Anyone Can Catch Blue Crabs Like This!

How To Series. In this video, I show how to make, bait, and use hand lines baited with chicken legs, aka chicken on a string. We'll be crabbing in Charleston, SC from a dock at a public park.
In the video, I will also show:
-- How to easily make a hand line.
-- How to bait a hand line.
-- How to catch and land blue crabs using a hand line.
-- NINJA TIPS: Keeping your bait on the bottom and Early Alert System
Links to equipment used below.
Equipment:
Marine Utility Cord amzn.to/48CR6yD
Crabbing Tongs amzn.to/3P3WNi9
0:00 Intro
0:32 How to Rig a Hand Line
1:06 How to Make a Hand Line Using a UniKnot
5:03 NINJA TIP: Add Weight to Keep Chicken on the Bottom
5:43 How to Bait a Hand Line
6:16 NINJA TIP: Early Alert System
6:58 How to Catch Blue Crabs
8:53 Teaching Miss Terri How to Hand Line
10:06 Catching Big Blue Crab on Hand Line
10:58 Measuring the Big Guy
11:09 More Hand Lining
14:45 Wrap Up
15:15 Cooking Blue Crabs
16:06 Thanks for Watching
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[@user-di5js3py2z]

Thanks for showing how you make your handline. Clever idea to add the sinker to the line.

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Some of the locations I crab with handlines have a strong current, so I devised that solution to keep the chicken on the bottom without drifting much. Thanks for watching!

[@Heal-ThyLife]

Thanks for explaining how to make a handline and use it.

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

Glad you found it informative. Thanks for watching!

[@BeckiHastings]

Fantastic video! Very educational for beginners too well done

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

Thank you so much for the compliment. Thanks for watching!

[@Minni-yk4iu]

so professional

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

Thank you so much. Continuing to improve. Thanks for watching!

[@VillagransPitStop]

Heck yeah more guys from SC, love it see it

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

Yaya. What part of town you in? Thanks for watching!

[@VillagransPitStop]

Greenville/ Spartanburg

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

@@VillagransPitStop awesome

[@augustinebutler7891]

I'm from MD. and have been crabbing for 40 years. People pull your line in slower than this guy.

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

You are correct, definitely want to pull the lines in slow. When I feel that there's nothing on the line, I'll pull it in quicker. Thanks for watching.

[@augustinebutler7891]

FYI. When you feel like it has dropped off, stop pulling and let it be for a couple seconds. I guarantee most times it will grab the bait again. Then continue pulling slowly again. Happy crabbing

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

@@augustinebutler7891 great suggestion. You definitely have experience with hand lines. Thanks for your wisdom based on your experiences.

[@Heal-ThyLife]

​I went handlining at that pier before. The current can get really strong on an outgoing tide.

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

@@Heal-ThyLife that's very true. The current got very strong about an hour into crabbing. Maybe we'll run into each other out there. Thanks for watching.

[@augustinebutler7891]

Never seen anyone pull hardliners in so fast. No wonder they keep letting go.

[@CarolinaOutdoorsman]

It happens sometimes. Absolutely want to pull the line in slowly. Great advice. Thanks for watching!