Crabbing

[Capt Glenn]

I don't need traps. I have a leemo.

[MadHatter]

I have never tried that. Do you just go in the first gut and scoop?

No, just walk with a headlamp.
They are easy to spot at night.

[SabineHunter]

No, just walk with a headlamp.
They are easy to spot at night.

Cool, thank you. I will try it later this week and report back. How would a 20' drag net do?

SH

[MadHatter]

Cool, thank you. I will try it later this week and report back. How would a 20' drag net do?

SH

Jam up, and may get you jammed up .
Not sure on Texas regs on those, but I wound up in some pretty deep doo-doo in Cameron, LA for filling up multiple ice chest while using one of those.

[TxTyler]

The Crabmaster is hard to find, I have been looking myself.



Regarding catching, I have a few neighbors, coworkers and buddies that have been killing them since May. I hate to say it for those posting numbers but they are catching 100-300 in a few hours here in Southeast Texas. They are in areas off the Neches, all within sight of the Rainbow Bridge and off the bank. One guy stops between 80-100 and that will take 2.5 hours. I have two others that only crab in the marshes via boat and they haul in the numbers. A group of 2 men and 5 kids, all under 10 caught 288 on afternoon. They drank a bit and thought they had about 100 but the kids hammered them, lol.



Also, all on chicken necks and string, no traps.

I grew up in Groves and remember catching tons with my Dad near the Rainbow Bridge. That brought back some great memories.

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[Johnny]

You can scoop a couple hundred a night out of the surf with a dipnet.
No bait needed, just a good headlamp, and long handled net.

Yep. Need a little water clarity and semi calm surf and can stack em up quick.

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