Reel Repair by Alan Tani

While pulling some shrimp pots ive found some interesting critters that live on the ocean floor. here is a couple photos I was able to snatch.  enjoy the view.     gst.

Spider crabs I presume?

mr. tightlines replyed it might be a spider crab! it was moving slowly and was about 3 inch across. thanks for replying!  gst.

Looks more like a starfish.

Quote from: Reel 224 on January 07, 2015, 02:38:10 PM
Looks more like a starfish.

You can see it's pinchers in the bottom of the first picture.

My opinion is it's too small to be a spider crab...I will say "DECORATOR CRAB"  Google search's are so cool



I dated a girl once just like this 

Well done!  It does indeed apear to be a

Oregonia gracilis Dana, 1851...Graceful Decorator Crab

I admit I was just flying by the seat of my pants on that one   The miniture spider crabs immediately came to mind *not the more common Giant Japanese variaty.

I guess I should stick to my specialty field...warm water Pelagics/Epipelagics.

Quote from: Tightlines666 on January 08, 2015, 01:40:00 AM
Well done!  It does indeed apear to be a

Oregonia gracilis Dana, 1851...Graceful Decorator Crab

I admit I was just flying by the seat of my pants on that one   The miniture spider crabs immediately came to mind *not the more common Giant Japanese variaty.

I guess I should stick to my specialty field...warm water Pelagics/Epipelagics.

And I will stick to my specialty as well...Crabs that don't dress very well  

Quote from: Big Tim on January 08, 2015, 01:47:46 AM
And I will stick to my specialty as well...Women that don't dress very well 

Dude...was there any booze involved before you hit <Enter>?

If so, we may need to cut you off from the bar this June so that you don't inadvertently say something that makes Aiala toss you off the stern. Cuts into fishing time everytime we circle back to pull you out...

Sorry everybody about the poor picture, but it was better than nothing!  its always "next time"!   but sometimes there is no more opportunity's!  I think Tim nailed it, I too shoulda googled it but that might have left you out again?