Amazing. Unfortunately I don’t have time right now but I’d love to see what ocean cove looks like. It should be a year in April since we dove for the cleanup there with Joshua. Keep up the incredible work!!

Voted. Can someone explain this to me?

I tried sending you a message but I’m not too good at using this. I’m definitely down for testing your kayak if you’ll let me. Let’s find a weekend that works. I’m thinking I may buy my new kayak near the end of April.

I bought a cheap air bubbler that works off of my 12v  cigarette lighter. When I need to travel long sdistances after crabbing or know I can’t cook them as soon as I get home for some reason I’ll theow them in a cooler with some sea water and throw the bubbler in there. They are just as lovely as the second I caught them.

I see and hear most people boil their crab. Am I the only one who steams? I feel that boiling dilutes the taste as it escapes into the water.
All i do is take 1/3 can of beer, a teaspoon of vinegar a few smashed cloves of garlic and toss my crab in. Let that steam for about 15-20 min. I mix rock crab and dungy all the time. I dont notice cross-tasting one bit. Also, i notice the meat to be firmer when steamed. Idk, just my .02

Thanks for he information. I’ll definitely try steaming them next time. It seems to be the way to go

I've run into the same issue with a few rock crab that I've taken from inside the harbor at Bodega. Not necessarily sour, but a metallic/iodine-like flavor that is a little hard to describe. Edible, yes. Tasty, not so much.

That’s most likely the flavoring I was trying to describe. Thank you. After reading through these posts I’m going to try some different recipes. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t doing something wrong. Thank for the info!!

I’ll give that a shot next time. I was more or less wondering why there was such adiffference between the store bought crab and the ones I brought home. I guess what I’m asking is what do the stores do to prepare there’s?

good morning. I have what could be a silly question but one I would like more information on. I've always dove for my food and recently started crabbing from a kayak. I have seen many crab while diving and finally decided now's a good time to go ahead and start harvesting them. anyways my question is regarding the taste. the first time I went out I got red rock crab, Dungeness, and yellow rock crab. (thank you for the post explaining the different rock crabs). I cooked them all together, which I realized was a mistake cause the tastes all mixed, and noticed an almost sour like after taste. I cleaned all the crab prior to cooking them and they were all alive until I cleaned them. the second time I went I only kept 1 red rock crab and some Dungeness. once again the red rock seemed to have a slightly sour aftertaste but I was surprised how much fishier the Dungeness tasted than its store bought counterpart. my question is what do I seem to be doing wrong or different than the stores? I liked the taste of the crab I cooked, at least the Dungeness crab, but I'm wondering how to emulate the taste of the store bought crab. also if someone could help me with how to properly cook red rock crab as I have heard many people say they actually prefer it to Dungeness that would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to this aspect of seafood and would greatly appreciate any help I can get. I really like how helpful everyone in this community seems to be! a big shout out to reel knots for introducing me to this site.