Back in September, I went crabbing on my kayak with one goal: catch a crab to teach my readers how to pick a blue crab. I was out on the water near Oxford, MD for just over an hour and came back with a dozen blue crabs. Take a look after I steamed them: Not…
It’s August, which mean’s we’re in full swing of New York’s short and sweet crabbing season. To complete my state-by-state crabbing spot article series, I thought I’d cover New York and the surrounding Long Island Sound. You can find Blue Crabs as far North as Nova Scotia, but Long Island and parts of New England…
After today, you won’t have to wonder about what parts of a crab you can and can’t eat. I went crabbing down in Easton, MD to crack open a crab and show you what parts you can and can’t eat. So, let’s start with a quick summary of what parts of a crab you shouldn’t…
Have you ever wondered what the difference between a male and female crab is? Well, I’m here to help with that. I went crabbing on Taylor’s Island last season and took a few pictures, one where I caught a male and female crab in the same trap! Take a look: The physical difference between male…
The biggest excuse I hear for not getting a bushel of crabs for dinner is that they aren’t in season. So, when are crabs in season? I asked several commercial crabbers and bait shops who have a rule of thumb that crabs start running when the water hits a certain temperature: Blue crabs are in…
A Quick Summary Is it legal to catch crabs year-round in Texas? It is legal to recreationally catch blue and stone crabs in Texas year-round. However, there is the annual crab trap clean up week in February, the slowest crabbing month, when you cannot use crab pots. During this week you can still use hand…
I want to cook with crab meat in the off season, which limits me to snow crab from the deli and canned crab. If you’re reading this, you’re probably in the same spot I was looking all the canned crab and wondering which type to pick. The main choices are lump crab meat and white…
As someone who owns a website about crabs, I was embarrassed at the fact that I’ve never opened a canned of crab meat in my life. I’m from Maryland, and I never had a reason to buy canned crab when I could buy them fresh or catch them myself. So, I went and bought six…
The Jersey Shore makes up miles and miles of barrier islands, which protect the saltwater marshes behind them. This is the perfect formula for tons and tons of blue crabs. It’s overshadowed by its neighbor Maryland, but NJ has plenty of spots for you to catch some crabs. I called bait shops, talked to locals,…