When we arrived there were loads of families and it was a tiny cost of £3 each to get a crab line. These crab lines have a small bag that bait is put into rather than hooks so the crabs aren't harmed. The volunteers were wonderful: really friendly, helpful and knowledgeable.
My son loved clambering over the rocks to find the best pools. It's a great past-time for kids as you have to learn patience whilst waiting for the crabs to scuttle from below the rocks in search of tasty morsels.
And we were successful! We managed to catch or observe five shore crabs, one blenny and two shrimp. Every time we caught, or nearly caught, something the volunteers from Dorset Wildlife trust came up to help land the creature and give a lot of fascinating detail about the animal.
I thoroughly recommend these events and, as they all survive to see another day, I guess the crabs do too.
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Location:Kimmeridge Bay
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