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…
Updated 11/10/2023 by Taylor Whiteman. Whether you’re going crabbing from shore, a pier, or by boat you’ve come to the right spot! I did some research, called locals, and scoured Google Maps for the best public crabbing spots in Texas. Public Crabbing Piers Photo Credit: Nicholas Henderson on Flickr.com. Pros of Crabbing from a Pier…
In my time writing crabbing guides for nearly every coastal state in the United States, I’ve always wondered why government websites make their crabbing regulations so confusing. I want all my readers to be untouchable by the game warden, so I made this clear and straightforward summarization of Texas crabbing regulations. This information is presented…