WTH is this? Creature from the deep (Shrimping)

[Swissy]

OK, so what the hell is this? After a couple of days acting like 2 monkey's trying to EFF a watermelon (anyone an expert at depth finder transducer installation?!?!?! PM me please!), on one of our pulls we found 4 of these in the pot (and only one shrimp)

Those claws were the hardest I ever had to clean. And terribly unsatisfying as far as hunger goes, after working so hard for so little Seriously, what the hell is it? Shrimp legs, TINY lobster/shrimp tail and those funky long spindly claws?!?

Otherwise had fun - wish shrimping was more productive, but fun nonetheless.

[jonnyb]

looks like a crimp! lol

[potbuilder]

OK, so what the hell is this? After a couple of days acting like 2 monkey's trying to EFF a watermelon (anyone an expert at depth finder transducer installation?!?!?! PM me please!), on one of our pulls we found 4 of these in the pot (and only one shrimp)
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Those claws were the hardest I ever had to clean. And terribly unsatisfying as far as hunger goes, after working so hard for so little Seriously, what the hell is it? Shrimp legs, TINY lobster/shrimp tail and those funky long spindly claws?!?

Otherwise had fun - wish shrimping was more productive, but fun nonetheless.

Oh S&^t radiation from Japan is getting here!!!

[Roger]

A taxidermy job gone very,very wrong

[ak_powder_monkey]

I have no clue what it is, but it looks freaking cool

[G_Smolt]

Galatheid crab, also called a pinchbug or "squat lobster". Tails are tasty if you get enough big ones.

When I was still shrimping commercially, we would occasionally find pockets of those and the pots would come up red...pain in the butt to get out of the gear.

[Albradley]

Oh S&^t radiation from Japan is getting here!!!

What's next GODZILLA!!!!

[idakfisher]

That is what happens when your daddy is an old crab and your mama is a shrimp.

[tdelarm]

They can fix that on "Mounted in Alaska" ;-)

[B&C 04]

They can fix that on "Mounted in Alaska" ;-)

Now that's freakin FUNNY!!

[skydiver]

That there is a professional shrimp arm wrestler. Or with that reach it could be a boxer.

[homerdave]

Ah, the bi-annual "what is this?" squat lobster thread.....

[AKBoater]

Don't worry hd, it's early in year. Well get a couple more. Should be a sticky

This is a squat lobster (with pics)
This is a wolf eel
This is a wolf fish

[Swissy]

awesome idea. Then I could have found it without posting, since searching did nothing for me as I didn't know what the hell to search for.

[AKluvr95]

Different subject...what gloves are you wearing in your picture?
Looks like sommething I'd be intrested in...
How would you rate them and where do you get them?