To catch blue claw crab jimmies, use baited lines or traps from a dock, bank or boat. Popular baits include menhaden (bunker) and chicken necks. If you haven’t caught a jimmy, keep trying.

Crabs are biting well in New Jersey, particularly in tidal creeks, rivers and shallow bays along the coast. The Barnegat Bay area is known to be a great spot for crabbing. Other good locations include ...

Chesapeake Bay is at a turning point. Once severely polluted, the bay has seen major improvements in recent years. But ...

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Stone crab claws, a Florida delicacy, arrive pre-cracked and ice-cold with a mustard sauce worth bottling. The frog legs, ...

Nestled along a quiet stretch of road, this charming old Florida cracker house doesn’t scream for attention – it doesn’t need ...

Peace River Seafood in Punta Gorda is exactly that kind of place – an unassuming old Florida cracker house where the blue crabs arrive at your table piled high, the mallets are ready for cracking, and ...

The best bait for blue claw crab crabbing may depend on the specific location, the type of crab you are targeting, ...

If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the U.K. coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny ...

Blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay have dropped to a “distressing low” number, experts say, marking several years of repeated declines and raising concern about their long-term health. The ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say.