The best bait used for opilio crab fishing is probably Squid. Cod or salmon can be used in some cases but squid is a cheaper better alternative to most all crab fisherman.
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King crab, opilio, coconut
Depends upon if it gets caught or eaten.... :)"Life Span of Snow CrabAlaskan Snow Crab are long-lived compared to warm-water crab, like Dungeness Crab. They may not reach adulthood until 6 or 7 years of age and may live more than 10 years"from: http://www.crab-o-licious.com/alaskan-snow-crab.html
R. Vienneau has written: 'Evaluation of the catch mechanism of conventional conical snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) traps by under water video camera observations' -- subject(s): Underwater television, Crabbing, Snow crab, Fish traps
Because that's how they roll. Werd!
There hundreds of different crabs on this planet so for the sake of simplicity, I am going with 2 kinds. the Atlantic or Chesapeake Blue Crab and the Snow Crab. The Chesapeake Blue Crab is in the Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea Class Malacostraca Order Decapoda Family Portunidae Genus Callinectes Species Callinectes Sapidus The Snow Crab follows the same classification chain until you get to Family. They belong to the Family Oregoniidae Genus Chionoecetes and the Species Opilio is the species we dip in clarified butter and chase down with a cold beer.
The Opilio Crab seems to be the most expensive type of crab...
Chionoecetes opilio was created in 1788.
Phalangium opilio was created in 1758.
Opilio lepidus was created in 1878.
Opilio Rossi died in 2004.