White leggers

[bigal427]

Wondering why the party boats that blackfish don't supply white leggers and green crabs. I know they all supply green crabs but why not supply whites also. Can white leggers be that much more money then green crabs

[capt74]

Yes they are.

[EddieG]

Yes they are more expensive because most whiteleggers come from NY from the guys that I ask.. many greens can be had simply by dropping a crap pot down in a local marina i.e shark river for example... obviously if it's a head boat they need more greens then what a few pots would bring up but you get my drift..

[SaltLife1980]

Yeah whites cost way more

[Togfather2530]

I bought white leggers at a bait store Sunday. They said they were the same price. 40$ for a half bushel. Didn't make sense to me because I always heard they were more. Once I got out I realized most were almost ready to die or dead

[VicNava]

Originally Posted by Togfather2530

I bought white leggers at a bait store Sunday. They said they were the same price. 40$ for a half bushel. Didn't make sense to me because I always heard they were more. Once I got out I realized most were almost ready to die or dead

Same thing here, half of the bushel were dead.......but i still caught my limit that day.

Lesson learned, if someone tells you a bushel of whites are the same price as a bushel of greens, your antenna should go up. Not possible. From what I understand, whites are more of a deep water crab and more difficult / expensive to harvest. You can get them in the rivers too but I believe most are caught ocean side. I would also assume green crabs are more prolific then whites as well effecting price.

Curious what tackle shops sold you the whites, that's a real douche move. I always check them at the store for that exact reason but if I didn't and got to the grounds only to find out I was charged half price for dead crabs it would be the last time I bought from that shop. If the proprietor tells you there not in good shape so you at least have a decision to make completely different story but to sell you crap under false pretenses is wrong and as I said it would be the last time I purchased anything from that shop. I understand bait has a shelf life but the risk of that should be the proprietors, not the customers.

[Togfather2530]

Well since you asked that would be everyones favorite Julians lol. Pete at atlantic is where I normally stop but I didn't call ahead and he didn't have any so I bought them at Julians. And no he never told me they were in bad shape. But yes he told me either the greens or whites were 40$ for a half bushel. They were either dead or very very inactive