Best Dungeness crab bait

I actually like spam. Truth is I was heading out crabbing and left the bait on the counter so I hit a minimart and got whatever I thought would woork. I put a can of chili in one pot (no crab) and a can of span in the other and got a pot crammed full. Since then its been spam for me!
 
What about scent? I usually like to use procure scent, does anyone have any experience with pautzke crab and shrimp oil.? There is a video about it in use with Tom Nelson but he is a pautzke pro staffer so I was wanting some info from some of you guys.
Thanks
 
Just a follow-up on the little bait boxes with fishing line snares on them. They are illegal in B.C., even though some sporting goods shops sell them. I'll have to look to something else for my minimalist crabbing technique when in B.C.

Mark
 
The only thing I've found that crab don't like is a big piece of beef fat. My primary bait is, everything on a tuna except the fins. Second is rockfish carcasses. Shoot, if those crab get the chance they will eat you. They even eat each other if there's nothing else. What kind of bait is the least of my considerations.
 
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