Blue crabs galore
 

Crossed the bridge today and hammered the blue crabs. Between my 5 y.o. daughter and I we got 70 blue crabs. Dinner was excellent. Tomorrow she wil get her first tuna. With some help of course.

Excellent Matt.
Post a report tomorrow with pics.

Awesome job and good luck!

What parts of a blue crab does one typically eat?

Body and claws
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I haven't chased blue crabs in a LONG time but I've really been wanting too lately. Will need to take the little guy out and get a few dozen. And some Old Bay!

went with my friend TED
 

my first adventure with blue crabs out of falmouth

we had no trouble catching them

but he brought no bucket or box Nothing!

he just let them go on the bottom of the boat

until we had like 50 of them all pissed off and trying

to pinch us from every direction, that it was quite exciting.

Nice Matt,

I saw a few of those down there last week, should've pm you for details. Good luck on the tuna front.

My ONLY foray into the world of blue crabs was down in Delaware a few years back.
Cooked up with some Old Bay, served with a cold beer :drool:
It was as close to heaven as you could get without dying!

Lots of them around the salt pond, but most of them are just little guys.

There are a crapload in the EB harbors, I must of sighted 50 the other night, all keepers too.

I'm guessing these are easier to catch, then say, Alaskan King Crab?

Watch your Limit. This year it changed down to 25 crabs per person @ 5".

When, I need it bad!!

can anyone help me out on how to get started fishing for them? Probably be on the outer cape trying to get them.

Back at it today. Jeff no tuna fishing with the youngster WAY to rough so we'll wait for the weekend. Surf413 see pm's.

in MA you don't need a license to handline and dip net right? I think you only need a license to pot them?

Raw Chicken Leg on the end of a string and a net. Easy as pie.

Hmmm.... The state limit is 25 per day.

Exposion of Blue Crabs up the Coast means there is not enough Bass around to keep the population in check!!!!

Says the guy with 15 dead cows in his sig pic

Don't worry wife and other kid were there just didnt want anything to do with raw chicken and looking into the water for "crabs" . We were well within the limit 4 x 25 = 100 blues.

Thank you.:kewl:

+1

It's 30 dead cows, and I'm not complaining, just sayin'... And no worry, workin on a newer and improved pic, it's just that I am so happy in that pic...



And go figure... New england lobstermen are blaming the lack of Lobsters on too many striped bass. It appears striped bass are more finicky than we all thought! Now they want lobsters over blue claws??? Its all just so damn confusing!

My mistake.. :want: :horse:

Blue Crabs
 

Hey Boss,
If you do any blue crab fishing/netting would
love to join youse. Give me a call.

some years its squirrels every where, other years rabbits, crabs same thing. Their guess is as good as yours.

I guess we'll have to step up and "take one for the team"
Or in this case 25, 25 lovely, tasty sea faring snacks stewed in Old Bay, served with an ice cold pilsner.:cheers2:....wait, where was I?

Oh yeah, now I remember.... I'm willing to do my part to help keep their numbers in check.:drool::drool::drool: