Local Crabbing

Though the local crabbing has been open for some time during this winter season, the weather has not been especially conducive to getting out on a regular basis.  The folks that we have been talking to that have been able to get out between the wind and the rain have found crab, however; most have said that there has been an overwhelming number being soft shelled.  The other day I took a look at one of the customers catch that he was so proud of, in that the four of them had there limits.  However, there was not a single one that was hard shelled.  I took the time and explained that their catch could have got them into a little bit of hot water with the Game Warden and that it was not in their best interest (eating wise) to have kept them.  I took a couple minutes more to show them how to tell if a crab is hard shelled.  I am sure that they will not make the mistake of keeping soft shelled crab in the future. 

With a little bit of time these crab will harden up and fill in and will make for some mighty fine eating.  At least for the near future you will more than likely have to sort through a good number of critters to find a few to make it to your table.