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« on: August 30, 2010, 08:04:35 AM »
What a joke.  I thought crabs were suppose to be so plentiful this year..  You wouldn't know that if you went to Watermans Crab House in Rock Hall MD.  My wife and I were there this weekend looking to enjoy some of the bountiful harvest of this year.  Their all you can eat crabs were $30 and were told by our waitress they were 'smalls'.  So we asked how much their large crabs were for a dozen...$65....ARE YOU KIDDING ME?Huh  And Im not talking jumbo's either...they were just large crabs..  Don't think we will be going back there anytime soon.  We will be looking for one of those out of the way 'sleepy' kinda places next time.
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2010, 01:31:46 PM »
When I was in St Micheals a few weeks ago all there rest. had notes on the menu's charging extra for anything that had crab in it, when we asked we were told it was do to availabilty problems, waitress actually said the crabbers just arent catching them like usual
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2010, 01:38:55 PM »


MHO is it is not a matter of catching them, it is more a matter of size and quality. One Crab shack I have inside information to in my area stated they are having problems getting nice crabs from Maryland and are importing from NC and LA. However once people learn the crabs are from LA they no longer want them. NC seems to have the best going right now.

They also said the best MD crabs are coming from the KI and Wye areas but are hard to get................ok shoot me now please.
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2010, 06:37:40 AM »
LOL still kinda like the "MARYLAND BLUE CLAW CRAB" trucks I see waiting at the docks in delaware Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2010, 02:01:35 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2011, 01:20:56 AM »
Hey I heard theres a new book that tells about hidden crab decks: Crab Decks & Tiki Bars of the Chesapeake Bay
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2011, 07:51:28 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2011, 11:25:53 AM »
watermans is horrible....as are most ayce places
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« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2011, 08:08:34 PM »
This is WYE i don't buy crabs..
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2011, 02:17:48 PM »
Quote from: flounderpounder on September 01, 2011, 11:25:53 AM
watermans is horrible....as are most ayce places
Only one i've found to hold its weight is Captain Chris's Crab Shack in North East.  15.95 AYCE.  They're not #1's, but i've always been happy.  Heck their facebook selloffs for all the rainy days have been great for splitting a bushel with neighbors.
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2011, 08:53:24 AM »
Quote from: RiverRunner on September 12, 2011, 02:17:48 PM
Only one i've found to hold its weight is Captain Chris's Crab Shack in North East.  15.95 AYCE.  They're not #1's, but i've always been happy.  Heck their facebook selloffs for all the rainy days have been great for splitting a bushel with neighbors.

Wow!  Where is that place?
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2011, 08:55:22 AM »
Quote from: Terrapin  T on September 13, 2011, 08:53:24 AM
Wow!  Where is that place?

http://www.captainscrabs.com/

He is also a commercial crabber from this site.
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2011, 10:45:44 PM »
Another thumbs up for Captain Chris's!  Great crabs and great people.  Heck, one time earlier this summer i saw some of the help dumping a few baskets of dead loss into the dumpster.  I asked if they were just going to throw the baskets away.  They were more than happy to give me a few.
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« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2012, 06:56:25 AM »
The only AYCE crabhouse we have found so far to be decent is The Red Roost in Whitehaven,MD.Not only are the crabs great but everything else,especially the fried chicken, very good.Great area if your into the boonies also to mudruck around.We have a place on The Chester and will drive down there just to get good crabs.Almost all the AYCE places we checked into around here (Upper Eastern Shore or DE) are overpriced to me or have no character.
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« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2012, 07:26:30 AM »
Quote from: rowboater on May 24, 2012, 06:56:25 AM
The only AYCE crabhouse we have found so far to be decent is The Red Roost in Whitehaven,MD.Not only are the crabs great but everything else,especially the fried chicken, very good.Great area if your into the boonies also to mudruck around.We have a place on The Chester and will drive down there just to get good crabs.Almost all the AYCE places we checked into around here (Upper Eastern Shore or DE) are overpriced to me or have no character.

Have you tried CaptnChris's?
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« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2012, 09:37:41 AM »
Quote from: skooter68 on August 30, 2010, 08:04:35 AM
What a joke.  I thought crabs were suppose to be so plentiful this year..  You wouldn't know that if you went to Watermans Crab House in Rock Hall MD.  My wife and I were there this weekend looking to enjoy some of the bountiful harvest of this year.  Their all you can eat crabs were $30 and were told by our waitress they were 'smalls'.  So we asked how much their large crabs were for a dozen...$65....ARE YOU KIDDING ME?Huh  And Im not talking jumbo's either...they were just large crabs..  Don't think we will be going back there anytime soon.  We will be looking for one of those out of the way 'sleepy' kinda places next time.
Don't be so naive to everything you read about crabs being plentiful this year.  FYI the "plentiful" crabs are 2-3".  And $30 AYCE is not that bad for this time of year, and the way crabs have been acting.  Also, $65/doz still isn't that bad....considering a bushel of #1s, "not talking jumbos either" are about $200. 
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« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2012, 09:38:22 AM »
Quote from: Crabbyd on September 13, 2011, 08:55:22 AM
http://www.captainscrabs.com/

He is also a commercial crabber from this site.

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