Hi, l'm here to teach you everything you need to know about crabbing!
Introduction
There's nothing tastier than eating your own fresh caught crab with a side of hot butter! Crabbing is a commercial business as well as a family fun activity. Crabs are found in saltwater, and brackish water. The most commonly caught crab here on the East Coast is the Blue Claw crab (Chesapeake blue crab).
Warnings!
1) If you're crabbing on the East Coast be careful. There are other local crabs such as spider crabs. These crabs aren't edible, so if you catch them release them back into the water.
2) By law, you cannot keep a female crab if it has an egg sac, it must be released. Mature females are called Sooks, and have no minimum size. Males are called Jimmys, and have to be a minimum size of 5-5 1/2 inches in order for you to keep them. (click the button below to see more) 3) If a crab dies before it's cleaned do not eat it. Once there dead a poison is released throughout the crab's body. |
4) Be careful when you're holding the crab. You have to make sure you're holding it right so it doesn't pinch you. ( Hold the crab by its flipper/ last leg this way it will not be able to pinch you)
5) It's illegal to use more than 5 crab pots per licensee recreationally.( click the recreational link below to see more!) |
l didn't personally take these photos. They are from Google.
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