they're selling them off the roadside

[crabologist]

we are catching peelers now and shedding. so you cant catch hard crabs right now and the females are sponging. you are eating my 7 and 8 inch soft females now. give it a month are 2 and you will be eating my big number ones.

I'll have to disagree with you on that one . In another 2 months we'll be eating the best crabs in the world !! From the Chesapeake Bay  , Baby !!

[Geckert]

Low country say where abouts? Because I still hold a SC license (#G98)and those whiteys are not that much to be proud of.

[kimsmm]

once they start mating you wont be eating no chespeake crabs.

[crabologist]

O.K. , if you say so ..............................

[long green crabber]

whatever.   lgc

[ran_c]

also at 5".....that not a #1.......5 1/2 " is a #1 ....you got raped 

we cull 6 3/8" #1's here in louisiana...sometimes when they are really running 6 3/4

[JIMMYCRAB]

AMAZING!!! 13 posts, and already knows it all.  You gettin' this K.C.?  I think we have a new candidate for "PINHEAD OF THE YEAR"  --- By the way  we call 80 to the bu. # 2s  ...try 50!!!--JC

[kingcrabber]

AMAZING!!! 13 posts, and already knows it all.  You gettin' this K.C.?I think we have a new candidate for "PINHEAD OF THE YEAR"  --- By the way  we call 80 to the bu. # 2s  ...try 50!!!--JC

Got him in me crosshairs Jimmy 

[kimsmm]

you all are very defensive i was just saying the crabs i have got from 2 diffrent dealers have been very poor crabs. yea i didnt have time to post this winter because when you were sitting on you [arse] i was catching 40 bushels a day in this nice warm water.

[kingcrabber]

you all are very defensive i was just saying the crabs i have got from 2 diffrent dealers have been very poor crabs. yea i didnt have time to post this winter because when you were sitting on you [arse] i was catching 40 bushels a day in this nice warm water.

Yo K..ease up Bro... if sittin on my [arse] means that I aint crabbin,you're right.. but please dont imply that we are lazy and dont have a job like you where you are fortunate to have warm weather year round  I bust my [arse] every day to feed my family like you do...only I have to endure cold weather as well as the humid summers  consider yourself fortunate that you have warm weather year round ... and stop being so defensive 

[JIMMYCRAB]

 Maybe you should find a new dealer. You could probably find one here .....if you  ask nicely    

[tattoo]

Wait till those mombos start running, NOTHING beats Maryland CRABS......

[Rock Run Crabber]

Port deposit is still there? I thought it got washed down river a while back there s

hould be crabs in peoples basements up there. shouldnt have to buy the/quote] Geckert can tell you are real familiar with MD all fresh water it's on the Susquahanna River

[Geckert]

I hear ya and I know that but it was funny [dangit]. I worked up there now and again and it seemed like every time I was there it was flooded thats all.

[CrabstaDude]

i just bought 7 bushels from maryland for my retail store in the south. If this is the best maryland has it is very sad. 3inch females 5 in #1s. over 150 to a bushel. Down here we get 80 in a bushel. you all think you are eating 7 or 8 inch crabs from the bay but they are really from the south.

with a quote like yours to a group of die-hard crabbers and then your follow-on comment on 'being so defensive'?? duh .. how many years did it take you to reach dummy status?? how do you expect someone to react to your offensive comments?  like KC wrote, whereever you hang your hat you're lucky it's warmer year round unlike where we live.. BUT... WITHOUT A DOUBT when the blue crab start popping and the crabbers here start to roll, you don't have a chance in matching abundance, flavor and size of the Blue Claw... MD crabs are the best I've had.. so, chill out, learn from fellow crabbers and share your experiences but don't be a dic....

[procrabber]

bob

that's per dozen ( 13 crabs )

If they were $ 9 and $18 each - We'd all be crabbing 18 hours per day and no pot would be safe LMAO
I have paid $ 5 per crab for jumbo's

 

those are 9$ a dozen for females that are under 5", maybe 5 1/2.  a 5" female is the same weight as a 4 1/2 inch male

even females over 5" cost 18 a dozen

[procrabber]

i just bought 7 bushels from maryland for my retail store in the south. If this is the best maryland has it is very sad. 3inch females 5 in #1s. over 150 to a bushel. Down here we get 80 in a bushel. you all think you are eating 7 or 8 inch crabs from the bay but they are really from the south.

there are certainly not enough crabs coming from the bay right now to support export.  these crabs ARE MD crabs... from ocean city.  you might as well buy crabs from new jersey in that case.  80 crabs in a bushel??? they must be small    buy yourself a few bushel of RIVER 1# and you will only get about 50-60 in a bushel.  I sold a bushel that weighed 41 pounds after docking for the basket and had only 46 crabs in it from the chester river once...  they were trotline crabs and averaged 7 1/2".  this is not every bushel but, not that rare up there.  be sure to ask which water the crabs come from, not which state. the northern MD bay has the biggest and second best tasting crabs, while southern chesapeake in MD (not necissarily in VA though) has the best tasting crabs, but they are a hair bit smaller.  i understand your pissed, but stay on the phone for a few minutes to ask a few other questions before spending 1000$ on crabs. 

[R D]

you all are very defensive i was just saying the crabs i have got from 2 diffrent dealers have been very poor crabs. yea i didnt have time to post this winter because when you were sitting on you [arse] i was catching 40 bushels a day in this nice warm water.

And giving them away for 15to 20 dollors a bushel :veryangry:keeping the price beat down for the rest of us