Moo with a drop net, from my experience the most efficient way for children to catch crabs.
My daughter and I managed to catch 35 crabs in around 20 or 30 minutes from the jetty at Dale, Pembrokeshire.
We used a crab line and a drop net baited with bacon and sardines.
The drop net was very efficient catching 3-8 crabs every 2 to 3 minutes.
The crab line works, but the crabs easily fall off, when raising the bait, with the crabs hanging on. So it's best to place a net under it, as you kids pull up the bait. This catches any fallers!
We also caught a single whitebait.
My daughter pulling up the drop net.
A crab clutching the bait bag on the crab line. It's always best to place a net under the bait bag as you retrieve it to catch any crabs that fall off.
Crabs in the drop net - Dale - Pembrokeshire.
My daughter with a crab - Dale Jetty - Pembrokeshire.
A bucket full of crabs.
Buckets full of crabs and tiny fish caught by other children.
A whitebait caught in the drop net.
One little girl caught a jellyfish in her net.
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