Crabbing Report from Lynnhaven Fishing Pier, Virginia Beach, VA

[LynnhavenFishingPier]

We have started catching crabs off the Lynnhaven Fishing Pier in Virginia Beach, VA. Crabs have started to pot as the water temp gets warmer. I would say the speed of catch at the moment is slow to moderate. Most of the crabs are female and small to medium in size with a few large ones. The size, as with the speed of catch will increase as the water temp does.

I would like to note that we make every best effort to keep our customers apprised of current Virginia Recreational Crabbing Regulations (which can be found at mrc.virginia.gov) and that we even keep them posted for all to view. We also have a good working relationship with the local Virginia Marine Resources Commission Law Enforcement Officers that frequent the Pier.

Please feel free to ask me questions. I certainly will do my best to answer any/all of them.

[jack1747]

Would someone please tell her...          

[CRABGUY]

THERE ARE NO CRABS IN VIRGINIA

[elsmere ed]

.....And why does she keep advertising her PIER on here!!!

[CRABGUY]

BECAUSE THATS WHAT WE DO HERE........ TELL PEOPLE WHERE TO CATCH CRABS

[LynnhavenFishingPier]

BECAUSE THATS WHAT WE DO HERE........ TELL PEOPLE WHERE TO CATCH CRABS

Thanks CRABGUY for having my back!

[CRABGUY]

DO YOU FOLKS STILL SELL THE P.E.T.A. SHIRTS?

[jefftoleft]

DO YOU FOLKS STILL SELL THE P.E.T.A. SHIRTS?

Yeah the GAFF ONE FOR P.E.T.A !!!! shirts I could use a new one I quit smoking and put on about 50 pounds. 

[flounderpounder]

.....And why does she keep advertising her PIER on here!!!

"I joined the group, not to promote the Pier"


prob. cause of this statement .. and everything is in bold when it mentions the Pier....jmo

[CrabDog]

Yeah the GAFF ONE FOR P.E.T.A !!!! shirts I could use a new one I quit smoking and put on about 50 pounds. 

That's classic.. I might have to get myself one.. can someone post a picture or link of this T-shirt...... 

[CRABGUY]

http://www.cafepress.com/+People-Eating-Tasty-Animals+t-shirts?cmp=knc--g--us--hum--apparel--search-b--People-Eating-Tasty-Animals_shirts&pid=3607873&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=Humor-Apparel---US&utm_content=search-b&utm_term=People-Eating-Tasty-Animals-shirts&gclid=COq6v_SG8KgCFQkMbAodgSh7Bw

[wdbrand]

Well, iffen you girls in Va. want to catch crabs, you need to go to Marland and ask them how. They clean ya'lls plow day in and out. I'd be ashamed to even post such reports as ya'll do. Anybody from NC can shut your pieholes. You ain't caught a bushel of crabs in the whole last year.

[flounderpounder]

Well, iffen you girls in Va. want to catch crabs, you need to go to Marland and ask them how. They clean ya'lls plow day in and out. I'd be ashamed to even post such reports as ya'll do. Anybody from NC can shut your pieholes. You ain't caught a bushel of crabs in the whole last year.

wow....who pee'd in your cheerios?

[LynnhavenFishingPier]

We've been catching Crabs at the Pier since we opened. Yes, mostly female sponge crabs, but there have been a lot of them and they've been nice-sized. Even throwing back the dark sponges, people are leaving with their coolers and buckets full. It's looking like it's gonna be another good year.

[flounderpounder]

We've been catching Crabs at the Pier since we opened. Yes, mostly female sponge crabs, but there have been a lot of them and they've been nice-sized. Even throwing back the dark sponges, people are leaving with their coolers and buckets full. It's looking like it's gonna be another good year.

a great year is keeping sponge crabs? 

[jack1747]

How else would ya make "she crab soup"?   

[flounderpounder]

How else would ya make "she crab soup"?   

dont.....lol

[LynnhavenFishingPier]

a great year is keeping sponge crabs? 

Well... yes. In keeping with VMRC regulations, the lighter sponge crabs ARE legal to keep. We keep VMRC's regulations and sponge color chart posted in two places on the walls for all to see.

Just because you may not agree with keeping lighter sponge crabs, and/or don't like the practice, is no reason to be so negative about others keeping sponge crabs. It IS legal to keep them whether you like it or not. Besides, the latest reports say that females outnumber males in the Chesapeake Bay considerably; so you would be doing more for the population by NOT keeping males.

[CRABGUY]

HERE WE GO.............................................

[Ronster]

There shouldn't be a reason in the world to keep sponge crabs.   

[flounderpounder]

There shouldn't be a reason in the world to keep sponge crabs.   

 

[Dreampixels]

Yea just see what happens when the aliens land and starting herding our egg bearing females. Then someones short will be in a knot!