These a few different ways, but the smaller crabs I use whole. I get the hook and push it through the leg joint and out through the belly of the crab, I then wrap the legs around the shank of the hook with bait elastic. For larger crabs I cut them in half and rig them the same way… Rigs just love them.
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Whitebait Season starts 1 September 2026 and ends 30 October (inclusive). Chatham Islands: 1 December to the last day of February (inclusive)