Rec. Crabbing on Wed from boat

[whynot]

Can you rec crab from a boat on Wed. with handlines ? Someone told me you can rec. crab with handlines from a BOAT 24 hours a day , 7 days a week .



Tony

[Crabbermanjl]

SEASON: April 1 - December 15

•The current license structure and fees are:
◦$2 for a holder of a Chesapeake Bay Sportfishing License
◦$5 for a resident
◦$10 for a non-resident
◦$50 Chesapeake Bay Special Pleasure Boat Sport Fishing License (CBSPBL)
•A new license for a Recreational Crabbing Boat established at a fee of $15
•The $50 CBSPBL is valid as a Recreational Crabbing Boat License. The complimentary fishing license issued to the boat owner of a licensed sportfishing boat is valid as the owner's individual recreational crabbing license.
•Closed Wednesdays - except handlines and dip nets or pots at private piers
•Recreational crabbers may set recreational crabbing gear and crab from boats:
◦during Apr, Oct, Nov and Dec
■between 1/2 hour after sunrise to 5:00 PM main Bay
■between 1/2 hour after sunrise to sunset in tributaries
◦during May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sept
■between 1/2 hour before sunrise to 5:00PM in the main Bay
■between 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset in the tributaries of the Bay
•Recreational crabbers may not set trotlines, collapsible crab traps or net rings on Wednesdays. A recreational crabber may use handlines and dip nets from either shore, boats or on public and private piers. Waterfront property owners may fish their pots at private piers. Recreational crabbers may not set a trotline, traps/rings within 100 feet of a trotline unless it is your own trotline. •Minimum Size: APRIL 1 - JULY 14 JULY 15 - DECEMBER 15
5 " Male Hard 5 1/4" Male Hard
3 1/4" Peeler 3 1/2" Peeler

•The minimum size for soft crab is 3 1/2 inches during the entire season.

[Capt Dave Solesi]

Just my .02 that wed off for rec is BS, My regular day off from my full time job is WED! that sucks they should rotate it or something.

[Bos]

I heard a few years ago that if the only day you had off during the week is Wed. it was legal for you to crab if you had a written paper stateing that from where you work. But that like all the other laws that has probably changed

[BowMovements]

That i have never heard of. commercial can substitute days but not rec. For instance if I worship my higher power on Mon & Sun than I can show written reason for my request for a substitute day off. Recreational crabbing is just that, recreational. BTW recs can crab on Wednesdays if a holiday is in that week.

[C-Hawk18]

BTW recs can crab on Wednesdays if a holiday is in that week.

Not exactly......the holiday (state or federal) must fall on Wednesday or Thursday.

[BowMovements]

Tell that to the 35 recs that were on Back river last Wednesday, then tell it to the DNR officer that pulled along side us to say "hello", after he checked them all for life vests. ??????

[J bones]

Matt - Was Wed a State holiday? It wasn't a federal holiday. I was just saying that most holidays fall on Monday or Friday.

What holiday falls always on a friday??