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Thank you dave, Ill be sure to pay that a visit when I am better.

update: I have invested in cheapy crab line. plan is to float above the surface in deepish waters and let the crab line do all the hard work. theory is to get to the big boys deeper out, to where normal crab lines cannot reach out.

Where I go there is plenty of rocks for the crab to hide out. Ness beach on shaldon side makes for lots of rocky areas. scallops I haven't yet caught don't really know where to go to find any. or what there preferred habitat is. although I did find one in a scuttle fish box whilst working at...

Im finding rather small shore crabs about 6cms claw to claw (shell end to shell end) not great But they have to do.

I agree not catching the smalls I usually throw back the smallest catchs of the trip and keep one for my effort. I find grabbing from behind is a as if your scooping them up. a good tactic if your fast enough to catch em. the gloves add a more no fear factor of being pinched

I am big into hand catching crabs whilst free diving. I was wondering what are the best spots around Devon are for finding a nice big ones. so far only smalls around Teignmouth (ness beach my regular spot) usually only about 1 meter deep waters. also I have a few suggestions for free diving...

some good tips there thank you! bacon is never in short supply in my house so I will give that a go, also thanks for the diving tips. I will keep my eye out, they do seem to have similar behaviour to crabs. in that way.

ahh some great links there thank you TeeDee I hope to see you one day.

Ah I beg your pardon I had looked through a few threads before posting. I dont plan on using traps per say and that is what I gather from that thread you had sent me. :)

Around newton abbot/ Torquay

Hello I am looking to hand catch signal crayfish, towards the end of the summer in Devon (broken arm) I am currently researching into the types of crayfish legal and illegal, that you can catch. As far as the long arm of the law says ( or soaked into my head) is that white-claw crayfish are...