Crabbing season

hborror said:

Please let me know how many you got when you go out. I was gonna go last week but gotta call from a buddy that he only cought 18 crabs in a 3 hours time period. These cold nights and rains are really starting to bug me, I thought I'd be out by now. The way it looks now I wont be out til end of May.

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Wickedwrench said:

I didn't think anyone tried crabbing the rivers until the end of May/beginning of June?

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GotMilk said:

crabbing is a mans job.

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hborror said:

Please let me know how many you got when you go out. I was gonna go last week but gotta call from a buddy that he only cought 18 crabs in a 3 hours time period. These cold nights and rains are really starting to bug me, I thought I'd be out by now. The way it looks now I wont be out til end of May.

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oldman said:

For me summer is fishing time and crabbing comes after the fish slow down. The white perch aren't biting as yet because the water just isn't quite warm enough but I eat them all summer and then later the crabs. Everything in it's season so I don't get tired of eating them all the time.

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hborror said:

From what I read in some local papers back in April they said it could be an early season with all the warm days in April/begining of May. I don't see it now I'm ready to get out, we can get up to 25 bussels a day this year and the wait is killing me.

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oldman said:

Question because I don't know. How can "we" get up to 25 bushels a day? I'm familiar with recreational crabbing regs but not so much the commercial aspect. I just don't want you to get into trouble because of a misunderstanding about the rules.

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oldman said:

Question because I don't know. How can "we" get up to 25 bushels a day? I'm familiar with recreational crabbing regs but not so much the commercial aspect. I just don't want you to get into trouble because of a misunderstanding about the rules.

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hborror said:

My father is commercial so when I said we, I ment my dad and myself.


So did you go out? How did you do?

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oldman said:

hborror said:

My father is commercial so when I said we, I ment my dad and myself.


So did you go out? How did you do?

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We are gonna go out for the first time on June 3rd.


If anyone went out this weekend let me know how you did.

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hborror said:

oldman said:

We are gonna go out for the first time on June 3rd.


If anyone went out this weekend let me know how you did.

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Lower Patuxent....caught a bushel on saturday in Hellen creek.

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hborror said:

oldman said:

We are gonna go out for the first time on June 3rd.


If anyone went out this weekend let me know how you did.

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Went out in the Wicomico yesterday and got 4 dozen big fat black crabs. Took the 9 yo daughter along for her rookie initiation. Would have had a bushel, but she is a rookie . Still we both had a blast and had more than enough crabs for all of us. Might try again Monday morning.

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gumby said:

hborror said:

Went out in the Wicomico yesterday and got 4 dozen big fat black crabs. Took the 9 yo daughter along for her rookie initiation. Would have had a bushel, but she is a rookie . Still we both had a blast and had more than enough crabs for all of us. Might try again Monday morning.

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I know how that is...........


Well I gotta call from a guy that went piney point droped in their and he only got 14 crabs. Im starting to think I'm talking to the wrong people. Ya'll make me feel like I should have been out today.

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wharf rat said:

hborror said:

Lower Patuxent....caught a bushel on saturday in Hellen creek.

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We only have 3 in our trap so far on Hellen creek. Very slow so far.

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ohstate said:

wharf rat said:

We only have 3 in our trap so far on Hellen creek. Very slow so far.

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Waiting for them to come to you huh?
I did great on saturday in Hellen creek.
I'll be out there again this afternoon.

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wharf rat said:

ohstate said:

Waiting for them to come to you huh?
I did great on saturday in Hellen creek.
I'll be out there again this afternoon.

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You and the dozens of water skiers. I don't love picking crabs, so we only need a few every now and then. We'll probably let the ones we have go tonight.

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