Crab question...

[AceArcher]

If crabs are kept in ICE cold water even if they died in the water they are still fine for a day or so after.....

With that said.... ideally you want to keep them sitting on top of the ice in a cooler and a wet towel laying over them, with the lid propped up a hair so that they can get oxygen.


using a method like this crabs can survive for 2-3 days out of water with very low mortality.

[saute86]

They are still good unless they smell like urine. We keep them in a cooler for days at work. Cook them. If one taste bad don't eat it.

[big nd fan]

If you put crabs in an ice chest and do not drain it, they will drown.

Just open the plug and keep them cold and they will be good. A guy I know used to put them live in a freezer and boil them later.

Big ND Fan

[Duck Butter]

The problem with eating dead crawfish is that you don't now how long they have been dead, you may get one that has been dead a week, you know how long the crabs were dead if you caught em the day before

somthing about urea or something that is released when they die