Used to net big Blue Crabs w/the strong tidal change on the Bass River, Cape Cod. They would get caught in the strong current changes and we'd net them from a old R&R Bridge. Late 70's - very early 80's. Those crab boils were so good. Sweet delicacy!!
Just happened upon this video. I live now in the Arkansas Ozarks, but when I was a child my dad and an uncle used to take me crabbing with them in the shallows of Tampa bay. The water was calm and crystal clear, and only waist-deep on the adults, so they would merely scoop the clearly visible crabs off the sea floor with a crabnet, and plop them into a #1 galvanized washtub floating alongside. Then we would have a crab boil on the bank. This lovely couple has brought back for me some sweet memories. Subscribing.
Glad we could help bring back those memories, that's a lot of fun catching them the way you mentioned, Joyce and I have done it before. Thanks a lot for Subscribing
I hear those crabbing days are over in most of Tampa Bay area but in the old or upper Tampa Bay area they still have crabs. Plan on moving back there myself. The benefits of living in Florida is they have the best tax deductible rates for seniors and there is still good crabbing. Check out a guys channel called jimmies and sooch.
In what states do you find these blue crabs? I only ask as I’m in the UK and it would be interesting too know what parts of America they live. I catch crab in the UK but all ours are pure sea crabs, the most common is the brown crab. But it’s really interesting too find these crabs in fresh water, or is it blackish water?
Those are giant crabs 🦀 y’all went to your secret spot again huh. Yummy enjoy my friends Thanks for sharing Sam and Joyce. Joyce I love ❤️ how you mix up the recipes from time to time 😘😘😘
Right Alice that was our secret spot, it's been too rough in the ocean to go fishing so we go crabbing. Most of the time Joyce doesn't use a recipe, she'll just start cooking.
What’s sad is blue crabs used to be about that size every time you caught one. (Talking about the ‘80’s). I’m not sure if it’s overfishing or what, but I remember a few years where suddenly every crab caught was way too small. And ever since then, it’s like they haven’t been as plentiful or as large as they were in the 80’s. I haven’t gone crabbing in 20 years though, so I have no idea about it anymore. Probably has replenished again. Maybe it’s just a natural cycle. It’s just that for about 10/15years where I was crabbing at, all the blue crabs caught were small. It was so bad, we just stopped crabbing. Had to throw most back. We’d catch all day and have about 3 keepers which isn’t enough for a family dinner, so we’d throw those back too.
We've found that crabs of a particular size hang out together, we'll find a spot where most of the crabs are small and go to deeper water and most are large but there are still plenty of crabs out there for a nice dinner. When I was a kid in the 50's you could catch a bushel with handlines or box traps in a day.
@@TheOldCoupleOutdoors you are very welcome. Have you ever tried Slap Your Momma Cajun seasoning? My wife is Filipino and I am American. I have always loved cooking. I made a crab boil pot using this and it's now her favorite too.
Galveston oh galveston. Lived on that spit of sand for 2o + years. Been on mainland for about just as long. So sorry you only caught small crabs. But its been overfishing for so long. I've begged for a moratorium of 3 years just to let them rebuild naturally. Best we got is 5 inches size point to point for retention. But I think it's to little to late. Beach crabs are better than bay crabs to. I think . But I hope you'll visit us again in April may and June when crabbing is at its best and you can catch a meal of good ones.
We're lucky in our area there's plenty of good size crabs here at several spots where we crab. We don't keep any unless they're at least 5 1/2 inches even though there's no size limit in Florida. Thanks a lot for Watching
omg, i stumbled on this video, i love this! also, my hubby and i, after camping for some time, learned that the best and safest repellent is the brand “Repel” lemon eucalyptus. we get it from walmart and we get the spray, not the pump, way easier to use but it works like a charm.
Love your vid my friends, for I hunt and trap for many years on the Chesapeake bay. Keep them coming, love it all the way. Old Master Gunnery SGT USMC.
You folks from the Baltimore area? I was raised in York, PA. Everyone has the accent you guys have. Maybe NY? I have lived in California and now in the Midwest. I've completely lost my old East Coast accent. When I go back home everybody makes fun of me. I miss eating blue crabs. Hoping I'll get a chance at some before I kick the bucket. Love the channel. You 2 are a hoot. Thanks for sharing your world with us.
All the really big male crabs go into freshwater streams in the summer time. I've caught some huge crabs in August and September downtown Richmond city.
Joyce, I saw that if you put a wooden spoon in your pot when cooking crabs it won’t boil over. I tried it when I made hard boiled eggs & it worked. Watching your videos makes my mouth water. Keep filming !
Works every time for me. Both the stopping the boil over and the mouth watering. Here I am in North Texas, remembering the 70's, catching and eating giant Blue Crabs. Good times.l
doing all of the right things, working out, getting air, exercising. Plus you get something Great to eat for your troubles. Hang in there, great show by you both......Stay as young as you can.......Doc, Tx.
Glad you found us, we happened to be on the river In Putnam County today setting crab traps. Thanks for Watching and Subscribing we really appreciate it
Enjoy your crab meal those were some real monsters. Stay safe. Me and my wife love your videos. Don’t change anything y’all do. Tight crab lines and boiled crabs💙❤️
Corn on the cobb is good evenfffkn naked. that shhhts goingto taste guuuuuureat. my family and i lived in Ftlauderdale and the keys. its wonderful to see you folks out there cooking delicious treats
Love you folks! We just moved to the Jersey Shore and I can walk a block to crab where practically nobody goes. Mostly small ones now but I expect in September they’ll be bigger.
We're originally from Jersey, born in Atlantic City, we used to do a lot of crabbing and fishing there. We're glad you enjoy our videos and Thanks for Watching
Love these type of people! I started crabbing out in Anahuac,Tx! I will always have memories and love this place! So much excitement crabbing,fishing, and enjoying my grandparents and the town itself! Blue Crabs Delicious 🦀
Nice crabs!!! reminds me of younger days, no regulations on crab fishing, big blue crabs, cold beer, good memories, traversing a harbour lit up by massive light towers, we stayed away from the ships, and everyone let everyone else be ... We used to go to another harbour during the summer holidays, lots of mangrove (just like in your clip) and mangrove crabs between 7" to 10" across (definite finger breakers). All this is making me want a crab or three!
Reminds me of the 60s crawdading in Grandpa's creek but we only had a line, silver washer, bacon, & forked stick. No net so we flung them up on the pasture bank. Still have that little farm but our 4th generation not so interested
Just watched with my brother, again. Even he had flashbacks of days passed when we had crab that big. Overfishing has kept them from being as good as this in the bays here. But he mentioned a spot very much like this where their only bothered occasionally we know of. Though its been years it's still hidden among the civilization grown around it. He asked what month this was I said may. He said we use to raid our hole in April. Then he said 6 months were raiding the hole. Lol. Them crabs done stirred us up.
Phil that's what I'm doing, reliving the days when I was young and lucky for me Joyce loves it to, but the fishing and crabbing is nothing like it was in the good old days but it's still fun. Thanks again for Watching
Just found your channel. Looks like you got a honey hole to catch crabs. Hope your channel does very well. PS, you had me at "Old Bay seasoning". I love the stuff.
And me. I live in the UK and never heard of Old Bay seasoning until I watched Sam and Joyce’s videos. Now I can’t cook without the stuff😂 only downside is I have to order it off eBay as most retailers don’t stock Old Bay in the U.K so have to get it imported from America which obviously means it’s quite expensive, but definitely worth the wait🙂😋
@@matty6848 , Old Bay is simply the best for seafood, and especially for boiled shrimp, and crab. I especially like to peel shrimp, dip them in a tiny bowl with Old Bay powder at the bottom, and peel the next as I'm eating the one I just peeled. That's full strength and so tasty.
@@davidgraham2673 yeh I ordered some Old Bay off eBay and it has its all imported which I think is better because your buying the genuine stuff. See if Old Bay was stocked on the shelves in the UK because we have a big nanny government they make the producers take out way too much sugar and salt so it would be ruined. Same as American cereal. I’ve had lucky charms in America and their lovely, taste the UK version they taste different because so much sugar is taken out. That’s our silly health obsessed government for you. We’re adults and should be able too decide what we eat, not our government.
@@matty6848 , I completely understand. We have the same issue here with goods from Europe. I'm happy to hear that you can get the true version, I just hate it that you have to pay an exhorbitant price. When I was stationed in Germany, the locals there preferred true American Marlboro cigarettes over the ones they could get. The interesting thing was our Marlboro packs have twenty cigarettes. The ones that Germans could buy had either 19 or 21 cigarettes, but never twenty. I'd help out my German friends by gifting them a carton here or there. The older Germans especially liked the real ones.
We found really big crabs in a backwater pond in Chatham, Cape Cod many years ago (1970's). the crabs were so large that they would grab both sides of the net and yank it. These were serious critters.
😁👊🏻ohhhh!!! They had to be GREAT huh?!! Most ppl (unless they have crabbed bfor) don't understand how much better they are fresh outta the water. Those big ones u caught are enough to fill ur belly! 7 would've likely done u both good, ehh? They're so good fresh! Oh btw.....I'll be rite over for some steamed crabs! Want me to bring the old bay? Or do u all have some?😆👊🏻 Great catch, I'm sure they were delicious!! Baltimore Maryland
Joyce, don't forget the recipe of pan frying them in olive oil and garlic and other spices you like. After they are almost cooked, add some oregano and fry a little more to release the flavor of it, you won't be sorry. 🦀🦀🦀
I did that at the power plant in Ft Myers where the warm water is sent out. We would take chicken and tie it to a rope and slowly bring then in and net them. It was a lot of fun. Except the time a water moccasin started heading towards us. I ran up the hill as fast as I could.
We used to fish at a power plant around Titusville and would catch a lot of different varieties of fish in the winter but they blocked it off to protect the "Manatees" so no more fishing. Thanks for Watching, Brian
I lived in galveston for hurricane Alicia. I have not seen blue males that big one after the other since Alicia's aftermath. I ate crabs for weeks. I hope your on a full moon cycle during this adventure. I can remember how much meat would be in those monster blues. I caught mine at night with lantern and dip net. Had a float tub in tow. Man I want to sit down to crab like this again. Simply beautiful. Oh the stuffed crab boiled crab crab salad gumbo. Well thanks again for making me salivate over your video. Call me for the next trip. Wink wink.
@@TheOldCoupleOutdoors well I always thought Florida was home to big stoney crab. Never knew you had blues like this. As many times as I've been to Florida top to bottom I've never seen them mentioned or served in restaurants. I must have been blind. But I know now. Gonna have to tell wife to schedule may and June on a full moon for next trips. Lol. Hope your all doing well after storm. I'm on texas coast and know the effects of the mighty tropical blow. We are praying for all of you in Florida. Good luck and thanks for such a wonderful video. I'm gonna eat my hotdogs now. But my imagination says they are crabs.
We do have some big Blue crabs down here you can find them in the St John's River and the Indian River Lagoon area. Just do some exploring. Thanks again for Watching
@@philortiz7519 yes I’ve heard the full moan cycle has a direct effect on how big the blue crabs get. For someone in the UK who forages for common brown crab which is what we mostly catch I’ve never heard of the full moan cycle that changes the size of the crab or it’s meat so much. I find that fascinating. So basically the moan cycle will more or less dictate the crab size and meat?
The moon cycle does not change size of crab that comes from the molt. But it dictates the amount of meat in the crab. Now I can only say that about blue crab and stone crab claws. But it is fact that the fuller the moon the fuller the crab is with meat. Promise. Like I said it's amazing to see how they fill in and wane along the cycle. Im still trying to figure out what causes the meat to dissipate and how quick. They are never empty but they certainly do fill up under full moon. I only crab the the week building upbto and under the full moon. Anyone else have info would love to learn it.
In the late 1970's my grandfather and I were crabbing underneath the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and he caught a crab that was 1 foot from tip to tip ! That was the biggest crab I ever saw in my life !
She loves the outdoors like I do especially pulling crab pots, she said it keeps her feeling young also she doesn't like just sitting in the boat doing nothing Thanks again for Watching
Good lord! I have been crabbing my entire life and I have never seen so many huge Jimmies in one haul. That is amazing! Y’all are great!
They're some nice crabs at that spot. Thanks a lot for Watching
@@weldonwelder9009 our coast isn't as heavily crab fished as MD or LA so more opportunities to grow. 😀
@@davidfence6939 I am coming just to get some of those giants💯
Wht state and city is this
Dang ! Now I'm craving blue crabs,lol.
I love to watch y'all crab, fish and cook the catch! Thanks for taking us along with y'all:)
Nothing like blue crabs. We're glad you enjoy our videos, Thanks a lot for Watching
And they DON'T have to pay $20.00 a pound. Lol
Back at the secret spot! Joyce is so happy seeing them!
She really is.
What a sweet old couple, I wish you both many more years of crabbing together.
Thanks
Used to net big Blue Crabs w/the strong tidal change on the Bass River, Cape Cod. They would get caught in the strong current changes and we'd net them from a old R&R Bridge. Late 70's - very early 80's. Those crab boils were so good. Sweet delicacy!!
A lot of crabs back then
Just happened upon this video. I live now in the Arkansas Ozarks, but when I was a child my dad and an uncle used to take me crabbing with them in the shallows of Tampa bay. The water was calm and crystal clear, and only waist-deep on the adults, so they would merely scoop the clearly visible crabs off the sea floor with a crabnet, and plop them into a #1 galvanized washtub floating alongside. Then we would have a crab boil on the bank. This lovely couple has brought back for me some sweet memories. Subscribing.
Glad we could help bring back those memories, that's a lot of fun catching them the way you mentioned, Joyce and I have done it before. Thanks a lot for Subscribing
I hear those crabbing days are over in most of Tampa Bay area but in the old or upper Tampa Bay area they still have crabs. Plan on moving back there myself. The benefits of living in Florida is they have the best tax deductible rates for seniors and there is still good crabbing. Check out a guys channel called jimmies and sooch.
How can that crab taste like anthing more than pond scum?
It should be red if it were not dying brite red.
It's been about 45 years since I've been in southern Maryland catch those monster crabs I sure do miss those days thank you for sharing 😀
Same here . 1975 Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach ,Virginia
Same, North Beach, MD
In what states do you find these blue crabs? I only ask as I’m in the UK and it would be interesting too know what parts of America they live. I catch crab in the UK but all ours are pure sea crabs, the most common is the brown crab. But it’s really interesting too find these crabs in fresh water, or is it blackish water?
@@matty6848 the fisherie was ruined years ago , but it's new england to Fla from what i know . o7
Chesapeake Maryland
My favorite youtube couple! Another awesome day. We are hoping Sam will give us a cast net instructional video.
Thank you, we're going to do a cast net video. Thanks again for Watching
I remember seeing them like this as a kid!! What a beautiful life y’all are doin!
We do have a lot of fun now but we both worked until we were 72 it was a bad habit LOL. Thanks a lot for Watching
Those crabs were monsters! Thanks for sharing.
They are nice crabs at that spot, we're hoping they're still there after the hurricane. Thanks again for Watching
Lost saltwater crab blue because dying wheres ocean his last words.
Those are giant crabs 🦀 y’all went to your secret spot again huh. Yummy enjoy my friends Thanks for sharing Sam and Joyce. Joyce I love ❤️ how you mix up the recipes from time to time 😘😘😘
Right Alice that was our secret spot, it's been too rough in the ocean to go fishing so we go crabbing. Most of the time Joyce doesn't use a recipe, she'll just start cooking.
What’s sad is blue crabs used to be about that size every time you caught one. (Talking about the ‘80’s). I’m not sure if it’s overfishing or what, but I remember a few years where suddenly every crab caught was way too small. And ever since then, it’s like they haven’t been as plentiful or as large as they were in the 80’s. I haven’t gone crabbing in 20 years though, so I have no idea about it anymore. Probably has replenished again. Maybe it’s just a natural cycle. It’s just that for about 10/15years where I was crabbing at, all the blue crabs caught were small. It was so bad, we just stopped crabbing. Had to throw most back. We’d catch all day and have about 3 keepers which isn’t enough for a family dinner, so we’d throw those back too.
We've found that crabs of a particular size hang out together, we'll find a spot where most of the crabs are small and go to deeper water and most are large but there are still plenty of crabs out there for a nice dinner. When I was a kid in the 50's you could catch a bushel with handlines or box traps in a day.
Have yall ever tried boiling with liquid crab boil with leaving the shells on the crabs?
Hey guys, I'm right there with you. I love your adventures.
Nice having you Rose, Thanks a lot for Watching
I jus found your channel. I’m 50 and I husband 66, we love fishing and I wish we could do what you two are doing, enjoy life! ❤❤
What keeps us going is fishing, crabbing and shrimping. That's great that you both love fishing. We're glad you enjoy our videos.
Very good video. The best part is the couple enjoying each other
Thank you, and Thanks a lot for Watching
@@TheOldCoupleOutdoors you are very welcome. Have you ever tried Slap Your Momma Cajun seasoning? My wife is Filipino and I am American. I have always loved cooking. I made a crab boil pot using this and it's now her favorite too.
My very favorite meal. Got to catch some small crabs the same way as you did these when I visited Galveston,TX. It was so much fun.😊
It is a lot of fun Toni, I miss a lot of the big ones because I get too excited lol. Thanks a lot for Watching
Galveston oh galveston. Lived on that spit of sand for 2o + years. Been on mainland for about just as long. So sorry you only caught small crabs. But its been overfishing for so long. I've begged for a moratorium of 3 years just to let them rebuild naturally. Best we got is 5 inches size point to point for retention. But I think it's to little to late. Beach crabs are better than bay crabs to. I think . But I hope you'll visit us again in April may and June when crabbing is at its best and you can catch a meal of good ones.
We're lucky in our area there's plenty of good size crabs here at several spots where we crab. We don't keep any unless they're at least 5 1/2 inches even though there's no size limit in Florida. Thanks a lot for Watching
@@philortiz7519 I love that song. Glen Campbell.
I've never seen them so big or so clean! The colors are really bright!
For some reason in that area 90 percent of the crabs are at least 7 inches. Thanks for Watching
omg, i stumbled on this video, i love this! also, my hubby and i, after camping for some time, learned that the best and safest repellent is the brand “Repel” lemon eucalyptus. we get it from walmart and we get the spray, not the pump, way easier to use but it works like a charm.
Thanks for the tip and Thanks again for Watching
Yum good looking batch of crabs Sam & Joyce. You guys are the best.❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸🦀
Thank you Diane. We really appreciate you watching our videos
Those are some of the biggest blue crabs!!! Love the videos!
And some of the smartest blue crabs they're hard to catch. Thanks again for Watching
Love your vid my friends, for I hunt and trap for many years on the Chesapeake bay. Keep them coming, love it all the way. Old Master Gunnery SGT USMC.
I used to hunt and trap now I just fish and crab. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
Lucky You! Beautiful Blue Crabs!
Terri, they're the largest blue crabs we've caught in the last 20 years. Thanks for Watching
You folks from the Baltimore area? I was raised in York, PA. Everyone has the accent you guys have. Maybe NY? I have lived in California and now in the Midwest. I've completely lost my old East Coast accent. When I go back home everybody makes fun of me. I miss eating blue crabs. Hoping I'll get a chance at some before I kick the bucket. Love the channel. You 2 are a hoot. Thanks for sharing your world with us.
We're both from New Jersey, Thanks a lot for Watching
All the really big male crabs go into freshwater streams in the summer time. I've caught some huge crabs in August and September downtown Richmond city.
That's true we catch some big ones in the St Johns, the ones in the video were in brackish water. Thanks for Watching
I didn't think they got that big anymore. Great video.
George, we didn't either until we found that place. Thanks for Watching
Those are some BIG crabs! Looks great!
I hope it keeps up we don't catch a lot there but they're all big, 7 to 8 inches Thanks a lot for Watching
Thanks!
Thanks for the Super Thanks Sean, we appreciate it
You Sir are a professional with that net! I really enjoyed your video.
Thank you Diane, we're glad you enjoy our videos.
Joyce, I saw that if you put a wooden spoon in your pot when cooking crabs it won’t boil over. I tried it when I made hard boiled eggs & it worked. Watching your videos makes my mouth water. Keep filming !
She's going to try it, Thanks for the tip
Works every time for me. Both the stopping the boil over and the mouth watering. Here I am in North Texas, remembering the 70's, catching and eating giant Blue Crabs. Good times.l
doing all of the right things, working out, getting air, exercising. Plus you get something Great to eat for your troubles. Hang in there, great show by you both......Stay as young as you can.......Doc, Tx.
Thanks, we just like being in the outdoors and we both like the same things. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
New subscriber here 😊. Just found your channel. Absolutely loving your content ! We are from Hollister it's so fun to see a local area on film.
Glad you found us, we happened to be on the river In Putnam County today setting crab traps. Thanks for Watching and Subscribing we really appreciate it
Great to see this still having fun and enjoying each other
We are, Thanks
@@TheOldCoupleOutdoors 💑 new subscriber
Thanks for Subscribing Gary we really appreciate it
Looks absolutely delicious stay safe out in your playground
They are delicious Maria, Thanks again for Watching
Enjoy your crab meal those were some real monsters. Stay safe. Me and my wife love your videos. Don’t change anything y’all do. Tight crab lines and boiled crabs💙❤️
Thank you, glad you and your wife enjoy our videos.
Love y’alls show! I live in North Louisiana so i’ve crabbed before but y’all making me want too!
Take a crabbing trip it's a good time of the year and Louisiana has great crabbing. Thanks for Watching and good luck
I love you two, you seem like the nicest people. Hopefully the Hurricane didn't do much damage 😢
We were very fortunate nothing came inside, most a mess outside. Thanks for Watching
Hand lines are alot of fun and seems like you get larger crabs that way. Quality over quantity.
Your right Michael, It seems like that's the only way to catch the smart crabs.
I love the name of your channel, thank you and thumbs up.
Thanks John, I thought that name fit us because we're both over 75 and love the outdoors.
Corn on the cobb is good evenfffkn naked.
that shhhts goingto taste guuuuuureat.
my family and i lived in Ftlauderdale and the keys.
its wonderful to see you folks out there cooking delicious treats
You a blessed Man.👍✌️
Love you folks! We just moved to the Jersey Shore and I can walk a block to crab where practically nobody goes. Mostly small ones now but I expect in September they’ll be bigger.
We're originally from Jersey, born in Atlantic City, we used to do a lot of crabbing and fishing there. We're glad you enjoy our videos and Thanks for Watching
Nevermind love this and the more old bay the better
Another beautiful Day crabbing just love watching your videos
Thank you Crystal
Really enjoy you people you are awesome
Thanks Paul and we really appreciate you watching our videos
I’m enjoying watching your videos.
Thanks a lot for Watching
Joyce, the mosquitos go after you because you are so sweet! Thy ignore Sam because he is s salty. LOL
Your probably right Jack lol
Looks delicious. I love blue crabs!! I could just taste them !!
Blue crabs are good eating. Thanks for watching our videos
YOU GUYS ARE AWSOME I JUST LOVE YOU GUYS MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR EVER
Thanks, God was looking out for us
Love these type of people! I started crabbing out in Anahuac,Tx! I will always have memories and love this place! So much excitement crabbing,fishing, and enjoying my grandparents and the town itself! Blue Crabs Delicious 🦀
Thanks and Thanks a lot for Watching
Blue crabs are so delicious. Their meat are sweet. That is by far the biggest blue crab I have ever seen.
That spot had some big crab. Thanks for Watching our videos
Fabulous that covers it.😀👍
Thanks John
Great! You cleaned them. Yummm blue crabs. Loved catching them in Florida. Hubby didn’t like them, so I got them all.
You're a lucky lady Elizabeth I have to share lol. Thanks a lot for Watching
Your Technique is superb. 👍
Thanks and Thanks for Watching our videos
Nice crabs!!! reminds me of younger days, no regulations on crab fishing, big blue crabs, cold beer, good memories, traversing a harbour lit up by massive light towers, we stayed away from the ships, and everyone let everyone else be ... We used to go to another harbour during the summer holidays, lots of mangrove (just like in your clip) and mangrove crabs between 7" to 10" across (definite finger breakers). All this is making me want a crab or three!
Sounds like my younger days, that's why I'm doing it now. Thanks a lot for Watching we really appreciate it
Wow I love crabbing like this. I keep all of them
Reminds me of the 60s crawdading in Grandpa's creek but we only had a line, silver washer, bacon, & forked stick. No net so we flung them up on the pasture bank. Still have that little farm but our 4th generation not so interested
That sounds like fun we're glad we can bring back some good memories. Thanks for Watching our videos
Love watching y'all.
And we're glad you're Watching
Sweet couple! I’m so hungry now!!!
Thank you Karen, now you have to cook some crabs lol. Thanks a lot for Watching
Great catch nicely done
Thank you
Great job!!!
Thanks
Boy, that looks like fun!
It is a lot of fun especially catching those big ones. Thanks for Watching
Oh my goodness,I love those, they will be so good.
They were good and big Thanks a lot for Watching
Wow, my mouth is watering, and I am starving!
That happens to me every time we cook crab. Thanks a lot for Watching
Just watched with my brother, again. Even he had flashbacks of days passed when we had crab that big. Overfishing has kept them from being as good as this in the bays here. But he mentioned a spot very much like this where their only bothered occasionally we know of. Though its been years it's still hidden among the civilization grown around it. He asked what month this was I said may. He said we use to raid our hole in April. Then he said 6 months were raiding the hole. Lol. Them crabs done stirred us up.
Phil that's what I'm doing, reliving the days when I was young and lucky for me Joyce loves it to, but the fishing and crabbing is nothing like it was in the good old days but it's still fun. Thanks again for Watching
Just found your channel. Looks like you got a honey hole to catch crabs.
Hope your channel does very well.
PS, you had me at "Old Bay seasoning".
I love the stuff.
For now, I don't know how long it will last lol. Thanks a lot for Watching we really appreciate it
And me. I live in the UK and never heard of Old Bay seasoning until I watched Sam and Joyce’s videos. Now I can’t cook without the stuff😂 only downside is I have to order it off eBay as most retailers don’t stock Old Bay in the U.K so have to get it imported from America which obviously means it’s quite expensive, but definitely worth the wait🙂😋
@@matty6848 , Old Bay is simply the best for seafood, and especially for boiled shrimp, and crab.
I especially like to peel shrimp, dip them in a tiny bowl with Old Bay powder at the bottom, and peel the next as I'm eating the one I just peeled. That's full strength and so tasty.
@@davidgraham2673 yeh I ordered some Old Bay off eBay and it has its all imported which I think is better because your buying the genuine stuff. See if Old Bay was stocked on the shelves in the UK because we have a big nanny government they make the producers take out way too much sugar and salt so it would be ruined. Same as American cereal. I’ve had lucky charms in America and their lovely, taste the UK version they taste different because so much sugar is taken out. That’s our silly health obsessed government for you. We’re adults and should be able too decide what we eat, not our government.
@@matty6848 , I completely understand. We have the same issue here with goods from Europe.
I'm happy to hear that you can get the true version, I just hate it that you have to pay an exhorbitant price.
When I was stationed in Germany, the locals there preferred true American Marlboro cigarettes over the ones they could get.
The interesting thing was our Marlboro packs have twenty cigarettes. The ones that Germans could buy had either 19 or 21 cigarettes, but never twenty.
I'd help out my German friends by gifting them a carton here or there. The older Germans especially liked the real ones.
Wonderful.
nice haul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
Great video , please make one on how you prep and clean.
We will
Great Video. Good luck you guys, well done.
Thank you very much and Thanks for Watching
Good Catch!
Thanks
Luv you grandpa❤
Thank you 🙏 I enjoy the videos
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Thank you, Sir, for reminding me how to do this.
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We live in Texas on the Gulf Coast and love our seafood fresh out of the bay or the Gulf. Love your channel man.
Thanks a lot, you can't beat fresh seafood can you. We really appreciate you watching our videos.
@@TheOldCoupleOutdoors almost as much as I appreciate you watching mine! Ha Just kidding however, you rock man.
Looks good crab lovers, from Maryland were we do more steaming then boiling, looks delicious I can smell it though the Phone......
I believe you because the smell was that good. We boil, steam, fry and bake our cards to try to make everyone happy. Thanks a lot for Watching
Never had blue crab...from new england we do rock which i love...can get blue but heard rock sweeter...but im dyeing to try blue...nice video...
We like both (we're from N.J.) but you can't beat a large Blue Crab. Thanks a lot for Watching
Those are some Monsters! 🦀🦀🦀
The big crabs are pretty consistent there Stan
beautiful couple.
Ya'll got some good ones!
We found really big crabs in a backwater pond in Chatham, Cape Cod many years ago (1970's). the crabs were so large that they would grab both sides of the net and yank it. These were serious critters.
I've heard of big crabs like that, I guess they're crabs of the past.
Try that down here in south west FL a Gator will welcome you. And yes we have blue claws here.
We have plenty of Gators here in East Central Florida we see them all the time. Thanks a lot for Watching
😁👊🏻ohhhh!!! They had to be GREAT huh?!! Most ppl (unless they have crabbed bfor) don't understand how much better they are fresh outta the water. Those big ones u caught are enough to fill ur belly! 7 would've likely done u both good, ehh? They're so good fresh!
Oh btw.....I'll be rite over for some steamed crabs! Want me to bring the old bay? Or do u all have some?😆👊🏻
Great catch, I'm sure they were delicious!!
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Dionne, those crabs were great, always nice hearing from the Crab Capital.
@The Old Couple Outdoors 😉👊🏻❤️lol ahhh!! I was hoping u caught that!!😁👊🏻lol
I never add my location lol ~ u all were the exception.
Crabs are my favorite seafood just looking at this is making my mouth water yummy
Us too, we might be eating too many carbs lol.
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You 2 are adorable
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Mrs. Old couple wear long sleeves cotton t shirt and long pants. Fun watching you two.
You're right, I tell her to. Thanks a lot for Watching
Big $$ crabs great video
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😜The same style cooking...
Another great crab dinner!
It was, Thanks
Joyce, don't forget the recipe of pan frying them in olive oil and garlic and other spices you like. After they are almost cooked, add some oregano and fry a little more to release the flavor of it, you won't be sorry. 🦀🦀🦀
We're going to try it. Thanks a lot for Watching
I like it...Picasso
...wholesome
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I did that at the power plant in Ft Myers where the warm water is sent out. We would take chicken and tie it to a rope and slowly bring then in and net them. It was a lot of fun. Except the time a water moccasin started heading towards us. I ran up the hill as fast as I could.
We used to fish at a power plant around Titusville and would catch a lot of different varieties of fish in the winter but they blocked it off to protect the "Manatees" so no more fishing. Thanks for Watching, Brian
Love you guys gotta admit though love the crabs more😂😂😂
We don't blame you lol. Thanks again for Watching our videos
Great video. Watching from somewhere close to Fort Knox, Kentucky U.S.A.
I've been to Fort Knox when I was in the Army. Thanks a lot for Watching
I lived in galveston for hurricane Alicia. I have not seen blue males that big one after the other since Alicia's aftermath. I ate crabs for weeks. I hope your on a full moon cycle during this adventure. I can remember how much meat would be in those monster blues. I caught mine at night with lantern and dip net. Had a float tub in tow. Man I want to sit down to crab like this again. Simply beautiful. Oh the stuffed crab boiled crab crab salad gumbo. Well thanks again for making me salivate over your video. Call me for the next trip. Wink wink.
We're in East Central Florida. They actually fight like a fish. Thanks a lot for Watching
@@TheOldCoupleOutdoors well I always thought Florida was home to big stoney crab. Never knew you had blues like this. As many times as I've been to Florida top to bottom I've never seen them mentioned or served in restaurants. I must have been blind. But I know now. Gonna have to tell wife to schedule may and June on a full moon for next trips. Lol. Hope your all doing well after storm. I'm on texas coast and know the effects of the mighty tropical blow. We are praying for all of you in Florida. Good luck and thanks for such a wonderful video. I'm gonna eat my hotdogs now. But my imagination says they are crabs.
We do have some big Blue crabs down here you can find them in the St John's River and the Indian River Lagoon area. Just do some exploring. Thanks again for Watching
@@philortiz7519 yes I’ve heard the full moan cycle has a direct effect on how big the blue crabs get. For someone in the UK who forages for common brown crab which is what we mostly catch I’ve never heard of the full moan cycle that changes the size of the crab or it’s meat so much. I find that fascinating. So basically the moan cycle will more or less dictate the crab size and meat?
The moon cycle does not change size of crab that comes from the molt. But it dictates the amount of meat in the crab. Now I can only say that about blue crab and stone crab claws. But it is fact that the fuller the moon the fuller the crab is with meat. Promise. Like I said it's amazing to see how they fill in and wane along the cycle. Im still trying to figure out what causes the meat to dissipate and how quick. They are never empty but they certainly do fill up under full moon. I only crab the the week building upbto and under the full moon. Anyone else have info would love to learn it.
Joyce, would you mind showing how you clean the crabs?
Some of our videos show how, we'll do it again.
What I wouldn't give to know that crabbing spot! 😂😂😂
Great catch! 👌 👏
Really enjoyed your video 👍🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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Port St. Lucie
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I’m going in the morning PortArthur
Good luck
In the late 1970's my grandfather and I were crabbing underneath the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and he caught a crab that was 1 foot from tip to tip ! That was the biggest crab I ever saw in my life !
We'd like to catch one of those monsters. They were the good old days and the 60's were even better. Thanks a lot for Watching our videos
You guys are Great! Keep making videos:)
Thanks a lot, we're planning on it
Your Wife is an excellent woman.. and a Good Cook......
She loves the outdoors like I do especially pulling crab pots, she said it keeps her feeling young also she doesn't like just sitting in the boat doing nothing Thanks again for Watching
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Wow you guys!! Those were huge crabs, wish you caught more. i hate bugs too. But you survived the invasion to get enough for dinner, thank GOD!!!!
Maria, there are some nice crabs at that spot. Joyce doesn't like bugs they all seem to bite her lol.