Too Ugly To Eat? | Winter Crabbing

[@rbuenafe100]

Will, I'm so glad you are utilizing seafood that most people would consider disgusting or trash. Searobins for example. They are plentiful. Easy to catch and they are delicious! it's a bit of a pain to clean, but worth it. I make soups out of the bluefish and striped bass heads that I catch and thanks to you, I can make other delicious dishes out of them from watching your videos. Keep the awesome videos coming. Thank you!

[@CookingWithClams]

I love hearing this!!

[@RyansFishingandCrabbing]

Here’s some tips from me aka one of the master crabbers from JB and Captree area. Those small crabs u got are called Atlantic Rock Crabs, Lady/calico crabs only come spring summer and fall and have a circular shell. Rock Crabs as well as Lady and Blue claws in NY come typically in the highest numbers during incoming tide with fast moving water. If u go during slack tide, all ur gonna catch is spider crabs. Hope this helps, great video and recipe btw 😁

[@CookingWithClams]

All great tips! And very appreciated

[@CookingWithClams]

Also subscribed!

[@David35445]

I really like how you put together that dish, hitting the grocery store after work for some snow crab clusters and fresh parsley. My wife will love this too.

[@CookingWithClams]

Very simple and exploding with flavor

[@paulpence8895]

Low yielding is an understatement... LOL!!!

[@CookingWithClams]

Brutal

[@seajebus8492]

Friggin rights brotherino! We will definitely keep on watching your journey. We got you and we all love the adventure from start to finish of your new creations. Another beauty for the archives! Thanks for allowing us to tag along. Always awesome!

[@CookingWithClams]

Appreciate you beyond words

[@therune2you]

Love seeing you turn what some might deem as nothing into a beautiful dish. We all appreciate you and what you do, Will. That crab pasta looked immaculate.

[@CookingWithClams]

Thanks so much! You could do that pasta even with just fish or shrimp

[@TheDrummergirl33]

Oh yea , another amazing looking meal , yum

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you!

[@markroper9269]

All those marshes.....and the helicopter.......are over there and over head! Ugh! Looks like a good dish!! Parsley never hurt anyone! Have a great week!

[@CookingWithClams]

Parsley is so good and overlooked

[@NoName-ux7ot]

We have the invasive European Green Crab on the west coast as well. We are told not to throw the back so I usually dispatch them and use them for Cabezon bait.

[@CookingWithClams]

We use em for tog bait, I also made a bisque from them here in the channel

[@robertrickabaugh3304]

They look like Jonah crabs, not Calico (aka sand crabs) we get in NJ. Maybe it's just the time of the year you're getting them and the shells are darker

[@CookingWithClams]

They were Atlantic rock crabs actually

[@matthewberg7395]

You sure do go thru a lot of work for your food, and for minimal amounts. But it always looks fricking delicious!

[@CookingWithClams]

It’s really about just getting outside to be honest

[@beckystockesify]

Wow! These “ugly” crab made me salivate. I love that you regularly use bycatch and less desirable species to make 5 star dishes! Ps - I really want to know how to make a good seafood curry like you mentioned at the beginning. Can you please show that someday? Love all your videos; thank you for all the effort it takes to produce them.

[@CookingWithClams]

Hey I do have a green curry on here. It’s not a traditional recipe but it is delicious

[@frankgrosso453]

That’s a beautiful looking plate of pasta, Nona’s everywhere would be proud.

[@CookingWithClams]

Pasta grannies

[@BigWood76]

Saw you on Tug Trash thought I would pop over and check out your channel, I’m glad I did. Now I just need to watch all your old videos.

[@CookingWithClams]

Haha you got a few to keep you busy!

[@saenole66]

I agree too little meat from the spider crab. I put out stone crab traps up here in Apalachee Bay. When my son Will could help pull the traps we did pretty good. Lots of work so didn’t do it for a ling time.

[@CookingWithClams]

Yeah I don’t think I’ll target these guys again. Too much work for such little meat

[@bradjones9634]

The end product looks delicious. The extraction of crab meat is the reason it costs so much, but it is great.

[@CookingWithClams]

Definitely makes you appreciate it

[@RajaAdou]

I love how resourceful and imaginative you are. I wish I was half as patient as you are. Great video!!!

[@CookingWithClams]

I honestly find it fun

[@gradybrowning3976]

We have those spider crabs in Jacksonville Florida too, the shell is so hard you for real need a hammer to crack them! They are pretty good eating .

[@CookingWithClams]

These must have just molted cause I didn’t even need a cracker

[@ammohead73]

Came over from Tugs channel....Subbed!

[@CookingWithClams]

Heck yeah! Thanks for that and I think you’ll enjoy tomorrow’s episode then

[@moneymaker1986]

Always here til the end buddy. Love the content

[@CookingWithClams]

Appreciate it!

[@Bass59]

Yeah they also called the rock crabs white crab the smaller ones are good for black fishing

[@CookingWithClams]

I believe it!

[@Bass59]

@@CookingWithClams yeah the only time I go fishing out in Long Island when I take the Long Island Railroad to Babylon all got like to go trout fishing

[@Bass59]

@@CookingWithClams sorry for the wrong words when I talk on the recording it puts up wrong words add a smaller rock crabs I'll go to black fish bait

[@RagingNana57]

Hi Will! I sure was expecting more meat out of those spider crabs too. The food still looked amazing as always! Thank you for all you do to create content for us!!

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you! I think at times they are more full. I caught them on a molt

[@RagingNana57]

@@CookingWithClams That'll do it.

[@steveperry9304]

Wow, Will! Just when I think we’ve reached your final cutoff line between food and bait, you surprise us and move that border line once again! 😂 I’ve been accused of eating plenty of weird and/or disgusting food in my lifetime. But I don’t think I’ve even sample spider crabs. lol. More power to you, and at least it makes for an entertaining video. 😜 On a side note….. you mention that they seemed like they might have shed recently, since the shells were soft. If so, that could be why they were so empty. Maybe some hardshell spiders would be fuller?

[@CookingWithClams]

I won’t lie, they were absolutely delicious

[@CookingWithClams]

Harder she’ll would definitely be more full

[@NFNADVENTURE]

Even in florida, I've wondered about eating the spider crabs. Usually throw them back maybe I'll keep some one time to try

[@CookingWithClams]

The ones in Florida are FANTASTIC

[@adamyoung480]

Aloha. Spent middle and high school living on the gulf coast. After watching Aaron and Will, I’m kicking myself for not trying spider crab. I always went for blue or stone.

[@raybaker8726]

I make a dish just like it with shrimp or scallops. Pasta, lemon, butter, sun dried tomatoes, garlic and capers. Very GOOD!

[@CookingWithClams]

So simple but so much flavor

[@abouttogetspicy5541]

At least if the sh:+ hits the fan we aren’t gonna starve! Might need a couple rips to try this one 😂 all jokes aside though, it looked like it all came together pretty well!

[@CookingWithClams]

Haha

[@jfisher101]

Enjoy your content. I live on south fork LI. & visit KW often. I fish a lot but you've definitely shown me some pretty interesting things about my home waters. Thanks

[@CookingWithClams]

Ah that’s amazing thank you

[@jenmcpena5857]

Spider crab is pretty good.

[@CookingWithClams]

I prefer the Florida ones but these were good

[@sublimelovinfool]

What if the flavor of the crab along with the algae actually make a delicious broth? I don’t have to tell Will this but seaweed is often used as a flavoring agent in broth.

[@CookingWithClams]

That’s a good point. Now I have to try

[@goaski474]

Way cool watching your vids of my hometown. We used to slip a few chicken livers under the skin of the chicken leg, try it!

[@CookingWithClams]

That’s a good idea. Way more scent

[@rosathompson5644]

I got hungry watching your video. I might just go to our local store for some crab and borrow your recipe. Thank you 😊🙏

[@CookingWithClams]

Borrow away!

[@sammcvea1069]

Good video 📹 👍.

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you Sam!

[@ericcope8216]

Great video! I was always told that Spider Crab were inedible!

[@CookingWithClams]

Same here

[@RN67POST]

Love your video, got me to subscribe! Adventure on ! And your cooking was amazing 😬👍🦀

[@CookingWithClams]

Thanks for the sub!

[@heathercanales5679]

Oh wow that looks so amazing ❤❤

[@CookingWithClams]

So good!

[@CookingWithClams]

Sammy creek is GREAT

[@EddieGilliland-m3v]

Really looks good!

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you!

[@carollevatino9164]

Another great dish; another great video!!

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you mom

[@Ape-El]

I’m going to try spider crabs next time I go to Rhode Island. Thanks for giving me the idea!

[@CookingWithClams]

They’re good! Hopefully you get better yield

[@highcommander2007]

Great video. Love how you always go after the under utilized sea food. I have a challenge for you: what about mackerel scad. I think they call um Speedos where you are. In Bermuda and Asian countries like the Philippines they fry them whole but i wonder if you could do a butterfly fillet of them or something? As one of the most prized bait fish, it would be amazing to see if they are edible.

[@CookingWithClams]

Funny enough I have cooked and eaten them (not on camera though) they’re actually a pain to get. I definitely want to cook them on the channel

[@highcommander2007]

@@CookingWithClams Check out LandShark Outdoors most recent video, he uses a really cool net with chum to catch um super easy. maybe you could do something like that

[@leeweisberg4045]

Great video keep them coming

[@CookingWithClams]

I will!

[@johnbarthelemy189]

Ok might try that dish with a big mudcrab we have in Queensland or some spanner crab's even prawns with the pasta never tried that.

[@CookingWithClams]

That would work!

[@BillLuther-r9d]

Lot of work!

[@CookingWithClams]

I’d say worth it but… it really wasn’t haha

[@BillLuther-r9d]

What I miss the most about the east coast, I live in west Texas, is the blue crab steamed in old bay and beer 😀

[@Bmwqxtmop]

I would love to try that!

[@CookingWithClams]

You could do it with shrimp as well

[@johnb3398]

lol I fish field ten all the time. most fishermen out that way are done for the season December-March is kind of our off season. if you see any guys out there fishing they're probably fishing for herring and you'll find the bulk of the herring guys are are at places like magnoila pier or the canarsey pier in brooklyn. I probably wouldn't eat anything caught from canarsie pier but if your in the area still and feel like chucking a sabaki rig out with a gigantic metal flasher you can show everyone what a pickled herring sandwich is

[@johnb3398]

aww man your a local, forget i said anything.... i just started watching your videos last week. of course i spot burn herring to the local

[@CookingWithClams]

Hahaha tried magnolia twice this season and got TWO herring

[@Bass59]

And if you want you can Google it what's the difference is with the lady crab and the rock crab

[@CookingWithClams]

I did after I shot the video thank you! Appreciate the knowledge

[@Bass59]

@@CookingWithClams no problem but I tell you this rock crabs are good eating too especially if they're big rock crabs

[@randyruney5704]

Great video. Too much work for me but looks great. I’d love to try it.

[@CookingWithClams]

Gotta find someone like me that’ll do the work!

[@PSSKDerby]

Great video Will! What an awesome way to use something you caught personally that gave such a small yield. Your plate looked beyond tasty. On top of that, you had a great day outdoors. I’m not Italian, but I love the simplicity in your cooking. I’m going to try this with N.S. lobster, they create an awesome broth. Maybe muscles. My daughter (& my wife) will Thank you! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@CookingWithClams]

I hope they enjoy!

[@Bmwqxtmop]

We need an outdoor chef life x cooking with clams collab

[@CookingWithClams]

One day maybe!

[@dannywhite8057]

Top stuff bro. 🤙

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you!

[@josephderer9393]

looks amazing...

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you! It was super tasty

[@TheReidsOutdoors]

I use the spider crabs for tog bait but idk if I’d try eating them, not even for one of my videos 😂..looked good tho

[@CookingWithClams]

Checked out your channel!

[@jaydsdiecastgarage]

NICE JOB

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you!

[@franiannarone8196]

Too good 👍 😋

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you!

[@shawnaustin8957]

👍👍

[@ethanboucher5914]

damn was it last weekend, i wanted go surf fishing in south shore mass, it was 58 out but it poured out all day rip

[@CookingWithClams]

This was a small gap in weather. Still getting bass there?

[@mollyhatchettt9927]

Looks Delicious! Im a bit lazier than you, but I've got some shrimp(shell) in the freezer. Might try that. Thanks for the Vid.

[@CookingWithClams]

But no meat? That’s gonna be a crunchy pasta

[@mollyhatchettt9927]

HHa, in shells but halved and cleaned @@CookingWithClams

[@Julianne955]

Always enjoy your channel! And thank you for trying the Spider Crab north. I wouldn't have looked at those muddy creatures as food. You're always expanding our minds, teaching us about the wild, in a foodie way. Have a wonderful week Will, thanks again for another great and delicious recipe!

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you so much! You have a good week too!

[@debranewcombe8153]

Really good video and recipe!

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you!

[@TigerGaRob]

Another great video Will. Thank you. I would agree, the yield was slight but the dish looked great. J bet it smelled good. Thanks for the tip on the pasta water being added to the sauce. I bet it tightened it up. I’ll try that from now on when mixing pasta in the sauce pan.

[@CookingWithClams]

Its a great trick. It’s a subtle difference but you’ll notice it

[@JohannEiger]

Another great video, thank you! I always look forward to your videos and have learned some great cooking techniques.

[@CookingWithClams]

That makes me happy to hear

[@Daveincc]

Looks delicious ! I’m glad you tried the spider crabs for us. It’s good to know the only real problem with them is not enough juice for the squeeze. I’m just a couple of weeks away from visiting family in Key West. I’m going to see what I can make with whatever I shoot or hook. I’m using you as inspiration.

[@CookingWithClams]

Nice!!! What are you targeting?

[@Daveincc]

Just about anything I can reach with my Hobie kayak. I’ve gotten set up for spearfishing. My uncle is on sugarloaf so I’ll pedal from his back yard , Sammy creek , jumping bridge. Maybe run over to your neighborhood and put in. Mostly mangrove snappers but maybe I’ll run into a mutton. Any lobster I happen to run across. Just hope the wind gives me a break. @@CookingWithClams

[@adamyoung480]

@@DaveinccAloha. Good luck, be safe.

[@junokada6144]

🦀💚

[@VernBigDaddy]

Damn Son! That looks really good!

[@CookingWithClams]

It was dang tasty

[@nitaroper909]

Will, I love your videos! BTW they are not Jonah crabs. I lived in Fort Lauderdale for50 years and the fish mongers would try to pass Jonah’s off for Stone crabs. Jonah’s look like stone crabs. I will try to post a pic of them. Also I have learned so much from your cooking segments, keep up your good work. Question for you…. Do you have to keep the crabs alive like you do blue crabs? !

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you! From my understanding they are Atlantic rock crab, which have no regulation. I try to keep any crustacean alive up until I cook it

[@miketorre16]

looks kinda good.... for 2024 i still think you can make a great dish with a Pickerel...🐟🐟

[@CookingWithClams]

Just need to catch one!

[@robertrickabaugh3304]

That's a lot of chicken for one trap. You need more traps

[@CookingWithClams]

They’re expensive that’s for sure

[@larrysowada9905]

Just found your channel and so far so good i want to ask you were did you get the crab trap your using. Larry

[@CookingWithClams]

Hey Larry, just at a local bait shop on Long Island

[@U.S.ArmyVeteran]

Nice first catch... Heck, and second! "They look a little less horrible" 😂😂 Dude, you're amazing, I love the way you make use of what you have (no matter how small) and have fun making those tasty dishes and let us come along. God bless you mann ❤👍🏽 Imagine if you could train someone or a few someones to cook up your recipe's or clone yourself. You could enjoy the fruit of your labor while living the life you want to and smile each day because you know people are enjoying your hand crafted dishes.EDIT again - I really should watch the entire video before commenting LOL, You videos always make me hungry even after I've already eaten something LOL, Wait, am I a fat Azz 👀😳

[@CookingWithClams]

Haha I love it! Thanks for always leaving the nice comments!

[@garyulmer259]

Sorry will not to crazy about that dish one not enough crab but don't give up i am looking towards you. Next video Next week

[@CookingWithClams]

Understandable let’s see how you feel next week

[@Bass59]

Can I live on Staten Island New York and we get tons of them in the whole time tons of rock crab mixed with a blue crab

[@CookingWithClams]

The rock crab was tasty as well!

[@Bass59]

@@CookingWithClams heck yeah they're good I mean I fished Long Island before and what the time I used to go 2 Montauk for cod fish but now the only time I get a chance to go to Long Island when I go to Argyle Lake out in Babylon for trout since I don't have a car I take the Long Island Railroad

[@MattSmith0331]

👍🏻👊🏼

[@thewrenchreviews9986]

Is there a limit on the number of spider crab you can take there in NY?

[@CookingWithClams]

Not by size and I think it’s some insane number as far as quantity goes

[@ottoosmers9273]

Have you ever cooked smooth or knobby welk aka conch

[@CookingWithClams]

I haven’t just queen conch

[@VernBigDaddy]

Sometimes the TAG Lines are too easy but I have to hold my tongue (pun intended). 😉

[@CookingWithClams]

Let er rip

[@VernBigDaddy]

Fatto a Mano? The bakery????? CT?

[@VernBigDaddy]

Or just a hat that says “Handmade”?

[@CookingWithClams]

Mobile pizza oven I worked for in Hawaii

[@VernBigDaddy]

Hawaii. You get around Amigo!

[@JacksonsGaming71]

Another amazing Video Showing us how to use things that usually get dissgarded , Lets get too 30 K !! , Thank you so much for these Videos I really appreciate you .

[@CookingWithClams]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@justuschmiii3173]

You hardly ever use parmesan cheese on pastas... I put parmesan cheese on every pasta... I'm gonna start trying it without for you, man... TNX 4 VID LOL 😂😂😂

[@CookingWithClams]

It was drilled into me as a kid no cheese with seafood. It still sticks in my head to this day

[@dustinschell5780]

Will, please don’t take this as being a “youtube fish cop” comment, but I feel the need to tell you. What you were calling calico/lady crabs in this video were actually Jonah’s. They often have size and creel limits, just be careful, please!

[@CookingWithClams]

Ah thank you! From my understanding they aren’t Jonah’s though, but actually Atlantic rock crab (no regulations) people often call them calicos but a true calico has swimmers on the backside. This time of year the Jonah crab are in much deeper water.

[@craigd4160]

Yep, rock crabs. The lady/caico/sand crabs you were looking for are around in the summer. Thanks for having the guts to eat a spider crab. Ive always been curious. If your on li for the winter and interested in going to catch some clams let me know ill be going soon.

[@anthony3603]

We call them white leggers and they work better then green crabs for tog! Especially in late winter

[@saltyandsouthern]

yeww

[@silvermulletttt]

You vs Heiko live youtube boxing match sometime before summer?

[@adamyoung480]

Aloha. Heiko the clown? If you ever feel the need to take your nephew fishing, watch Heiko. You’ll be cured.

[@CookingWithClams]

I’m a lover not a fighter

[@Simpleman88]

😎👍

[@RichardJackRobertson]

PS sorry Otis just couldn't help myself

[@CookingWithClams]

Love it

[@Bass59]

Sir I think you made a the wrong identification of the crab that you said was a lady crab the two crabs you picked up with rock crabs the lady crabs have they're back legs are paddles the rock crab does not have paddles and with the lady crab the mail has Bright Red Claws and a female have orange Claus their tips so those are rock crabs you picked up not lady crabs or sand crabs is what we call them

[@CookingWithClams]

Thank you! Yea I addressed it in the comments here. That they were rock crab and why. The paddle fins being the identifying point. Good eye and I’m happy to learn

[@RichardJackRobertson]

So I'm just gon' sittin' on the dock of the Jones beach bay Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, watching the crabs roll in ; wait , stop dammit , they are spider crabs. Ugly little suckers ......I would boil up a heap of those pesky spiders , chopped up and smashed as an experiment to see if it would be the base for a bisque. I would also cheat a bit and maybe try a sea food chowder if the spiderman broth was edible

[@CookingWithClams]

I did a bisque with the green crab. These just have so much algae in them

[@chrislowe7141]

Enjoy your channel, but in this case, I would have tossed the crabs and cooked up the chicken legs!! Too much work!🤨

[@CookingWithClams]

I like the punishment

[@kimberlypowell5639]

You are so handsome..are you single 😊

[@CookingWithClams]

I appreciate that thank you. I’m not though

[@kimberlypowell5639]

@@CookingWithClams i love your videos only thing I hate is that we can't taste it 😭 it looks so good 💯