Slow togging due to bad crabs...

[Chrisper4694]

We decided to try our hand at some blackfishing saturday but when we opened the bag of 5 dozen crabs once at the boat to transfer them into a bucket we were hit with the smell of weeks old rotting old crab...

well being new to blackfish we didn't need this extra challenge since (and i'm sure the experienced tog guys will agree) i'm under the impression that fresh crabs would be a pretty important part of getting a good bite so i'm not sure why we were sold 5 dozen old disgusting rotting ones. anyway we managed to find some decent spots on the reef but were pretty much just there to watch other guys haul tog over their rail while we dealt with almost no bite at all.

We did manage to dig 3-4 decent crabs out of the rotting pile of 60 we bought and hit a handful of shorts with 1 keeper. Then with no decent crab left and out of time i threw on a gulp shrimp, half as a joke, and pulled in my first keeper blackfish ever haha...guess i should've been using gulp the whole time instead of trying to salvage a bite off of the rotten mushy mess we were sold.

maybe it's our fault for trusting the bait shop but they come out of the back with the bag already tied shut.

Just a heads up guys. Check your bait before you leave the shop. I guess some bait shop owners don't really care if they ruin your day fishing.

I wish i could shrug this off as an honest mistake but 5 dozen crabs and only 3-4 that weren't mushy and rotten with a nauseating gagging stench? Buyer beware!