Dredge Survey-Small Crabs?

[stingray]

Thought for sure that the early season would be overrun w/ small crabs. Most crabs seem to be big w/ few small ones where I'm crabbing on the PAX. Should be interesting to see what happens when the summer crabs flow in.

[scott w]

Plenty of small crabs on the lower shore...

[crabby and son]

I have been getting many large crabs but there are a fair amount of 2-4's also. I'm in the South river. Crabbing there usually drops off the second week of July.....................Gary

[TimBass]

Herb, where I was crabbing on Wednesday I threw back 2-3 bushel of 4" crabs . Should be good later in the year Tim

[tiderunner3150]

I have been getting many large crabs but there are a fair amount of 2-4's also. I'm in the South river. Crabbing there usually drops off the second week of July.....................Gary

Do they migrate north?


If so I got something for em :)

[Nummer1]

I thought the same thing until yesterday, very few keepers, hundreds of 2-4". same spot on pax been producing nice last two weeks
caught 2 doublers. one was smaller than the female that just molted, other was a 6" carrying a 3"
My mid bay western shore trip produced large nice crabs, just not in numbers, didnt see as many smalls