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Originally Posted by Average Fisherman
Do you use live crab when you are doing cracked crab? I watched a thing on YouTube, and it looks like you basically remove all appendages, open it up, and use a half of the crab. I could tell if it was live though.
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Live is better than dead, fresh is better than frozen. Remove claws (and save in case you run out of crab), pop the top of the shell off, leave legs on, break in half down the middle, and hook behind rearmost leg. A size 6/0 hook is about right for half of a typical market sized crab or a bit smaller crab.
The easiest way to hook up the claws if you have to is to poke two holes (in and out) with a nail, or screwdriver or similar. The claw will stay on the hook much better with two small holes than if you completely crush the claw. Claws will catch fish better than mullet on days when the fish prefer crabs, which is most days in my experience.