SNARING BIG CRAB On The Rocks, DOUBLE FRIED in GARLIC CHILI on a CLIFF!! (Catch Clean Cook)

oh yeah there's something

crab

has a

crab

that's almost seven inches wide this guy is a big rock crab always trying to stick his claws in me wow that's good oh that's good absolutely amazing isn't it? Crab, this guy is also a fighter. Hear it's the California coast. Baby, that's where we're headed. Come on, okay, we made it, so we're along the coast again and today we're going to go for the Dungeness crab, that's all. which is why I'm here if you guys have seen my last video or are familiar with how we fish for crabs here on the west coast, we mainly use traps if you're from the coast and you have a bait cage full of something stinky, some squid whatever. bait and these crabs will be attracted to that and then you have loops or traps on the end of those and sometimes those crabs get stuck in those loops and you roast it, that's how we mostly do it here on the west coast, but I'm very excited, I know this environment doesn't really seem like a good place for Dungeness crab, right, it's super rocky, they prefer muddier substrates, places with sea grass and sandy places, but I think I'm going to surprise them.

I'm going to show you guys that there will be Dungeness crabs around here and they can be caught near these rocky environments. If you could find patches of sandy areas today, I'll actually use a different camera. I'm going to try this. insta 360 1r twin edition and this is their action camera, this is the 4k lens that comes with it, so i have been having a lot of problems with the audio on my gopro sometimes it cuts out and when i am charging the gopro because i need to run constantly, It turns off automatically, so insta360 sent me this camera and I'm very excited to use it.

I love it because it is very modular. Let me show you. Here, like I said, is your 4k lens. You could remove the battery. At the bottom right there is a clip that detaches. What I also love about this camera is that it's modular, in the sense that you can remove the battery pack and remove these two parts, and you can change the screen if you want it to face. you where is the lens and this is actually called twin edition because it comes with another lens and it comes with the 360 ​​lens and then you could take it off and then you could put a 360 lens here if you wanted and now it acts like a 360 camera and an action camera, so I'm going to try to use this one, it's great, it's 360 capable, you can shoot in 4k, 50 frames per second, shoot in 3k if you want 100 frames per second, if you want that camera effect slow. but it is already waterproof up to three meters, so it measures approximately 15 feet.

Just dip it in water if you wanted to and it's already waterproof so that's cool. I'll try it today and hope to get some good images. Let me know what. Guys, think about this, the insta360 one r twin edition. I'm going to try to get out there so I can launch. I just need to go for it and get over these waves and I'll see if I can time it right there. There are some big waves that come up, but some small ones after a while and you can get super wet right there, it shows, but if I can get to the top here, great, it's not that bad that the waves big wave that big wave is going to come and it's going to happen to me right here I hope we go, it happens to me right here I can throw it right here this is my crab trap oh oh yeah, let's take that over there, that's I spent a lot of the first break and I know that around me you can see very rocky and you wouldn't think there were going to be Dungeness crab here, but look at the water, I don't know if you'd notice, but look at the water. brown here, you know what that means, there's a lot of sand that's actually washing up here and I know there's sand around here, so that's a good sign that Dungeness crab likes to be in sandy environments, environments that have a lot of grass. marina and, uh, this. could work you'll be surprised even if it's a rocky coast like this you'll be surprised okay you see this substrate right here this is what's under the ocean a bunch of

rocks

around me right but this is all sand this is super sandy, so I know in the depths that's exactly what it's going to look like, which is why I'm here.

You can find small patches of sandy areas that could well harbor Dungeness crab in about seven minutes, let's see if there's a dirty baby. the current pushed him massively to the left oh yeah there's something crab has a crab oh yeah that feels good that feels good they made it to Dungeness guys I guess hopefully it's not a rock crab that feels good, wow, let's see, that's a Dungeness, that's a Dungeness. A big one, oh wait, no, a big rock crab, that's a big rock crab, damn, that's a big rock crab, that's a big red rock crab, it's full of barnacles, but that's a big one. cute red rock crab right here, wow, that's big, look at that, look at that, okay. take this back to shore measure this guy it's definitely legal 100 wow okay he had a trap on his claw here and then another trap here on his legs let's get him out of these traps real quick this guy is huge look all these barnacles. growing on them too, you know what that means, it means this guy hasn't shed his shell for a while, so it must mean he's full of meat, you know, I press his paws, oh yeah, this thing is hard as a Rock, look at that. incredibly large legal for a rock crab it's four inches wide here in California look at this guy this guy is bigger than six and a quarter is bigger than the yardstick which is seven inches he's probably almost seven inches wide, that's a huge rock crab. this guy this guy is a big rock crab always trying to stick his claws in me wow okay there's still a crab looking for Dungeness if I

catch

some Dungeness I'll let this guy go let's put him in his cooler.

Let it relax, check this out underwater, we have a strong current but you can see the bottom is mainly sandy with lots of sea grass floating around and soon we see a Dungeness crab attracted to my trap. Now look at a big rock crab coming. out of nowhere and start investigating the camera and you will be able to see its legs first and then its claws around the camera, the Dungeness crab in the back is still chewing on the bait and this big rock crab does this for a while while watching the camera and even picks it up and this is where another crab walks up to a trap and the dungeness is able to pull out a piece of squid and basically just says I'm here and the rock crab for whatever reason continues trying to get to the camera no crab was caught in this pool there is one there is one let's see what it is I haven't seen the color yet man rock crab okay let's just release her in this tidal pool here is water right there I'm going to let her walk there if she wants many times you can find these crabs these rock crabs up here in these tide pools at low tide there gone since I was just rock fishing from this spot I decided Move over and find the dungeons let's climb up this rock.

I want to fish over it just so I can get out a little further. See which is the best path. I know you get up on the left side, but maybe I could take a little shortcut to the right. here this seems doable ah so here we go that wasn't so bad well we have this whole ocean let's do it so look at this rock I'm on it's cool you see how the tide is pretty high and this allows me to be up here and throw further that's what I'm doing we're all playing right there wow that's cool everyone's playing I love it when we get to witness shows like this just nature is nature wow that bird is eating a lot of insects and I'm going to

catch

a crab right in front of you, okay, first pole from up here, this new

cliff

crab comes close to the shore when they want to mate, so they're trying to get it, let's see if we can get something here, that's what we have, with luck, we'll see it's a dungeness, although it feels a little small, but it's a crab, it's not that small, it's quite big, actually, yes, it looks like a dungeness, although it looks like us, I don't know if it's a keeper , but let's take it up here, come on, a barely caught Dungeness crab, but hey, like I said, they're in the area and I'm on a rocky

cliff

and you can see there's still Dungeness crab out there if you could find a patch. patchy sandy spot this is a male this is not legal I'm pretty sure but it's cool that they're here they're not here they're not legal but you can see it's not a cigar so this one's coming back but they're out That's a good sign so that the reason I want a Dungeness crab today is to

cook

some of my favorite food.

I want to show you how to

cook

fried

crab with a little

chili

and

garlic

, and that's one of my favorite ways to cook Dungeness crab. It's better with Dungeness crab than rock crab, so I'd like to fish for Dungeon crab and show you how easy it is. Okay, let's put this guy back. I have one. Oh, it seems like he feels like a guardian. It's a rock crab oh it's another rock crab ah and it's female it's big it's a big female it's a big female whoa feisty too let me take this away from her oh man who was nearby he was feisty she's feisty there we Come on, that's a female big, I have to let her go, even though she is a big girl.

Now we're after the rock crab, so leave this one and I'll release her into the tide pool soon, but let's rephrase this and then. and then let's release them into the tide pool. I'm going to put this crab right here to see what she does and she's gone. Hey Siri, set the timer for seven minutes. You can see here that almost immediately a perch notices the drop and actually pecks at the camera and then out of nowhere we see a bunch of Dungeness crab legs walking all over the camera and I don't know what's on the camera, maybe it's emitting some kind of electric field that these fish, crabs and any other living things in the ocean can easily detect.

I know that some hammerhead sharks, for example, and rays, have the ability to detect electrical impulses, so maybe these crabs and these fish are doing the same thing and detecting the camera as something that lives here. In fact, we will see that the Dungeness crab along with the rock clings directly to the trap and these two large crabs seem to be about to confront each other and the trap even attracts these perch at this point there are two perch around two crabs, a Dungeness . and a rock crab, let's see what we got oh, that feels good, feels like a crab there, let's wait until this wave passes well, three two, that's crab, oh yeah, oh yeah, let's see, that's a crab , that's a nice crab, let's see.

This cliff, honey, ah, it's raw crab, which is not really what I want. The decent red rock crab took all my bait, it's not what I want, although another rock crab look at that, yes, it's ready to fight, let's take these, catch them with a claw, it's not. He's not bad, he's pretty good, so he's a male. Damn, I release this one, I don't want any rock crabs though, so here we go, I'll actually let this one go into the tide pool in a moment since I know. where was that rock crab I'm going to try to throw it in a slightly different place oh oh yeah I think there's a crab here yeah I have a little rock crab oh it's a female it's a female pretty sure I saw her abdomen from afar claw caught her a claw man where the dungeon is I know they're here they caught one earlier there's a smaller female raw crab this one probably isn't just legal and we can have it in California but you know I don't like having it females anyway oh man look at this, that's crazy, so something bit it, something took a chunk out of it and you could see its gills or something coming right there, look it's moving, you could basically see inside the crab, poor lady, it probably looks like a recent wound, it hasn't even fully healed, but you can see something pumping there, it's some kind of gill system where they exchange oxygen from the water, but I'm going to release this one.

It clears the water for a moment, but this one is already hurt. I'm going to release it in a tide pool, okay, come on, no more rock crab, Dungeness crab, now come on, yeah, that's one, oh, that's a good one, that's a good one and I'm still biting all my baits, I just drop the others, that's a good one, oh yeah, that's cool, that's gotta be a big dungeness, come on, tell me what's the dungeness, wow, that's a good one, oh, that's a big rock crab, oh, where? It's the dungeness that's gone a dungeness today, come on man, I know there's big claws, big buzz, okay there's one that's nice, I hope it's a dungeness, I really keep saying it's above the water, oh, it looks like it could be. a dungeness that looks like i can't say it now oh yes, that's an art of dungeness no, i can't say it oh yes, it's a small dungeness he's got it by his claw please don't get away with both claws oh, there's another dungeness for both claws this time look just the touches worked hard for this guy he's not as big as I want him to be but he's the keeper anyway so let's go ahead and put this guy in the cooler and he steps up to the plate , that's it.

After one o'clock I'm a little hungry I feel like I should cook that crab soon but first let's see if we can catch another one that's good oh that's good that's good look at that wow that's heavy that's good that's good oh that's another dungeness it's it's otherdungeness that looks like to me a dungeness that looks like oh it's I have two of them I have two of them here two dungeness barely move so I have two guardians here two dungeness two jumbos two guardians two guardians two male guardians oh friend oh oh they are biting now they are biting now is fine, since I have two guard males i'm going to release the other one, the smaller one, oh friend, look at this, look at this, he caught them both, one by the claw, the other by the legs, oh, They are biting, now I knew it was big, I thought it was big. one I have two of them here we go oh oh I'm happy oh I'm happy I've been waiting all day for these guys 100 legal 100 legal let's show the camera let's see inside the horns you can see it touch the head touch there's one, come on catch this guy , they all have their claws too amazing, amazing, amazing, that's another one the same size, perfect, these guys are perfect, oh that's the spot, another legal one, this one's over six inches, okay, I'm going to throw a a smaller one in the back uh just because it was too close I don't like to keep things that are too close to legal whatever kind of thing I'm harvesting oh man oh yeah oh man it makes me want to reload oh this, I think they're out there right now, I probably go through a big school of them.

I want to throw my camera out there again, but I don't think I can throw that far with the camera and I think I need to throw right in that spot. oh man, that was like it was heavy, I could barely climb that cliff, that was amazing, I'm so excited, I'm so excited, this food is about to be so good, so good guys, I'm super happy to share this with you , my favorite way to cook Dungeness garbage, let's reload this and bring it back out, play with these guys, they're boat sitters, they're about the same size, basically six inches and up, and then look at this one, this one is smaller in comparison with this.

Boy, this one is still legal, but look how much bigger this guy is. This guy is barely legal. I'm going to free the smallest one. Go ahead, let's free this guy. Go down again. You decide to do things like this. Be careful. just do things that you guys are comfortable with in the wrong way it looks so cool in the water just trying to find a crevice to hide near see ya good luck you know the only thing i really don't like is when i get to a A beautiful place like this and there's trash, obviously, the people who know this fishing place, you know, they come here and they fish here, but don't leave it like that.

I'm looking for a place where I can put my kitchen stuff and I want a little corner looking around and you know you can see basically tons of trash in here when I walk out. I carry so many things right now. I have a ride in my backpack, a ride, so my bag weighs at least 40 pounds. So I try to minimize the things I carry, but if I see something like this I just can't. You know you have to

clean

it up, so please guys, respect the environment, respect the place that provides you with food. The planet is so

clean

.

Up after your dumpster, come on, that's not really cool, so check this out, I've got a lot of cooking stuff in my bag, I've got a fucking hole, get in here, baby, you guys ready, ready for a crab cooked in a wok, come on. The first thing I'm going to do is prepare this crab, so I'm going to go over there and send this guy over and clean it up. This is a crab over six inches. I'm going to take the bowl out of my armpit. I'm going to put the crab meat here later, this seems like the perfect place to prepare this crab, don't you think I'll put this bowl right here?

Nice male Dungeness crab here, one thing I showed you guys I like to do. is to stick a knife or some sharp object through them or right through here and it almost immediately kills them, so that's what I did, I just stuck a knife in it and it pretty much disappeared, now what I'm going to do is grab all of their limbs peel the shell and open like that fresh crab, the freshest you can get and this you can leave, you can throw it away or some people like to eat these things. I know my dad likes it, but basically remove the dead man's jaws and fingers from here. his gills take off the apron and then I'm going to cut this guy in half, rinse him right here in the water, a little bit of salt and that's basically, this is a fresh, delicious Dungeness crab right here.

It's also pretty big okay, first things first, let's put this stove here somewhere in the corner, no wind, turn on the heat and let's get this wok nice and toasty, let's go ahead and heat up this oil because we're going to be today I'm frying a crab, how does that sound sound? The oil is heating up, I'm just going to rip these limbs off, look at that great meat, I can't wait, this is going to be so good, look how thick it is, I don't have a knife so I'm just using my hands here, that one beautiful meat, I'm just going to cut this in half, right now we're going to do it, let me throw a little bit of corn flour in here and mix everything together very easily.

I don't even need egg or anything, it's just a bunch of cornmeal, just mix it well and make sure all the bits are coated. I think the oil is almost ready. I think this crab is ready to be thrown here. come on let's try it let's try it real quick oh yeah that's done and do this for about two minutes look at that look at that and you want to move them around frequently so they don't stick together we're actually going to

double

fry these guys. It smells so good, it's my favorite way to cook crab, so it's been about two minutes.

Let me turn this off and let's get these guys out right now. I want to fry them twice, it helps make it crispier. It has a crispier texture and helps it taste and feel a little less greasy, so let's go ahead and

double

fry this guy again, is he ready? Yeah, look at that amazing meat, if you could smell it good, so I cleaned the wok and put a little more oil in here now and it's heating up on medium heat and what I've packed in here is a little bit of

chili

, this is a little bit of jalapeño, depending on how spicy you like your crab. take some diced

garlic

that I chopped up the other day so I don't have to do it here and then we'll just throw them in there just like that to get the flavor in there oh yeah that smells really good the jalapeños smell really good and the only thing you want is to make this last a little bit, it's basically getting the flavors in the oil and then going ahead and throwing the crab in there and mixing and that's going to give all those flavors to the crab, oh man I got it. a little bit of sea salt here with a little bit of pepper, oh man, that's going to be really good, you probably don't need too much because the crab, I bet, will already be a little salty because I washed it in salt water and it's very fresh, super fresh Oh, this smells.

Amazing, smells amazing, I know it will taste amazing, this is my favorite way to eat Dungeness crab. I think it's ready and that's it. I just threw some green onions on top. I'm ready to eat, oh man, blessed. really truly blessed, actually you know what, let's go ahead and check this crab trap one last time, let's see, let's see if there's anything that's one, oh yeah, oh yeah, honey, that was my last throw, that's good, it might be a guardian maybe not, it looks like a rock crab actually it's not, that's another cute one oh, that's a big dungeness oh a big dungeness okay, that's a big dungeness look at this other one other baby, that's another cute one look at this guy wow Wow, it makes me want to kick it again but I want to enjoy my food.

Wow, absolutely amazing, right? Look at these crabs. This guy is also a fighter. Let's look at my measuring stick right here, on the other side, oh yeah, uh, oh yeah, that's easy, right here. keeper and he's feisty and spicy, I know he probably walked in, he probably walked in and saw, he saw that and he probably walked in and saw that it was like he wasn't having an amazing time, let's eat, how about this big piece of old claw, oh, is it? It's still hot hot hot but man that crispy flour makes it wow that's so good my favorite oh yeah that crispy outside makes it taste like a chicken wing but man when you get inside let me try to open this. and he goes in inside and gets that sweet Dungeness crab like the outside is just salty, it literally tastes like a chicken wing, it's got a little bit of spice from the jalapenos and a little bit of garlic.

I mean, this recipe is so incredibly simple that it's my absolute favorite way to eat Dungeness crab, there are no crackers here so I have to use my teeth when that perfect piece of meat comes out, man it's beautiful and delicious, sweet, sweet , delicious crab, you guys have never tried

fried

crab, oh oh, it's a game changer, a game changer guys. How cool, my goodness, usually these crabs go and spawn deeper in the water, but they come closer to the shore to try to mate and their mating and spawning seasons are usually from early spring to late summer, and that's exactly the That's why our Dungeness crab season for fishermen starts around November because you wait for these crabs to mate, they come out and they lay their eggs and then you can catch them to give them a chance to reproduce.

I might be more productive on a sandy beach, but I really like the isolation of being on the beach.

rocks

, I just love it, it's my kind of adventure, listening to those waves crashing on the bottom, big waves, beautiful day today, absolutely incredible, let's try a big piece of leg, eh, I didn't want to do this with the rock crab because they have much harder shells and For me, I'm obviously using my teeth to break the shelves right now. I'll probably break my teeth on those rock crabs and their legs, they don't have as much meat on them as the Dungeness crab's, oh man this is a blessing. here and being able to make this oh oh this part this part so that part this part where it's so crispy and it also covered the meat oh oh that part is amazing that part is amazing oh brother oh man did you guys enjoy this let me know in the comments let me know What else do you want to see?

I will try to make this happen. I definitely enjoyed it here. It's absolutely beautiful. I also bought some delicious crabs and then prepared them. My favorite way to eat crab. It's quiet here. I watched another fisherman all day, just banged the waves, honey, I could do this all day. I hope you can really try this recipe because I'm telling you it's amazing, it's worth it and it's so easy, so easy I could come. Come here and make this with ice, salt and pepper, chili, garlic, double fried crab, boom, see you in the next one, peace.