dlsquirrely
Registered User
 Offline
Gender: 
Posts: 16
Location: southern york co
|
 |
« on: July 23, 2008, 07:01:08 AM » |
|
Anybody know how big the state record blue crab is?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
badbean
Registered User
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 382
Location: Aberdeen, Maryland
|
|
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2008, 07:19:03 AM » |
|
That's a good question. Biggest I have ever caught was a 10 incher on the Patapsco. I read once that the DNR caught some 11 inchers while doing their crab survey so I would guess it is somewhere around that size but I am sure there is a recorded record somewhere.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin (attributed)
Lord please help me become the person my dog thinks I am!
|
|
|
madcrab
Registered User
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 1507
Location: Hampden, Hon!
Say hello to my littl' friend!!
|
|
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2008, 08:33:57 AM » |
|
I don't believe there is a state record....but I think they should start!!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"...as a free man, I take pride in saying, I am a doughnut."
|
|
|
tattoo
In Memoriam 09/2021
Moderator
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 80196
Location: Glassboro NJ.
MY BOAT CRAB TRAP
|
|
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2008, 10:17:02 AM » |
|
Yes there is a state record. not sure what it is tho.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
A CRAB A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
|
|
|
hooks
Registered User
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 79
Location: Chesapeke Bay
|
|
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2008, 11:10:33 AM » |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
|
|
|
Islander
Lifetime Member
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 3410
Location: Maryland
"Life is simple, its just not easy."
|
|
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2008, 01:32:24 PM » |
|
I found this on the Maryland DNR website.  "The largest crab recorded from Maryland was a male measuring 9 inches; however bigger crabs (10-11 inches) have been captured in DNR crab surveys." http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishfacts/bluecrab.asp |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Pinchy
Registered User
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 993
Location: Center City, Philadelphia
Instructions: Hunt, fish, crab - rinse and repeat.
|
|
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2008, 01:43:37 PM » |
|
That's a good question. Biggest I have ever caught was a 10 incher on the Patapsco. I read once that the DNR caught some 11 inchers while doing their crab survey so I would guess it is somewhere around that size but I am sure there is a recorded record somewhere.
The obvious question is, why didn't you take this crab to a DNR office or weighing station and have it certified as a MD record?  It appears that the current recreational crabbing record is 9". |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Please pack your trash out, pick up others', and leave your fishing spot cleaner than when you found it.
|
|
|
tattoo
In Memoriam 09/2021
Moderator
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 80196
Location: Glassboro NJ.
MY BOAT CRAB TRAP
|
|
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2008, 02:04:54 PM » |
|
YEP. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
A CRAB A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
|
|
|
badbean
Registered User
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 382
Location: Aberdeen, Maryland
|
|
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2008, 05:56:59 PM » |
|
The obvious question is, why didn't you take this crab to a DNR office or weighing station and have it certified as a MD record? It appears that the current recreational crabbing record is 9". 1) I didn't know 2) I ate it ! mmm hmmm Sidenote: next time I'll certify that Jimmy!  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin (attributed)
Lord please help me become the person my dog thinks I am!
|
|
|
Crab Shack
Lifetime Member
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 14089
Location: Now: Tampa, FL Then: NJ
|
|
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2008, 07:20:27 PM » |
|
1) I didn't know 2) I ate it ! mmm hmmm Sidenote: next time I'll certify that Jimmy! How long ago did you eat it? Considering the recent sewage spill(s) in the Patapsco, you might want to start thinking about recycling.... |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
NO CRABS WERE HARMED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS POST
WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS...FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID
|
|
|
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
|
|
|
genecrabman
Registered User
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 3894
Location: Outer Banks N.C.
OBX CRABS @ HALF-FAST SEAFOOD 252 202 6469
|
|
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2008, 07:54:40 PM » |
|
Looks like the DNR wants to take credit for everything.... They couldn't catch a cold, in freezing rain. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
badbean
Registered User
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 382
Location: Aberdeen, Maryland
|
|
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2008, 06:13:05 AM » |
|
How long ago did you eat it? Considering the recent sewage spill(s) in the Patapsco, you might want to start thinking about recycling.... years ago. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin (attributed)
Lord please help me become the person my dog thinks I am!
|
|
|
Crabby JD
Lifetime Member
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 112
Location: Birdsboro Pa
|
|
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2008, 09:19:18 PM » |
|
If you read "Beautiful Swimmers" Lester Lee Comm. Trot Liner was catching 10" crabs on the Wye River in the sixties. People thought they were a different sub species.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Timaeus
Registered User
Offline
Gender: 
Posts: 53
Location: New Orleans
|
|
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2008, 10:46:16 AM » |
|
Do you have a picture of said crab?
PICTURES SAY A 1000 WORDS
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Louisiana is the world's most fertile blue crab grounds. No where else in the world can you expect to catch 10 inch plus crabs on a regular basis. No where else can you expect to catch the number of crabs that you catch in Louisiana. If Louisianans saw crabbing as a recreational activity, as the folk in Maryland and nearby do, you'd start seeing pictures of 14 inch point to point crabs very soon.
East coast crabbers who have crabbed all their lives and not caught a 10 incher are angry and jealous.
|
|
|
CRABGUY
Lifetime Member
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 6391
Location: CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
FRYGUY
|
|
« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2008, 06:49:11 AM » |
|
THE ONLY RECORDS ARE KEPT HERE
I STARTED THIS WHEN I GOT HERE IN 2003
I NEED TO GET THE MUMBO GUAGE BACK FROM KC AND GET BACK INTO THIS
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
|
|
|
Islander
Lifetime Member
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 3410
Location: Maryland
"Life is simple, its just not easy."
|
|
« Reply #15 on: August 19, 2008, 12:36:45 PM » |
|
Do you have a picture of said crab?
PICTURES SAY A 1000 WORDS
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
theflyingfisherman
Registered User
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 5
Location: baltimore
|
|
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2018, 10:48:19 AM » |
|
They say the record for Blue Crab is 10.72 inches for the Chesapeake Bay
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
rdbeard
Lifetime Member
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 3397
Location: stoney creek md.
|
|
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2018, 11:15:51 AM » |
|
who are THEY? |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
SHELLFISH
Lifetime Member
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 5203
Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Formerly Bogman102
|
|
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2018, 02:36:22 PM » |
|
They is a VIP. He turns up everywhere and is an authority on everything!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Retired in paradise!
|
|
|
evinrude 130
Lifetime Member
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 3364
Location: pasadena, MD
|
|
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2018, 07:03:29 PM » |
|
They say the recIt weighed 1.1 pounds and had a 10.72-inch-wide shell. VIMS crab expert Jacques van Montfrans (L) and Eastern Shore taxidermist Arty Meredith display what may be the largest crab ever recorded from Chesapeake Bay. The big "jimmy" dwarfs most Chesapeake Bay blue crabs.Aug 14, 2004ord for Blue Crab is 10.72 inches for the Chesapeake Bay
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
|
|
|
|
