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Title: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: lokidog on September 14, 2020, 09:26:47 PM: Last shrimp pot pulled yesterday had an interesting surprise. Looked like a cross between a crab and a shrimp. Turned out to be a Squat Lobster, a type of crab and pretty rare to the area. For those not familiar, the trap mesh is 7/8" openings.

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/squat-lobster
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: wadu1 on September 14, 2020, 09:38:13 PM: What did you do with it, toss it back? Cool to see odd critters.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: lokidog on September 14, 2020, 09:42:24 PM: Quote from: wadu1 on September 14, 2020, 09:38:13 PM
What did you do with it, toss it back? Cool to see odd critters.

Saved for posterity, especially since the first article I found while on the water said they've not been seen north of Newport, OR or somewhere near there.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: Dan-o on September 14, 2020, 10:46:57 PM: Very cool.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: HntnFsh on September 15, 2020, 06:10:35 AM: We pick up 1 or 2 every time we shrimp in hood canal. We always call them shrab.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: trophyhunt on September 15, 2020, 06:14:20 AM: That's really cool, I bet they taste great. Did you eat it? Lobster and crab in the same meal, so it isn't so!!!!
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: Jpmiller on September 15, 2020, 06:38:57 AM: Sent it off to the taxidermist I hope :chuckle: cool looking critter
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: jay.sharkbait on September 15, 2020, 06:43:49 AM: Next up....

Shrab catch cards and Shrab reporting with catch limits and fines for retaining undersize.

Size limits will be determined by the inner left pincer and measured in millimeters.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: LDennis24 on September 15, 2020, 08:54:30 AM: Do you think they can reach their mouths with those long arms or do they use secondary arms to feed off the main claw?
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: Stein on September 15, 2020, 08:59:32 AM: Quote from: lokidog on September 14, 2020, 09:42:24 PM
Quote from: wadu1 on September 14, 2020, 09:38:13 PM
What did you do with it, toss it back? Cool to see odd critters.

Saved for posterity, especially since the first article I found while on the water said they've not been seen north of Newport, OR or somewhere near there.

How did it taste? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: MIKEXRAY on September 18, 2020, 08:35:00 AM: Cool , thanks for sharing. Never seen or heard of before .
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: SeatoSummit88 on September 21, 2020, 09:30:14 AM: Looks like a Chilean Langostino!
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: trophyhunt on September 21, 2020, 10:14:39 AM: I just want to know how they tasted????
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: KP-Skagit on September 21, 2020, 10:27:24 AM: We got them up around Waldron Island but never of a size we would consider eating. Reading about it they are called a few things, tuna crab, langostilla, pelagic red crab. What is odd is they are pelagic so are suspended in the water column so I always felt it was weird to get them in shrimp pots.

Must be the secret bait.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: RB on September 21, 2020, 10:36:15 AM: Cool!
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: lokidog on September 22, 2020, 01:29:45 PM: Quote from: KP-Skagit on September 21, 2020, 10:27:24 AM
We got them up around Waldron Island but never of a size we would consider eating. Reading about it they are called a few things, tuna crab, langostilla, pelagic red crab. What is odd is they are pelagic so are suspended in the water column so I always felt it was weird to get them in shrimp pots.

Must be the secret bait.

SHHHH! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: Sutherland on September 22, 2020, 01:53:54 PM: Oh very cool! Haha. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: lokidog on September 22, 2020, 05:35:29 PM: Quote from: Sutherland on September 22, 2020, 01:53:54 PM
Oh very cool! Haha. Thanks for sharing.

:tup:

Love finding all the strange stuff. I'm planning on making a shirt that says "I Catch Weird Ship" with drawings of stuff. I caught a blood star a couple weeks ago.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: Brushcrawler on September 23, 2020, 06:51:04 PM: Very cool catch! I got a sea cucumber in a crab pot this year. It was surprisingly tasty.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: j_h_nimrod on September 23, 2020, 07:12:49 PM: We would catch similar critters in SE AK and was told to call them scampi :dunno: Never ate them but they were pretty small. Always amazing what you might get in a pot out of the deep.

Sea cucumbers are tasty, radial muscles are similar to clam strips when cooked right. Commercial fished for them for a number of years. Never ate the skins, but very popular in some Asian cultures.
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: lokidog on September 23, 2020, 10:14:06 PM: Quote from: j_h_nimrod on September 23, 2020, 07:12:49 PM
We would catch similar critters in SE AK and was told to call them scampi :dunno: Never ate them but they were pretty small. Always amazing what you might get in a pot out of the deep.

Sea cucumbers are tasty, radial muscles are similar to clam strips when cooked right. Commercial fished for them for a number of years. Never ate the skins, but very popular in some Asian cultures.

I've eaten a few deep fried Sea Cukes, tasty, but too much work. I only cook them for effect any more. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: PlateauNDN on September 23, 2020, 10:22:43 PM: Ok, so how'd it taste?????? Inquiring minds are waiting... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: lokidog on September 24, 2020, 12:36:14 PM: Quote from: PlateauNDN on September 23, 2020, 10:22:43 PM
Ok, so how'd it taste?????? Inquiring minds are waiting... :chuckle:

Preserved in a jar of alcohol for posterity, or an emergency.... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: Alchase on September 24, 2020, 02:24:36 PM: Quote from: lokidog on September 24, 2020, 12:36:14 PM
Quote from: PlateauNDN on September 23, 2020, 10:22:43 PM
Ok, so how'd it taste?????? Inquiring minds are waiting... :chuckle:

Preserved in a jar of alcohol for posterity, or an emergency.... :chuckle:

so you are marinating it :dunno:

:chuckle:
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: Jpmiller on September 24, 2020, 07:42:14 PM: Quote from: lokidog on September 24, 2020, 12:36:14 PM
Quote from: PlateauNDN on September 23, 2020, 10:22:43 PM
Ok, so how'd it taste?????? Inquiring minds are waiting... :chuckle:

Preserved in a jar of alcohol for posterity, or an emergency.... :chuckle:

How well does that work on a crustacean? I'm assuming you can't ever remove it from the alcohol?
Title: Re: Crazy Catch in the Islands, no fins
Post by: lokidog on September 24, 2020, 07:57:33 PM: Quote from: Jpmiller on September 24, 2020, 07:42:14 PM
Quote from: lokidog on September 24, 2020, 12:36:14 PM
Quote from: PlateauNDN on September 23, 2020, 10:22:43 PM
Ok, so how'd it taste?????? Inquiring minds are waiting... :chuckle:

Preserved in a jar of alcohol for posterity, or an emergency.... :chuckle:

How well does that work on a crustacean? I'm assuming you can't ever remove it from the alcohol?

You can remove for short observation periods. Alcohol does tend to pull the pink fats out of shellfish though.