How to catch crabs in a crab pot?

[KISSBLACK]

I placed 2 blocks underwater and couldn't harvest anything for several days. How do I use it?

[bekeur1]

did you put meat in it?

[KISSBLACK]

Originally posted by bekeur1:

did you put meat in it?

Thank you~I'll try again

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by bekeur1:

did you put meat in it?

THATS why they dont work for me! good to know. thank you lol

[bekeur1]

also .......ocean soil gives better drops than river soil, i usually go to the ocean and get a shovel of sand and put it down below my pots if my base is in the center.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originally posted by bekeur1:

also .......ocean soil gives better drops than river soil, i usually go to the ocean and get a shovel of sand and put it down below my pots if my base is in the center.

Don't you get shells though? I found that river tiles give slightly better chances at keys as the game does a double pass for keys on river where ocean tiles don't and the exclusion of shells in river tiles reduces the items that can be randomly assigned to the pot.

[bekeur1]

i rarely get shells, if i don't get keys i like getting the rarer critters to sell.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originally posted by bekeur1:

i rarely get shells, if i don't get keys i like getting the rarer critters to sell.

hmmm. Do you still get yabbies? My understanding of the game was if you create a new water source inland, the game still treats it as a river regardless of what soil you put under it.

[bekeur1]

no i don't get yabbies, only ocean critters, keys etc