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Raw chicken also works, run your string thru the net with a long handle. pull in slow after letting it soak for a while. My town does require you to have a recreational license to harvest crabs. yum!
OH YEAH BTW!!!!
Blue crabs are about the meanest critters to fool around with, be careful.
I've used bluefish heads and striper heads simultaneously, crabs almost always go for the oilier bluefish heads. Bunker (pogies) also work well. The days of getting free chicken backs at the butcher's shop are over.