becoming a crabber

[AintEazyBeinCheese]

after i finish university i would love to start my own crabbing business. kind of like in forest gump but without the shrimping or mentally challenged person. anyways i digress. what kind of start up costs will i be looking at and should i see about working on a boat for a few months first? ande i know i can look on google but i would rather learn from people who seem to know what they are talking about





ps i want to fish for real crabs ie the mighty blue.

[Mr. Ray III]

after i finish university i would love to start my own crabbing business. kind of like in forest gump but without the shrimping or mentally challenged person. anyways i digress. what kind of start up costs will i be looking at and should i see about working on a boat for a few months first? ande i know i can look on google but i would rather learn from people who seem to know what they are talking about

ps i want to fish for real crabs ie the mighty blue.

Not sure anymore about the apprenticeship program or having someone sign off on your hours in order to get a license.
Trotline- Boat $5,000 for one that will last you a few years.  $5000 for a license $2000 gear.  Dipper, puller, line, etc.
Pots- 300 pots about 12,000, a cheap-o workboat 10,000, license, 10-15k, 2 drums of paint $2,600 (yearly)
Definately work for someone for a few YEARS before you set out on your own, with no prior experience.

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[AintEazyBeinCheese]

Not sure anymore about the apprenticeship program or having someone sign off on your hours in order to get a license.
Trotline- Boat $5,000 for one that will last you a few years.  $5000 for a license $2000 gear.  Dipper, puller, line, etc.
Pots- 300 pots about 12,000, a cheap-o workboat 10,000, license, 10-15k, 2 drums of paint $2,600 (yearly)
Definately work for someone for a few YEARS before you set out on your own, with no prior experience.

thank you mr ray, how long is the license good for? it is yearly i take it?

[Mr. Ray III]

You have to pay a yearly renewal fee, which ranges from 60 up to about 500$/year.  But if you keep up with the renewal, the lic. is yours.

[tugcapt]

 By your first post, I was wondering if you were from England and how that would work getting a license here in the US?  From the PS at the bottom of your post, I was wondering if you fished something else besides blue crabs?  

[AintEazyBeinCheese]

 By your first post, I was wondering if you were from England and how that would work getting a license here in the US?  From the PS at the bottom of your post, I was wondering if you fished something else besides blue crabs?  

Why do you wonder if I was from England, which by chance I lived overseas in Britain. Yes i have fished for stone crabs