Mandurah Crab festival

howdy all,

The crab festival has just come and gone, but do the crabs come from Mandurah? Does this mean there's bugger all left? 100,000 people eat a heck of a lot of crab

Also, with the rains about to fall, the river usually shuts down. What about Mandurah and the sound?

cheers


jighead's picture

Posts: 728

Date Joined: 03/02/12

No crabs left mate

Thu, 2014-03-20 19:19

 All been eaten. Or mostly wasted by tourists who don't shell them thoroughly.

Auslobster's picture

Posts: 1901

Date Joined: 03/05/08

Crabs not local.

Thu, 2014-03-20 21:17

They bring 'em in from Shark Bay.

JackoW's picture

Posts: 151

Date Joined: 18/12/11

 nah i dont know about shark

Fri, 2014-03-21 09:58

 nah i dont know about shark bay crabs but there are heaps (a majority) of mandurah crabs that are brought to the fest.  theres a couple of local pros that bring em to diferent shops but there are still crabs to be caught for sure.

Posts: 5981

Date Joined: 17/06/10

Mandurah still good for crabs

Fri, 2014-03-21 15:57

There is still good crabbing to be had at Mandurah if you are prepared to move around until you find them. And go crabbing early in the morning not at lunch time and expect to do well at that hour of the day.

tot's picture

Posts: 1162

Date Joined: 31/01/10

i bought some yesterday from innaloo seafood

Fri, 2014-03-21 16:06

approx. prices:

swan river - $35kg
garden island - $25kg
Mandurah - $21kg

swanies were biggest, I grabbed garden island crabs(the middle size) and 4 crabs totalled just over a kg. Mandurah crabs were probably 5 to the kg.

____________________________________________________________________________

Reverse cycle a/c supply and install - Ducted and wall splits