and windy and spray to get you wet from the big waves. Much safer also. The weather will get better. Sam, better not take Joyce's job away if you want more of her delicious looking meals she makes. LOL
No I won't take her job away, I just kid her lol. Thanks for Watching
Nice crabs look delicious 👍
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Yall are Hero's to me. Want to retire like you do. Maybe soon. 8° here in Missouri, hang tough.
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Fantastic!
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Nice Size Crabs, Looks Delicious and I bet they taste great.❤
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Awesome video. Love the blue crap plate.
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Very exciting crab hunting, thanks for the video, I'm really happy to see it, keep it up,,,,👍👍💪
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Nice looking crabs.
They were good meaty crabs. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
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Yikes! Shiver me crabbies.No crabbies in ND. just -10 w/ 30-40 mph winds.$0 degrees there wed be wearin shorts an flipflops..Thanks for the great vids.
ND is the only state we haven't visited yet, SD several times. Well have to get out there and check ND off our list. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
You are great!!!! Anything you are doing is a great idea!!!
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I’ve been recreational trotline crabber in Maryland for many years. You guys are making me so hungry right now. I found that the best seasoning is with the use in the crab houses here in Maryland which os JO #2 spice. The best beer in my opinion is Budweiser. And you’re right the beer does make it sweeter. Thanks for the excellent videos. Keep them coming. The Old Bay is excellent on your fried fish and things of that nature.
I've been meaning to rig up a trotline and see how it works here in Florida. That was the first time we cooked our crab with beer and they turned out good. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
You guys are awesome. I love and enjoy you both ❤ 💕
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Catch them up!🦀🦀 yall are awesome !
Keep the videos coming the kids and I will keep watching them!!!👍🏼👍🏼
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You two are sooooo cute!!!! You make me so very happy!!! So glad I've been following you!!!! ❤❤❤
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Love the video Sam and Joyce. Beer, vinager, and Old Bay is the Right combination for steamed crabs. Keep on crabbing folks! 🥰 God Bless ❤❤❤
Thanks Tammy, that was the first time we cooked crabs with beer and they were good. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Great catch!
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Looks fantastic Joyce! ❤❤
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Wil, here from Rosedale, Maryland. Steaming Crabs is the technique that is preferred in Maryland. Boiling is unheard of.
When Crabs are Steamed you get the true taste of the crab. Here we put water, vinegar and beer in the steamer pot. Then we add the Crabs in layers. Meaning, Crabs go in the pot evenly, creating that first layer. Now we season with J.O. Crab Seasoning or Old Bay. Some of us ( I do) put yellow ground mustard also. Continue layering and Seasoning each layer. After Steaming some dip in melted butter and some dip into vinegar. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS
WIL
Thanks a lot for Watching. We cook our crabs several different ways, boiled, steamed, baked, on a griddle, with seasoning and without seasoning just salt. We eat a lot of crab and like to experiment.
Great video and man them crabs are big💪💪
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Sometimes with recipes, the simpler the better! Great catch!
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You really have to love crabs to go out in that weather. So glad y’all do. Keep on crabbin!
Mostly we love the outdoors and neither of us know how to relax at home lol. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Maine lobsterman here i tend to steam my crabs and lobster in beer also its fantastic. Ive eaten loads of differnt crab but never had blue crab . Ive caught what we call rock crab spider crab snow crab another one called picky toe or pinky toe crab depending who u ask😅. Great vid ive got 120 crab pots out i live on a island off mid coast we have had 1000lbs outta them last week crabs tend to take over in the winter here lobster in spring fall and summer. So ive eaten alit of crab 5his winter lol cheers
That was the first time we ever steamed our crabs in beer and they turned out great. We steam, boil, bake and cook them on a griddle just for variety. I used to catch what we called rock crabs with our blue crabs when I lived in New Jersey. I also was a commercial fisherman when I was young working on trawlers, gill netting for Boston Mackerel, cod fishing, clam boats and party boats in the summer. Now we just have fun and hope we catch something. Great hearing from you, we'd like to take another trip to Maine one of these days. Thanks for Watching our videos
Through good weather and cold weather and back to good weather. You guys went out of your way to give us another great video. Thanks again 😊.
You're right Curtis we don't have a lot of luck with the weather. Thanks again for Watching our videos
Another great video.. thanks..! just got 5" of snow & 29' ..again today.. guess you remember that? Q? you obviously remember the "no females" rules in the DELMARVA & Tri-State (PA -NJ-DE) fisheries.. seems a lot of your catches are females ... I know it's OK in FL but stills seems "wrong' (?) to us here up north ..? maybe we're just jealous! also the she-crabs had a different flavor as I recall, not as sweet/light as I recall. sorry my allergies have me off any seafood for almost 2 decades.. God is cruel sometimes! my Dad would always use 2 cans of beer & only use the she crabs for she-crab soup when we could buy them commercially.. love the Wye river in MD .. crazy good crabbing...! St Michaels was also OK... never did well crabbing in NJ.. Sea Isle or Avalon .. small critters.. be well !
I did some research on keeping female blue crabs and found out that the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center did a study on how targeting just male blue crabs actually hurts the population because a lot of female crabs will never find a mate, that makes sense to me from my experience. You have places like Daytona Beach where you seldom catch a male crab. If you were to take your kids or grandkids crabbing there they would probably never catch a crab to take home. People don't think twice about keeping a female fish, that's because most people can't tell the difference between a male or female fish but anybody can tell a female crab from a male crab so they are all experts. Most people don't know that most of the soft shell crab they eat are females. You can go on line and buy Maryland female blue crabs, all you want and some people prefer them. Hear in Florida we have some big crabs and there's plenty of them year-round and we don't even have a size limit. In New Jersey the minimum size is 4 1/2 inches to me that's a very small crab that we don't keep. The same with Mississippi they have no bag limit and you can keep females but it doesn't hurt the population in fact we catch more crabs there than we do in Florida. What I've found that hurts the crab population the most is natural causes like red tide and a lot of rain. Thanks a lot for your support we really appreciate it
Great job on the crabs
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Always love watching you guys. This was a good catch. BIG ONES and I know they were so good. God bless!
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Luv the shark mit!!!🦈🤪
Thanks, Joyce has had them for quite a while. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Love your videos. Watch you guys all the time, the crabs look so good ❤
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I love yalls videos. I can't wait for the next one. Joyce is so pretty. I love her recipes.
Thanks, we're glad you enjoy our videos
You guys are strong couple. I am so scared of water plus the wave is so strong. I get sea sick too. God keep you both safe. Nice Video.
Thanks Sandra, Joyce has been going out in the boat for over 50 years and she still gets sick if it's just a little rough but she still loves being out in the boat. Thanks again for Watching
Glad the crabs are good with Fosters. The Aussie's have to be tough to drink that stuff.
George, we don't know anything about beer but the crabs were good. Always nice hearing from you
I like some of the dishes and platters and utensils you use! Coastal
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Love you guys and your videos so much❤. That's the way we cook them in Maryland. Beer, Old Bay and vinegar. Can never go wrong with that combo. Sometimes we add a little cayenne for the people that like a touch of spice. Can't wait until our weather here(Maryland, Delaware, Virginia area) gets warm enough for crabbing😊😊.
Thanks, we're glad you enjoy our videos. We were recently in Mississippi and did some Crabbing in the 40's and it went down into the, 20's in the evening, it was nasty but we caught enough for dinner. Thanks for Watching our videos
We don't drink either, but we always use beer. You can use it to steam shrimp and lobster as well. Yummy!!!
The crabs did turn out good. Thanks a lot for Watching
I love blue crabs
You're right you can't beat Blue Crabs. Thanks again for Watching
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Well you got a mess of crabs to eat. Thanks for another great video
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Thanks Sam and Joyce. I really enjoy your videos. Keep em coming. P.S. I'd take 40 degrees over our zero any day. 😁
You're right I remember those days lol. Thanks again for Watching our videos
Heyyyyyy guys I'm here with you let's go.
Get aboard Rose and thanks for stopping by
That was a giant crab. I like the idea of the beer steaming. Stay safe
David that was the first time we cooked crab in beer and they were good. Always nice hearing from you
Those are some good sized crabs 😁👍👍👍✌️
They were, we've been catching some nice ones lately, not a lot but what counts is how much meat you get. Thanks again for Watching
😁👍Great lookin' crabs!
Beer gives em a sweet taste i think. I've never NOT steamed em w beer. And ginger, old bay etc😉
We eat a lot of crab so we're always experimenting. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Great job guys! It would be such a blast to spend two or three days with you two ,no more than that because around here they say more than three days of company is like a barrel of fish it begins to stink Ha Ha .Sorry to say that want happen,Oh well. Love you two!
Thanks, I've used that saying quite a few times and it's mostly true lol. Thanks for Watching
You two got some big crabs today!
Thanks Lisa, they were nice size crabs. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
I’m not a consumer of alcohol either but I love to steam my crabs 🦀 in beer! 🍺 I find it brings out the flavor of the crabs 🦀 more.!
Those were some big ones!!!
Thanks for another great video Sam and Joyce 😘😘😘
Alice, That was the first time we tried it and they were good. Thanks again for Watching our videos
Fabulous
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Yum that looks good. ❤
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Good video
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Nice video and beautiful crab! Where are you guys? We are in Jacksonville Fl and it’s too cold to go crabbing !
We're in East Central Florida and we crab year-round, in the St Johns River, Indian River, Tomok State Park and Mississippi. The last time we were in Mississippi it was in the 40's and we caught crabs from a pier. Try some crabbing, you can still catch them, you're in a good area. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Great video guys. Now I've got a question. Where do I get a potholder like Joyce was using. I like that thing.
Thanks, We've had them for quite awhile and we're trying to remember where we got them, it might take a while (we're old lol.) Thanks for Watching our videos
Hey Sam, check out turkey wings and parts much cheaper than chicken and I see them on sale all the time nothing so check it out cause you got a bigger piece of meat your trap. Love you guys.
Thanks George, sounds like a good idea and Thanks again for Watching
No way that’s the biggest y’all ever caught! You’ve had to have caught a couple 8”ers. Great video You two! It’s been tough crabbing here in Florida this winter. We should go out one time as group! You can check out my area in south Florida.
You're right, we've caught several well over 8 inches but at the time in the boat when we said that it looked a lot larger because the crab was so wide and thick also he was so much larger than the rest in the trap. It has been tough this year we've been catching more blue crab in Mississippi on handlines than in our traps. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Nice crabs
Thanks Deloris
Hello again everyone 👋💕
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Joyce when you cook with alcohol it dissipates so it burns off and gone. I would add a cup of a dry white whine in one of your boils.😂
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Yes the beer gives them a whole different flavor. But I don't put vinegar. I'm going to do my next batch with vinegar to try it.
Rose, the vinegar is supposed to make them easier to pick
good food🎉 we noticed little*sharky🦈there helping out, sharky likes crab also😅. see you next time friends
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O🖐️H yah hi from Tampa Bay!!!⛵
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Y’all are doing great , Let us know when you need some new gear!!
Thanks, I've been meaning to stop by your shop. Nice hearing from you
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When I lived in Norfolk VA - I used to steam my crabs with Milwaukee's Best 🙃👍
That was the first time we cooked the crabs in beer and they turned out good. Thanks a lot for Watching
I stumbled on your Chanel while I was looking for some Fishing tips (to fish the gulf), and when I saw you guys out there doing the Real Thing, I really enjoyed it. It is wonderful to see you two out there enjoying yourselves. My wife and I want to grow up to be Just like you two 🙂🙃@@TheOldCoupleOutdoors
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We're glad you found us and Thanks a lot for Watching our videos. We'll be making a bread video on one of the types of bread Joyce makes.
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I’ll drink a shot every time you say chicken 🍗
What kind of boat do you have? Looks like it serves you both well. In the market myself. Great videos!
For crabbing and shrimping we have a 17' Carolina Skiff DLX for fishing offshore we have a Sea Hunt Triton 225, we like both. Thanks for Watching our videos
Do you feel that the brightly colored traps perform as well as the ones made from wire?
Over all the traps made from heavy galvanized chicken wire work best but we can't find them anymore. Thanks for Watching our videos
I get chilled really easy.
The older we get the colder it feels lol. Thanks again for Watching our videos
Waiting for the 5 lb. crab!
We're trying lol. Thanks again for Watching our videos
I'm from Maryland and we steam or boil crabs with beer. Any old beer will do.
That was the first time we tried it and they were good. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Maryland guys say shrimp heads hit big.
They do work well, we save all of ours for crab bait. Thanks a lot for Watching
40 degrees....ahh I get cold anytime it's below 80
We're with you Rose
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Why you don't put old bay in the water instead of on the crabs? The season is just sitting on their shells instead of steaming that flavor thru the crab mest. Have yall ever tried liquid crab boil and also adding onions cut in half? I'm from down south louisiana and we also put in naval oranges cut in half
Hey, Maryland lady here. When you put old bayon the shell, you get the flavor from your hands touching the shell as you break the under body of the crab. The old bay does actually steam into crab also, as you can add to pot as well as top of crabs. You should add to each layer of crabs.
It still gets into the crabs, if you notice in our videos we cook them a lot of different ways with seasoning, without seasoning with just salt water, boiled, steamed, on the griddle, baked, cleaned and whole. We eat a lot of crab and like to experiment but to me they're all good. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos we really appreciate it.
that was cute ok joyce... joyce... ok...
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No square wire yellow traps.stick with black hexagonal coated wire traps
.better yet plain wire coayed in roofing tar.
I find the best traps are the galvanized heavy chicken wire traps, there's a reason we have the yellow one. Thanks for Watching our videos
You should be using a boat hook on cold wind days
Sometimes we do there's one handy along the console but Joyce likes to just grab them, that's why I have a loop at the top of the buoy. Thanks for Watching
Do they taste any different when cleaned? Why do you clean some and leave the others whole?
Just for variety (we eat a lot of crab) sometimes we cook them whole, cleaned, boiled, steamed, baked and on a griddle. Thanks a lot for Watching
Blue crabs are still small compared to Dungeness crabs on the west coast.
You're right, I'd like to get out to Oregon again and catch some. We went Crabbing out there a few times and caught some big crabs. Thanks again for Watching our videos
I only drink alone or with somebody.
Is it my imagination or do you usually catch more crabs from a hand line. Maybe it's just because you know right if they are trere and if not you can just kerp moving till you find them.
What? Only alone or with someone??? Huh?? And what does this have to do with video?
If we are in a good spot we'll catch more crabs with handlines. Thanks for Watching
What is the brand name of your new pot. Want to order online if it's possible
I was just going to ask the same question
We're sorry but we don't know, it was a Christmas gift from our son. When we get home I'll check to see if there are any markings on it. I do know it came from Amazon. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Where about in Pascagoula do y’all crab 🦀 at.
Off of piers, around boat ramps and abandoned fish docks. Thanks for Watching
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For the time, expense(boat and fuel and traps), and hard labor, I'll stick to dock crabbing.
David, You're right about that, we enjoy dock fishing and crabbing but I've been around boats all my life I bought my first boat when I was 10 years old, that's when I started working on boats, they were all wood back then and a lot of work. But I still enjoy the boats. Thanks again for Watching our videos
Do you know how to tie your crabs. Left front leg over right claw into the eye right leg into eye
I know they tie those big mud crabs but I don't know of anyone who ties blue crabs. Thanks for Watching our videos
OK Joyce Christmas is stiĺl a few days away.
No crab cleaning, and showing the meat ?
You're right Jimmy lol. Thanks for Watching
don't want to be to nosey but what is your age? I try to get my wife out but she thinks were to old😀. were both still in good shape but I don't want to go alone. And she love crabs!
We're both 77 years old and we plan on crabbing, shrimping and fishing for quite a few more years. Today we were 10 miles offshore fishing for weakfish. We keep pushing ourselves, you have to keep active. We hope you're able to get out on the water and catch something, it's great therapy. Crabbing is the easiest, you just need some line a chicken neck or leg and a net to land the crabs, you can catch a lot of crabs using that method. Thanks for Watching our videos.
wow that's
great keep going and I will keep watching!!@@TheOldCoupleOutdoors
You need to put the camera on her picking them out instead of just on her eating them.
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Y'all got some crabs, now grab a rod, wet a hook and try to catch some fish!
We did, that video is coming up next week, hope you enjoy it. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Shouldn't keep the females