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how to catch floating flowercrab

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 2:34 am
by xiaodhanan
hi guys just wondering if any one has an easier and consistant way of getting those flower crab whose floating on the water surface. i used prawn meat to get them . but its not consistane and very tiring . is there any other traps or ways?

Re: how to catch floating flowercrab

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:50 pm
by Peace
Those that swim near the surface usually don't stay at one spot and gets drifted away by the current. One way to get them is foul hooking them using a set of sabiki hooks. You can lure the crab to stay with whatever rig you're currently using that has bait on it while you set up a sabiki jig.