How to Hook a Fiddler Crab

Baiting your hook with a fiddler crab may attract a strike, but bait that stays on the hook properly will better your chances of landing the big catch. When you fish with any living bait, it is important that it remains alive and moves around naturally. When you rig a fiddler crab correctly, it will walk the bottom of the ocean in search of food and your next catch.

Things You'll Need

  • 1/0 size fishing hook
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Instructions

    • 1

      Grip the fiddler crab's large claw with your fingers, and pull it off. This will keep you from getting pinched while working with the bait.

    • 2

      Hold the fiddler crab in one hand and your hook in the other. Hold the crab by the top and bottom of the shell to avoid harming the bait.

    • 3

      Press the tip of the hook into the back of the crab just behind its rear legs. The tissue here is soft, so you can insert the hook easily without breaking crab's the shell.

    • 4

      Poke the tip of the hook out of the center of the crab's top shell.

    • 5

      Rotate the hook around until the back end of the crab rests in the curve of the hook. Point the tip of your hook so it is facing behind the crab.