Some peeps used bamboo or wire to make the hoop. Here dem attach it to a rod and dem call it Bird Net Catcher. We used it mainly to catch shrimps and crabs.

No need for net to ketch crabs..one visit to Garmont will do the job

@Mitwah posted:

Some peeps used bamboo or wire to make the hoop. Here dem attach it to a rod and dem call it Bird Net Catcher. We used it mainly to catch shrimps and crabs.

Crabs?? Wow..u mean sheriga??

‘holes’ n the shrimp nets(castnets) much smaller…We used this to wade in the trench to catch  patwa, sunfish n even hassar..the holes in net were a bit bigger.

I rem my bro or even my mom used to stir water near to hassar nest while another person stood by with the ghir ghira..oh boy, the hassar used to jump out of the nest n into the net!!

abt that vine..wish i knew wht it was called..it grew on water side by mangrove trees..flexible like balata..soit was bent easily n secured with wire.

the same vine was used to make ‘maswah., the handmade ‘contraption’ to catch the sweet water shrimps.  A piece of ricebag was cut into  a square..2 pieces of the vines were crossed to make n X n the ends were tied to the 4 corners of the bag..forming something like a boat. ..a piece of rope was Tied where the vine intersected n  was used to lower itinto the trench..the other end was tied to a tree on the dam. A rock was placed in the maswah(the bottom ) to make it sink in the water.  We added BOOCIE or cooked rice , put black sage stems/bushes to cover the ‘feed’.  This was used to trap the shrimps or patwas from jumping out of the maswah.  This was my ‘job; in the backdam whn i was a kid..to set maswah n catch shrimps..i used to set abt 12 in all..spaced out well . I used to lift them out every 30-45 mins , removed my catch n set them back…at the end day i had a full bucket of shrimps , lot of  patwas n sunfishes n lotof sellehbeh!! ( aka kakabelly i think ) ..i saved a few for bait for my ‘hook’  to catch the hoories n yarrow to roast n make choka !

Notw..It is weird that i only ate hassar n sunfish n of course the shrimps!!

small days..so much fun!!! i stopped going to the backdam after i started high sch..fun days were over..

@cain posted:

No need for net to ketch crabs..one visit to Garmont will do the job

Howu know? Likeu used to catch crabs there??

@Mitwah posted:

Some peeps used bamboo or wire to make the hoop. Here dem attach it to a rod and dem call it Bird Net Catcher. We used it mainly to catch shrimps and crabs.

Only sheriga was caught with nets from the trenches !

The  bundarie crabs. ’marched’ in august..so we took CHIMPTA  ti pick themup n dropped in rice bags ..some brave ones used their hands..

Crabs ‘marched’  for abt 2-3 days every aug month , on a beach area close to our backdam .  

@Lynn posted:

Only sheriga was caught with nets from the trenches !

The  bundarie crabs. ’marched’ in august..so we took CHIMPTA  ti pick themup n dropped in rice bags ..some brave ones used their hands..

Crabs ‘marched’  for abt 2-3 days every aug month , on a beach area close to our backdam .  

Crab marching goes over to September sometimes. There is also the Bok Crab, a bit smaller than Bunduri which are really big and blue. Bok crabs are reddish and it does not shave its hairy legs.

Over here dem a call chimpta, tongs and whereas Flip-Flops are thongs.

@cain posted:

No need for net to ketch crabs..one visit to Garmont will do the job

especially if you have a moustache.

@Mitwah posted:

Crab marching goes over to September sometimes. There is also the Bok Crab, a bit smaller than Bunduri which are really big and blue. Bok crabs are reddish and it does not shave its hairy legs.

Over here dem a call chimpta, tongs and whereas Flip-Flops are thongs.

I think crabs march anytime nowadays..but growing up it was always in august (where i lived) ..

i kknow buck crab..not sure if i ever ate it though!

I know pooknie is poker..saapie  is pot holder

dabu is ladle n so on..

raakee ?? Is it spelt the same as rakhi? …fireside ashes

We used to catch the Buck Crabs at Crab Island, mouth of Canje and Berbice Rivers. Excellent curry with coconut milk and eddoes.

@Mitwah posted:

We used to catch the Buck Crabs at Crab Island, mouth of Canje and Berbice Rivers. Excellent curry with coconut milk and eddoes.

Crab curry with coconut milk .. eddo, saijan or squash …

we used to boil crab in coconut milk too.. yummy !!

we kept the crabs in buscuit drums( steel) n fed them eddo leaves. As kids we watched in fascination how the tried to climb to the  top!!    Lol

we used toothbrushes to scrub the backs n legs. As kids that was our job n also to scrape the hair off the legs .

ps.. never knew abt crab island .

crab march is a sight indeed .. wow!!
ever tried to catch a cram from a hole?? Young boys did that for fun ie put their hands down holes .. sometimes the put a stick down the hole to get that crab out

I don’t think I ever heard the word ghir-ghira

I know maswah very well…I’ve told the story on GNI many times of my very big catch in maswah

I once saw a guy kneeling on a board out on the mud after tide went out..catching crabs. I don't remember where that was.

@cain posted:

I once saw a guy kneeling on a board out on the mud after tide went out..catching crabs. I don't remember where that was.

Sure it wasnt u?

Lynn I remember ppl crossing the river to go to Dauntless to catch crabs…

I love crab curry with baigan, eddoe, jingee or in soup with coconut milk …wait I even like crab from the Captains Boil restaurant….Cajun style

@Wildflower posted:

Lynn I remember ppl crossing the river to go to Dauntless to catch crabs…

I love crab curry with baigan, eddoe, jingee or in soup with coconut milk …wait I even like crab from the Captains Boil restaurant….Cajun style

Plenty fishing  boat from west coast went over to Dauntless!!