[Esox1]

Can a blueclaw crab smell ? Can it detect scent in the water ?

 

[PROFINITY]

fer sure

 

[Esox1]

I always thought they could but I cannot find any evidence to support this theory.

 

[PROFINITY]

Food is located by a combination of chemoreception (chemical sense) and taction (touch).

 

[Mddletown]

hey esox where is the real time report from sanibel? i thought crabs could smell since the best baits are stinky bunker and chicken legs.

 

[Esox1]

Could you e-mail me where you found that, profinity?
Mddle,he picked a perfect day to fish today. Are you fishing this weekend ? The tides look very good Saturday and Sunday. High matching with sunrise and sunset.

 

[Mddletown]

I will be down sunday. only bad thing is full moon monday so tides could be extreme.

 

[Esox1]

Sanibel and I are drum fishing Wednesday in Delaware bay. The full moon should improve our chances. If I miss you Sunday, just fish off of my dock. Clams..........................

 

[PROFINITY]

Esox1- If you Google it you will be on your way to a PhD in Blue Claw Crab biology. Try Blue Claw Crab or Callinectes sapidus.

 

[Go Gordon]

Originally posted by Esox1:
Can a blueclaw crab smell ?

Leave them in a peach basket for a week in your car and I'm sure they'll smell.

 

[maine_sport]

ESOX1,

Mostly active animals with complex behavior patterns, crabs have compound eyes and can see well. The senses of smell and taste, also well developed, allow them to identify both food and prospective mates.

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761564259

 

[Esox1]

thanks profinity/maine

 

[WETDREAM]

Everything about crabs here
http://www.blue-crab.org/

 

[sparse grey]

Wet Thanks for a great site.

 

[Bawugna]

Interesting proof that crabs CAN smell. There is baiting method that uses a male crab to attract females. There is a Pheromone that the male gives off and the females follow scent to a rendenzvous!

 

[WETDREAM]

When I crab and they are mating you will catch doublers. A large nale on top of a willing female. We seperate them. The male goes in the basket and the female gets tied into the trap as bait. Kinda like pimping.....works pretty well. The male method is how a lot of shedders are caught. He gets to be the bait and the females fill the trap. Thats why most of your shedders you buy for bait are small females....a little pink on the underside too. The power of pheromones(sp) goes a long way underwater.

 

[Esox1]

"Very" interesting, wet.

 

[Mike Hammer]

That is just like in the real world with people too, the only woman that goes out looking for a guy seems to produce a bunch of little crabs.

 

[Tip of the day]

I can put some clam or other food in the fish tank and it is not long before the big blue claw starts stirring and heads right for the food, even if he was facing the opposite direction.