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I must agree crabbing is one of the higher skilled fishing activities. Tying the bait to the cage, slowly dropping it into the water. The really difficult part comes when it is time to find the cages after 4 hours of drinking and smoking.

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Now if only my brother wouldn't insist on taking his boat crabbing when it's raining and miserable, this would all come together. :-P

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That's a great picture!

I haven't been crabbing since I was a little kid, so I never had a chance to utilize the skills you clearly possess.....:-D

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» LMAO, good post. I now see, I've been doing it all wrong all these years.

There is actually a variation of crabbing which is crabbed...same position, just passed out, beer spilled and cigar burning your shorts. Been there a few times:-|

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When my wife sends me out to clean the gutters and mow the lawn, I'll think of that picture and pull my flask of glenlivet 18 year and a fine cigar and enjoy it on the rooftop while I'm hard at work, thereby escaping the post-golf or post-fishing wrath/weekend-to-do-list of the mrs.

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great description, prez.

so this type of crabbing involves putting a chunk of fish on a string, hanging it over the side of the boat, waiting until you feel a crab grab on, then slowly, slowly pulling the string in until the crab is close enough to grab with a net.

on this day, there were few crabs, and i was pretty bad at the "slow so they don't know what's happening" part, so i think i tied the string around my ankle (had to pretend to keep trying) and enjoyed the beer and cigar. as you can see in the picture, the slope on the front of the boat was just perfect...

yes it's a sierra nevada. i can't remember what the cigar was, but it wasn't cuban.

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Crabbing is a high skill, high involvement exercise which few people do correctly. You require the perfect balance of beer in one hand....cigar in the other. A mate on board who is having marital problems is an absolute must as it is in these times that you can generally solve his problems along with those of Middle Eastern politics, your favourite football team, religion, immigration, telemarketers and general rashes and diseases which are not responding to anti-biotics.

I tip my FOH cap to you Julian ;-)

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