How Do You Use Fish Parts In A Crab Trap?
Buy a crab trap if you have easy access to a Gulf Coast bay or canal and like to fish. Even if you don’t fish you can catch mullet with a throw net to bait the trap. If you use chicken, beef, pork or pieces of any land animal other than road kill, the crabs you catch in a trap can get expensive. A better option is to use fish parts to bait your trap. Go to a sporting goods store or bait shop and buy a crab trap. Be sure and get a trap that has a “parlor” above the “dining room.” Crabs go into the dining room where the bait chamber is and then go into the parlor above the dining room. This type of trap is best because it conserves bait and you can put fish carcasses in the upper chamber and feed your guests indefinitely. Bait the trap with what is left after you fillet a fish. Don’t chop it up. Remember small bait fish, catfish, even an occasional flounder or croaker will also come to your restaurant. If you want the bait to last longer, chop it up just enough to stuff it in a freezer b
