Weird Crab Today

[arrowshooter]

Beat the water with a crab hawk out in Netarts today and brought in this ugly bugger. Can someone tell me what it is? I could Google Foo some pictures but nothing just like it.

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[Joe13]

Looks like a miniature of those super deep Japanese crabs - I forget the name.

I'm sure it isn't that but it looks kinda like one.

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

Green crab?

 

[rob1516]

Kelp crab

 

[x2ndxall]

Looks like that invasive green crab they've been talking about

 

[Member 34319]

Kelp crab

Winner winner chicken dinner.

 

[vanlab]

Can ya eat'em?

 

[Pete F]

It looks kind of like what we called Spider Crabs when we were kids. Saw them a lot hanging on pilings.

You can't eat them so we would kill any that we found. Ugly little crustaceans.

Kelp Crabs are a subspecies of Spider Crabs.

 

[arrowshooter]

Kelp it is! Thanks rob1516

 

[Jay Walk]

 

[doobee8]

ODFW is encouraging you to catch and eat the green crabs, which this is not
.

 

[ma96782]

Eat it?

Well.......the astrological sign for Cancer is the crab. So, do I really want to partake of that one?

Aloha, Mark

 

[Pete F]

I wouldn't eat one on a bet. As kids, we were told that they were inedible. They are too ugly to eat and I don't think that there is enough meat to make it worthwhile.

 

[Koda]

what makes them unedible?

 

[Nosferatu]

what makes them unedible?

Myth and hokey religions.

 

[Capn Jack]

What is a King Crab but a oversized spider crab.
You would just be eating the leg meat same as any other crab.

If I was still diving, I would be picking up sea Cucumbers. They make
a great chowder. The meat has a mild flavor, like Razor Clams.

Beside, it's fun grossing out the dock with the way they look.
Don't be surprised if the meat keeps moving after you've skinned them.

 

[SUPER X]

Thats A Democrab That Migrated north from SF bay

 

[Yarome]

They are perfectly edible. It's just a lot of work for the tiny amount of meat you get. Most folks just break off the claw legs (or just the claws) to cook. The rest isn't worth the bother and no body meat at all to speak of.

They can be used to make a stock with though.

 

[Member 34319]

Can ya eat'em?

Not worth it, but yes.

They are too ugly to eat

Have you seen a crab? They are all ugly.

I mean if you really think about it, crabs are just big bugs. You are eating a really big bug. Bugs apparently go really good with butter and lemon juice…

 

[eldbillbo]

I wouldn't eat one on a bet. As kids, we were told that they were inedible. They are too ugly to eat and I don't think that there is enough meat to make it worthwhile.

Not saying your wrong because I don't know, but when the Japanese crabs first starting showing up everyone said not to eat them but I see people keeping them and I have given them away to people who asked for them. I finally tried one because sometimes that's all i catch off the docks and you know what they were not bad. Just harder to get the meat out of. But having grown up being told not to eat them I still get creeped out about eating so I just give them away.