crabs and cold weather????

[keakar]

ok, thanks guys

I was always told crabs settle into the mud and hibernate in winter, hardly eating or moving. as with all things passed along that people "hear" and repeat, ya never know whats true.

just getting to the point of a coin flip on crabbing or fishing and I didn't want to waste time crabbing if it was expected to be a losing effort.

maybe it was the moon or something like that but last Wednesday when I went out, the crabs werent very hungry and didn't start biting until the water temp got to 76, before that I started at 74 then warmed to 75 and I caught 6 or 7 then right at 76 I started catching slow but steady and the tides were moving the same steady curve the whole time so I thought the temps had something to do with it. I mighta caught 2 crabs from 7am to 8am then from 8am to 9am I caught another 5 or 6 but then from 9am to 11am I caught three dozen