In the redfish post, I said we had picked up some crabs, but not enough to make a meal.
Well, yesterday we went out for a couple of hours and while I fished, wife picked up 10 more so had enough to pick out.
these are the bodies after cleaning top shell,guts and trimming mouth and legs
this is the body after steaming
this is the body cut in half horizontally, exposing the inner chambers of legs
my favorite, claws prepped and ready for frying
the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, about a pound of fresh crabmeat
lotta work, but so much better than the pasteurized canned stuff