A crab trap in Wisconsin sounds like a saltwater thing that wandered too far inland. Wisconsin has Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Green Bay, the Mississippi River, cold trout streams, clear northern lakes, warm farm ponds, and rocky shorelines where crayfish hide in the dark. What it does not have is a blue crab, stone crab, […]
Read Guide →A crab trap in West Virginia sounds like a shrimp boat on a mountain road. The state has rocky streams, deep reservoirs, winding rivers, trout water, farm ponds, and plenty of crayfish tucked under stones. What it does not have is a saltwater crab season. There are no blue crab pots, stone crab traps, Dungeness […]
Read Guide →A crab trap in Vermont sounds like a lobster pot sitting beside a maple sugarhouse. Vermont has deep lakes, cold streams, quiet ponds, rocky shorelines, and plenty of small creatures living under stones and weeds. What it does not have is a saltwater crab season. There are no blue crab pots, stone crab traps, Dungeness […]
Read Guide →A crab trap in Utah can look like the wrong guest at a mountain lake. Utah has red-rock reservoirs, cold trout water, desert rivers, blue high-country ponds, and plenty of crayfish crawling through rocks after dark. What it does not have is a saltwater crab season. There are no blue crab pots, stone crab claws, […]
Read Guide →A crab trap in South Dakota sounds like a dock light on the ocean, far from where it belongs. South Dakota has prairie lakes, Missouri River reservoirs, stock dams, cold Black Hills water, and muddy creeks with crayfish tucked under rock and root. What it does not have is a saltwater crab season. There are […]
Read Guide →A crab trap in Rhode Island sits in water that never feels still for long. The tide pulls through salt ponds, the bay ruffles under a southwest wind, and a baited pot waits on the bottom like a small wire room with dinner inside. When the line comes tight, it can bring up Jonah crabs, […]
Read Guide →An Oregon crab pot feels like a little bet placed with the tide. You bait it, lower it into gray-green water, watch the buoy settle, and let the bay do its quiet work. When the rope comes up heavy, the deck fills with legs, claws, sea smell, and that quick hope that at least a […]
Read Guide →A crab trap in North Dakota sounds like a lobster pot on the prairie. The state has cold lakes, broad reservoirs, prairie potholes, the Missouri River, the Red River, and plenty of muddy banks where crayfish crawl, but it does not have a saltwater crab season. There are no blue crab pots, stone crab traps, […]
Read Guide →New York crabbing has a rhythm all its own. A handline tightens under a dock, a dip net slides through green water, or a crab pot rests on the bottom while the tide moves over it. From Long Island bays to the lower Hudson, a blue crab can turn a quiet afternoon into a bucket […]
Read Guide →New Hampshire’s coast is short, but its crab rules are not something to shrug off. A trap set off the Seacoast looks simple from the boat: a wire pot, a bait bag, a buoy, and a line running down into cold water. Yet that gear sits inside a tight rule system built for lobster and […]
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