scram 1 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Worst loss ever. Seriously.Spend the better part of Wednesday pulling up INSANE crabs.I was running 3 metal star traps and 2 cloth pots- fish carcasses, an eel and chicken skins as bait.Filled up a 5 gallon bucket so fast that I had to go steal a few milk crates from outside this restaurant in order to hold the rest.All crabs were very big- got to the point that I was throwing "eating sized" crabs back and just keeping the monsters.Never had a run like this w/ crabs.Some retarded fisherman at the end of the pier- who was apparently quite the crab fan- offered to buy my haul.We negotiated the price @ $80 cash, which was high but accounted for the fact that almost every crab in the lot was huge.I then asked him if he wanted to win them for free- he said yeah- pulled out a deck of cards and offered to cut them- his $80 and my crabs go into the pot, winner take all. He goes first, cuts a friggin 6, I cut a goddamned 4.Tried to go double or nothing, the shilock said no, took the crabs and his bread and bailed. Link to post Share on other sites
chrozzo 19 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 BBFIDTS Link to post Share on other sites
grocery_mony 8 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 If Hillary was president you would be getting at least $100 for your haul. Pretty rough when a days work goes for $80. Link to post Share on other sites
scram 1 Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 He had the best of it buying them for $80. I regretted it the instant I agreed to it. Those were some damn nice crabs... The crappy little ones usually sell for $15-$20/dz. if you buy them from the fisherman a dozen at a time.There were at least 4 or 5 dozen, but they were HUGE.Kinda like how 1 pound lobsters sell for Y, but a 2 pound lobster might sell for Yx3- same with crabs. The bigger ones are more desirable than their equal weight in smaller ones.This dude got, say, 5 dozen huge crabs that were probably worth 15 dozen "regular" sized crabs. Link to post Share on other sites
grocery_mony 8 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 What are blue crabs like for eating? Close to the same as others like dungeness or snow crab? Link to post Share on other sites
scram 1 Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 They're (blues) more work than snow crabs (all the meat is in the body and the claws- no big meaty legs) but IMO Blues taste better. Stone Crab claws, FTW. Best eating crab of all time. Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 So did you actually get banned for a week or were you just out crabbing?If you did get banned, what for? Link to post Share on other sites
loogie 115 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Did he do the Krablar dance? Link to post Share on other sites
chrozzo 19 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 againBBFIDTSweeeeeeeeeeee Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Did he do the Krablar dance? Link to post Share on other sites
grocery_mony 8 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I pictured you as younger. Link to post Share on other sites
DoinSublime 0 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 That is truly wonderful. Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings7 0 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Am I missing something scram? What did you stand to gain by cutting cards if the guy had already agreed to pay you $80 for the crabs? -As I write this, an UltimateBet commerical just came on with that hot-ass actress/model starring in it....I'll be back in 10 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
scram 1 Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 Am I missing something scram? What did you stand to gain by cutting cards if the guy had already agreed to pay you $80 for the crabs?I would've gotten his $80 and kept the crabs.Went out again this morning- seven crabs in 3 hours, all small Link to post Share on other sites
Don Giovanni 0 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 yea... this never happened Link to post Share on other sites
scram 1 Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 yea... this never happenedYa got me. Never happened. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Ya got me. Never happened.Does that mean he has to give you back the crabs? Or do you owe him $80? Link to post Share on other sites
scram 1 Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 Does that mean he has to give you back the crabs? Or do you owe him $80?I dunno.Ask Don Giovanni. He knows. Link to post Share on other sites
grocery_mony 8 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 This thread is making me itchy. Link to post Share on other sites
colonel Feathers 5 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 If Hillary was president you would be getting at least $100 for your haul. Pretty rough when a days work goes for $80. True. but then you would owe 45 in taxes. Link to post Share on other sites
Ouch-8s 4 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Maybe little pinch?that's awesome Link to post Share on other sites
Dogpatch 2 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Did he do the Krablar dance?Why no pinch?This thread is making me itchy.These pretzels are making me thirsty. Link to post Share on other sites
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