Blue Crabs

[bk]

I live in South Florida and we get large blue crabs at this time of year.
I know I have some in the yard right now. I saw one on the bottom of a pool
last week.
Anyone ever loose fish to these guys.

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[Ka30P]

bk wrote >>I live in South Florida and we get large blue crabs at this time of
year.
I know I have some in the yard right now. I saw one on the bottom of a pool
last week.<<

Maybe he knows something about Hurricane Jeanne that Florida should pay
attention to...
>>Blue crabs eat a variety of foods, including fishes, oysters, clams, snails,
shrimp, worms and other crabs. At high tide, crabs may swim into the salt marsh
to pluck snails from the tall grass. At times, they burrow into the bottom with
only their eye stalks visible, lying in wait for an unsuspecting fish.
(This makes for an interesting mental picture!) ---- Crabs are opportunistic
feeders, meaning they will eat what is most available regardless of their size,
the season or the area they inhabit. <<

Hmmmm. I think if I found one of these fellows in my pond he'd be evicted!
But that said, this is the first time I've seen any worries posted about blue
crabs. Let us know your experience with them, if they enter the pond, how easy
(I hope) they were to catch, if you saw them menacing the fish in any way.


kathy :-)
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[bk]

I will keep you all posted.
I would image that simple creatures realize pending
weater changes much more than humans do. Our dog has actually
become more nutty before each of these storms.
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"Ka30P" > wrote in message
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> bk wrote >>I live in South Florida and we get large blue crabs at this
time of
> year.
> I know I have some in the yard right now. I saw one on the bottom of a
pool
> last week.<<
>
> Maybe he knows something about Hurricane Jeanne that Florida should pay
> attention to...
> >>Blue crabs eat a variety of foods, including fishes, oysters, clams,
snails,
> shrimp, worms and other crabs. At high tide, crabs may swim into the salt
marsh
> to pluck snails from the tall grass. At times, they burrow into the bottom
with
> only their eye stalks visible, lying in wait for an unsuspecting fish.
> (This makes for an interesting mental picture!) ---- Crabs are
opportunistic
> feeders, meaning they will eat what is most available regardless of their
size,
> the season or the area they inhabit. <<
>
> Hmmmm. I think if I found one of these fellows in my pond he'd be evicted!
> But that said, this is the first time I've seen any worries posted about
blue
> crabs. Let us know your experience with them, if they enter the pond, how
easy
> (I hope) they were to catch, if you saw them menacing the fish in any way.
>
>
> kathy :-)
> algae primer
> http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Benign Vanilla]

"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
<snip>
> Crabs are opportunistic feeders, meaning they will eat what is most
available regardless of their size,
> the season or the area they inhabit.
<snip>

This well documented in Nemo, "Hey....hey..."

BV.

[Ka30P]

Bk, Will sure hope this latest hurricane stays east of you. East of everyone!


kathy :-)
algae primer
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[Roy]

Only thing I know about blue crabs is they are easy to trap and great
to eat! They don't belong in a pond, they belong on the dinner
plate! Makes you wonder how a critter that eats just about anyting it
can find can taste so good!
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[Ann in Houston]

No, but if I were your neighbor you'd lose some blue crabs to me and a net.
Yum!!!
"bk" > wrote in message
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> I live in South Florida and we get large blue crabs at this time of year.
> I know I have some in the yard right now. I saw one on the bottom of a
pool
> last week.
> Anyone ever loose fish to these guys.
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[bk]

You guys can have all the crabs you want from here. A few years back I had
to get one out of the neighbors house. Her caretaker, Mary, a LARGE Jamacain
woman was scared to death. I was surprised how scared she was, since she was
from the islands. Mary and I became great buddys after that.

As for this bloody storm. I feel for the folks in Stewart. They're going to
get hit again. I don't expect too much here, but you can never be too sure.

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"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
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> No, but if I were your neighbor you'd lose some blue crabs to me and a
net.
> Yum!!!
> "bk" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I live in South Florida and we get large blue crabs at this time of
year.
> > I know I have some in the yard right now. I saw one on the bottom of a
> pool
> > last week.
> > Anyone ever loose fish to these guys.
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[Crashj]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:48:07 GMT, (Roy)
wrote:
<>
> Makes you wonder how a critter that eats just about anyting it
>can find can taste so good!
The crab body is a wonderful filter!

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[Roy]

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 03:51:23 GMT, Crashj
> wrote:

>===<>On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:48:07 GMT, (Roy)
>===<>wrote:
>===<><>
>===<>> Makes you wonder how a critter that eats just about anyting it
>===<>>can find can taste so good!
>===<>The crab body is a wonderful filter!

well the body may be a wonderful filter, but its meat is something
else again...delicious!
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[bk]

I wonder if these crabs we refer to as Blue Crabs are the same as the ones
up north?
The ones here are mostly on ground or under the ground, but I have seen them
under water.
I know that some people eat them. Nobody ate Stone Crabs before Joes opened
up. So go figure.

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"bk" > wrote in message
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>I live in South Florida and we get large blue crabs at this time of year.
> I know I have some in the yard right now. I saw one on the bottom of a
> pool
> last week.
> Anyone ever loose fish to these guys.
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[Susan H. Simko]

bk wrote:
> I wonder if these crabs we refer to as Blue Crabs are the same as the ones
> up north?
> The ones here are mostly on ground or under the ground, but I have seen them
> under water.
> I know that some people eat them. Nobody ate Stone Crabs before Joes opened
> up. So go figure.
>

They aren't. I've lived in both places (Maryland and Florida) and have
seen both species. They are *definitely* not the same.

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