Crab

[Herbs73]

Anyone know of a supplier of peeler/hermits ? 
there seems to be a shortage at the moment. 
 

tia 

[Malc]

I just got 5 packs of hermit from a local shop in South Shields called LENNY'S he might be able to put you onto his supplier?

[Herbs73]

2 minutes ago, Malc said:

I just got 5 packs of hermit from a local shop in South Shields called LENNY'S he might be able to put you onto his supplier?

I’ll look them up cheers 

[Malc]

1 hour ago, JonC said:

frozen helmets

Ooh err missus!

[Herbs73]

3 hours ago, JonC said:

Nick boyce over our side does frozen helmets, but not live as he says he loses too many 

Do you find frozen hermits any good ? 
 Frozen peeler I find good but not had much success with frozen hermits. 
I’ve asked a fisherman in Brightlingsea if he can get me live ones and he reckons there’s not many crabs out there at all. He cites the “beast from the east” as the culprit. I went peelering 2 weeks ago and 2 of us managed to find a grand total of 3 in an hour and half so there’s definitely something going on. 

[Herbs73]

1 hour ago, Malc said:

Ooh err missus!

If you’ve got a chilly Willy get a Willy warmer 

[Malc]

16 hours ago, Herbs73 said:

2 weeks ago

Still quite cold but fish are picking up HB crab as well as sandeel up here ATM

[Saintly Fish]

For hounds hard back work just as well if not better. And they're free!

[Saintly Fish]

13 hours ago, JonC said:

I contacted Nick Boyce this week, he hasn’t bothered catching hermits this year but he had some in the freezer from last year, He had no idea how they kept so only charged a pound per bag. There’s an average of 8 per bag so I took £25’s worth (that worked out no as 25 bags). 

Result!

[Geoff]

2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

Result!

 

15 hours ago, JonC said:

 only charged a pound per bag. There’s an average of 8 per bag so I took £25’s worth (that worked out no as 25 bags). 

Well done Jon, your arithmetic skills are coming along nicely now. Keep it up. Geoff.🙂