Crabbing 101 Help?

remrug · Jul 1, 2019

yeah....but maybe you could have caught them in half the time

xtreme43s10 · Jul 2, 2019

Straightshooter said:
But, I cant catch more than my 1 bushel allowed by law.

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2 bushel's if you have 2 licensed people on board. I've caught my limit with neck's many times before. I prefer clam's and feel they catch more side by side. There's a reason many of the commercial guy's use clams over fowl neck's.

remrug · Jul 2, 2019

xtreme43s10 said:
. There's a reason many of the commercial guy's use clams over fowl neck's.

Clams are the # 1 natural food for crabs.

Silverlax · Jul 21, 2019

I just welded up this roller for the boat, hopefully it works. Still need a flap for it.

Straightshooter · Jul 21, 2019

Just restocked for the rest of the season.
P.S. 5 lb bucket costs $25.85. That's $5.77/lb. A 30lb bucket costs $57.75. That's $1.93/lb

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fabsroman · Jul 21, 2019

Straightshooter said:
Just restocked for the rest of the season.
P.S. 5 lb bucket costs $25.85. That's $5.77/lb. A 30lb bucket costs $57.75. That's $1.93/lb

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The 30 pound bucket is a no brainer.

My dad went crabbing last week and said it was miserable. Wondering if anybody else has had better luck. Granted, hard to have worse luck than he did. Sinking the boat might be the only way possible to have had worse luck. He caught 1 crab in 4 hours.

Straightshooter · Jul 21, 2019

fabsroman said:
The 30 pound bucket is a no brainer.

My dad went crabbing last week and said it was miserable. Wondering if anybody else has had better luck. Granted, hard to have worse luck than he did. Sinking the boat might be the only way possible to have had worse luck. He caught 1 crab in 4 hours.

Where did he go? Seems to be nothing north of the bay bridge.

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Straightshooter · Jul 21, 2019

Silverlax said:
I just welded up this roller for the boat, hopefully it works. Still need a flap for it.

Looking good.

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fabsroman · Jul 21, 2019

Straightshooter said:
Where did he go? Seems to be nothing north of the bay bridge.

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Annapolis, just north of the Bay Bridge. I can confirm, nothing north of the Bay Bridge.

Mack C-85 · Jul 21, 2019

fabsroman said:
Annapolis, just north of the Bay Bridge. I can confirm, nothing north of the Bay Bridge.

Old info....haven't been in awhile, but Come in Severn River between 450 & 50 bridges. River right you will see a white mansion (Manresa) on the hill. About 8' to 10' of water off there used to be real good crabbing. Would be about a 10-15 minute run from Sandy Point, unfortunately not much public access on Severn.

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Straightshooter · Jul 21, 2019

fabsroman said:
Annapolis, just north of the Bay Bridge. I can confirm, nothing north of the Bay Bridge.

A commercial crabber friend put out 50 pots last week near Ft Howard and let them soak for two days and got 10 crabs.

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fabsroman · Jul 21, 2019

Mack C-85 said:
Old info....haven't been in awhile, but Come in Severn River between 450 & 50 bridges. River right you will see a white mansion (Manresa) on the hill. About 8' to 10' of water off there used to be real good crabbing. Would be about a 10-15 minute run from Sandy Point, unfortunately not much public access on Severn.

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Access to that spot would be easy for me. My sister has water front property on Weem's Creek and a dock with a couple of boats. We pass by that mansion almost every time we head out to go fishing. Weem's to the Severn, to the Bay.

pbharvey · Jul 21, 2019

We caught a bushel this morning.
Got up at 2:30 and headed south.

fabsroman · Jul 21, 2019

pbharvey said:
We caught a bushel this morning.
Got up at 2:30 and headed south.

Good Lord, 2:30 in the morning is when I get to bed. That is awesome news though. Question is, how far south did you go? We used to put in at Solomon's Island many years ago. Wouldn't mind driving down that far if I can get some crabs/fish.

Derwood · Jul 24, 2019

I had two pots out from Friday - Sunday in the lower Potomac, with chicken as bait. I checked them daily and moved them twice, but only managed to catch two undersized males. Hopefully I'll see them next month. I saw a few doublers swimming around and clinging to piers. So I think their they're not up the river yet or I need to try a different bait next time.

hobiecat590 · Jul 24, 2019

Catching lots of crabs via pots in Lusby, but most are not big enough to keep. This would seem to indicate that Fall will be great. The ratio of females to males is also the highest I've ever seen. I will never keep a sook.

willtill · Jul 24, 2019

hobiecat590 said:
Catching lots of crabs via pots in Lusby, but most are not big enough to keep. This would seem to indicate that Fall will be great. The ratio of females to males is also the highest I've ever seen. I will never keep a sook.

Got to be a happy time to be a male crab. Or an exhausting one.

willtill · Jul 24, 2019

I need a bushel this Friday. Still looking a for a good price for No 2 males. I'm near BWI.

I promise to eat the whole bushel myself. With help from my wife.

I want to steam them myself. Will travel if not too far from my digs for them...

Hints?

.

303_enfield · Jul 24, 2019

Straightshooter said:
Just restocked for the rest of the season.
P.S. 5 lb bucket costs $25.85. That's $5.77/lb. A 30lb bucket costs $57.75. That's $1.93/lb

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What store for the 30lb bucket?

Rich1911 · Jul 24, 2019

willtill said:
I need a bushel this Friday. Still looking a for a good price for No 2 males. I'm near BWI.

I promise to eat the whole bushel myself. With help from my wife.

I want to steam them myself. Will travel if not too far from my digs for them...

Hints?

.

Try seamarket seafood on Ritchie Highway in Pasadena... They have a facebook page if you want to look them up...

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