Interesting… Hudson River…

[MarkB]

On Aug. 26, while on late-night patrol in Albany County, ECO Bevis observed two anglers using a net to catch blue claw crabs in a restricted area of the Hudson River at the Green Island Dam. As Officer Bevis approached the subjects, one left the area abruptly. The ECO eventually climbed down construction scaffolding to apprehend the second subject. Once both anglers were back at a nearby parking lot, ECO Bevis determined that of the 17 crabs caught, 11 were under the legal size. Further investigation revealed the registration on the vehicle the subjects arrived in was suspended. Officer Bevis issued tickets for possessing undersized blue claw crabs, fishing without a license, trespass, and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration. The tickets are returnable to the Town of Green Island Court and the undersized crabs returned to the Hudson River.
• On Sept. 2, while patrolling Jamaica Bay in Queens County, ECO Million followed up on complaints of anglers using seine and cast nets to take regulated fish species. While checking a group of seine netters, Officer Million found three individuals in possession

[MarkB]

Who would have though with all the rain we've had that blue laws would have ventured that far North this year.

[BirdsNestKing]

I know they have caught blue crab in surveys at the Troy Dam. I've heard of blue crab in Esopus Creek.