How to Get a Crab Pot Before placing the bait in the crab pot, players need to craft or buy this trap. To do this, players must reach Fishing level 3.

We reviewed some of the best crab traps available from collapsible to heavy duty to help you successfully catch different types of crabs.

Our area's diamondback terrapins face threats from poaching and drowning in crab traps. Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation is tracking the turtles and offering free bycatch reduction devices.

Dolphins in Australia have learned how to snatch bait from crab traps—and now, researchers say they’ve captured the clever behavior on camera for the first time ever. The bait-stealing saga ...

Blue crabs are abundant all along the Jersey coast, and some of the best bets for finding crabs are in tidal creeks and ...

If you have private access to a river bank or dock (or know a guy who knows a guy …), you need to buy a crab trap. After that, it’s a very cheap date — for bait, just toss in chunks of trash ...

The season will officially begin on Jan. 5, 2025, for areas south of Point Arena to the U.S./Mexico border. This area will be subject to a 50% trap reduction.

SEATTLE — Researchers are waging a quiet battle in the Pacific Northwest to protect one of the region’s most iconic species — the Dungeness crab. Using light traps, scientists at the MaST ...

The trap requires no bait to work and can be reused over as long as it's intact.

O n a rainy, windswept afternoon in November, Kaitlyn Bui stands near the water’s edge on Ocean Beach, casting a reel into the sea. It’s a few weeks into the recreational crab fishing season here in ...