I tried to teach him how to noodle crabs and something went wrong.... This was about 2 months ago he is finaly talking to me again so I snapped a few pics.. Here is a video on how it is done correctly.. I dont think he will try it ever again..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBZYL4BMp_0

Man that sux.

Tough lesson to learn.

He only used that finger for one thing.I dont know why he got so mad..He bleed all over my boat on the way to the ER!!.

I'll bet he was using his only other middle finger on you the whole way to the hospital...

You know he did do that..I had forgotten about that till now..LOL

Thats a tuff leason learned!!!! Thats a huge claw in that photo!!!!

So the crab bit his finger off?

We Think it was a crab.I am not sure, he ran back to the boat bleeding everywhere.. The finger was attached but crushed and almost off..Maybe a moray ell or something..My money is on a crab though..

did you eat the crab ?

Never saw this crab my guess it was bigger than the one in the pic..

He now has the permanent reverse shocker!!!

No way a crab took his finger!

Must've been a healthy Moray Eel or small Sand Shark.

Nonetheless, he won't be giving anybody the double #1 sign on the road anymore.

That's why I like my crab steamed.

Tough lesson to learne!

I find it difficult to believe that a stone crab did that to his finger, but I could be wrong as I never collected claws that large.

That is interesting, Have you been pinched by a stone crab? They must have claws for that purpose.

I have free dove and collected hundreds of stone crab claws (around Tampa, Clearwater), and they have always been very docile (nothing like a blue crab), and I normally found them either really early or a few hours before the sunset on oyster beds (they cover their dens/holes with old oyster shells which seems like an ideal place for a moray.

While diving, you could slowy scoop them up in the palm of you hands, and they would grab around your hand (like a braclet). They were never happy when you removed one claw, but I was never pinched by a stone crab. I felt a little gilty at times (until I put some of that meat in garlic butter), because as soon as you removed the claw, they just calmly wanted to get away from you.

Bright side is, he can give "the shocker" with no real effort on his part, what so ever.

Thats the first thing I thought "shocker"

I never been pinched by a stone crab. a blue crab yea

I don't think a crab cut off your friends finger

Ouch! That has got to suck.

ouch

Hmmmm...dejavu, Redfishon...dejavu

My boy thinks he can fix my buddies finger.. Do you think my friend would laugh or cry if I told him this???

You do know stone crabs eat clams and oysters and break there shells clean in half right??This is reaching down in a hole and pulling out a upset crab very little room for error..The one in the pic isnt even the biggest one we got,it was about average. I got one that was bigger than my hand about a month ago..

And I thought getting a hook in my leg hurt.