Attack of the crabs

century7

Earlier this evening i was driving down Kanner near Salerno and saw hundreds of crabs in the road. I pulled over to get a better look and some kind of looked like blue crabs and others had more of a purple color. Most only appeared to have one claw. Some peole were on the side of the road collecting them and said they are good to eat. I believe there is a big migration that takes place in Miami but never heard of one up this far north. What are they and are they good to eat? Also is there a limit.


I will try to upload a pic i took on my cell phone later.

ShallowExpectations

http://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/blue-land-crabs/

as you can see they are out of season, but I can't imagine FWC cares too much about these.

hewes18

No person shall harvest or attempt to harvest any blue land crab on, upon or from the right-of-way of any federal, state or county-maintained road, whether paved or otherwise, or from any state park.

Last line in the regs. Doesn't seem to be worth risking the trouble over them.

I have seen some in Stuart but never that many..once in a while I see them around the Psl Blvd/Bayshore Blvd area.

Pairadox

I believe the storm rain flooded much of their usual habitat, they will regress as the waters do.
And yes, they are out of season.

Fi$h2nguyen

That's awesome. Would love to see the pictures you got.

Dream Reality

Nice....I remember as a kid my dad used to take to the 163rd st bridge (wooded) and hunt down the crabs......they were everywhere. Never got one cause I was to scared to get clawed! lol...PIA to eat too....

century7

Fi$h2nguyen wrote: »

That's awesome. Would love to see the pictures you got.

I only took a pic of one of them and it came out kind of blurry. If you drive down Kanner today you will probably still be able to see the remains of all the ones that got hit by cars.

century7

Pairadox wrote: »

I believe the storm rain flooded much of their usual habitat, they will regress as the waters do.
And yes, they are out of season.

That makes sense that the storm put them on the move. Actually a few days ago i was out for a walk in my neighborhood and saw one crab but did not think anything of it. I did not take any as i did not know the regs or the kinds of crab they were. Also, i am normally do not take the food i am going to eat off the side of the road.

Buckeye

This one was on the screen yesterday.



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Buckeye

This one scared the hell out of me as I investigated a leaking downspout during a heavy rain storm shortly after we closed on the house. At first glance with a flashlight I thought it was a GIANT spider....:shrug



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hatcity

Normal migration across the road. near the high school?
Island folk would catch them and put in a pen, feed them corn to sweeten the meat

century7

hatcity wrote: »

Normal migration across the road. near the high school?
Island folk would catch them and put in a pen, feed them corn to sweeten the meat

This was a few miles west of the high school.

century7

Buckeye- that is what they looked like. When i first saw all of them i thought they were Tarantulas and that horror movie popped into my mine where they over run the city. The one i saw a few days ago at night scared the crap out of me as i see this thing run acoss the street sideways.

out-cast

Seen a ton of them on Veterans Memorial/what use to be Midport.

robalorog

Got them in my yard also. Prima Vista and floresta. I heard they do this every year.

Martin Local

what you guys never had crabs run across the road in your home town?