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« on: July 02, 2009, 12:55:21 PM »
I went crabbing off the pier in cape henlopen about two weeks ago and caught nothing but horseshoe crabs.......got old real fast!!! I am heading back down this weekend  do you think I will have any better luck, if not is there anywhere else down there i could crab from shore?
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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2009, 02:21:24 PM »
good luck . have fun.  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2009, 03:36:13 PM »
Quote from: sbaldasano0203 on July 02, 2009, 12:55:21 PM
I went crabbing off the pier in cape henlopen about two weeks ago and caught nothing but horseshoe crabs.......got old real fast!!! I am heading back down this weekend  do you think I will have any better luck, if not is there anywhere else down there i could crab from shore?

Love Creek.   There is bridge there to crab from.
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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2009, 08:22:10 PM »
Quote from: sbaldasano0203 on July 02, 2009, 12:55:21 PM
I went crabbing off the pier in cape henlopen about two weeks ago and caught nothing but horseshoe crabs.......got old real fast!!! I am heading back down this weekend  do you think I will have any better luck, if not is there anywhere else down there i could crab from shore?
If you caught a brunch of horseshoe crabs they were breeding. they do that this time of year i would try it again.
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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2009, 10:46:40 AM »
Thanks for the advice
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« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2009, 12:16:43 PM »
From my experience, if you do catch some blue crabs off the pier they will most likely be females. In fact, I don't even know if I ever caught a male blue crab off the pier. You want to find a location that is located on the bay-side such as love creek bridge mentioned earlier.
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2009, 12:04:05 PM »
gonna try love creek on sat when i head back down that way this weekend! Any tips on the best bait to use or if there is a fee to crab off that bridge?
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2009, 12:23:48 PM »
There is a fee to park.   I think it is $6.

Chicken or bunker work fine.
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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2009, 09:19:07 AM »
how is the crabbing?...will it be worth the time?
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2009, 04:30:01 PM »
I've never crabbed there, but judging from the crowds I see camped out there when I drive down Route 24 on the way to my place down there, there must be crabs there.    It's always crowded.
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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2009, 10:36:35 AM »
well....i just got back from a week stay in Dewey. I crabbed off the love creek bridge 4 days of my trip, and caught a [shiz] load of small (very small) crabs every day but not much that you could keep. In the the 4 days that i crabbed i got a total of 15 keepers and prob around 100 to 150  baby crabs.... def not worth the time spent out there. Everyday i got there around 5am and crabbed all day till 6-7pm. There are alot of crab there but not the right size .... anyone think that this may improve around late august or sept?
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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2009, 10:37:56 AM »
Thanks for the report . should get better by the endof Aug biginning of Sep . good luck.  Wink
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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2009, 01:37:51 PM »
Quote from: sbaldasano0203 on July 20, 2009, 10:36:35 AM
well....i just got back from a week stay in Dewey. I crabbed off the love creek bridge 4 days of my trip, and caught a [shiz] load of small (very small) crabs every day but not much that you could keep. In the the 4 days that i crabbed i got a total of 15 keepers and prob around 100 to 150  baby crabs.... def not worth the time spent out there. Everyday i got there around 5am and crabbed all day till 6-7pm. There are alot of crab there but not the right size .... anyone think that this may improve around late august or sept?

Sorry to hear this.   I think it would improve, because people wouldn't always be there if there were no crabs to catch.
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« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2009, 06:30:10 PM »
thanks for all the feedback its been alot of help
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