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Blue Crabs
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. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com |
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 |
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 |
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. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com "Ka30P" wrote in message ... 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 |
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. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com "Ka30P" wrote in message ... 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 |
"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" 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. |
Bk, Will sure hope this latest hurricane stays east of you. East of everyone!
kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
Bk, Will sure hope this latest hurricane stays east of you. East of everyone!
kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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! Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
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! Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
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. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com |
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. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com |
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. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com "Ann in Houston" wrote in message . .. 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. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com |
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