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Crabbing doesn’t have to be difficult, expensive, or require lots of specialized gear. You can catch plenty of crabs with just the basics.

Crabbing 101

Even the lowly crab net, which retails anywhere from $8 to $20 is effective in catching crabs.

Basic Gear:

 

This is a short list of some of the things we like to take along with us crabbing. Feel free to email us with your favorite piece of equipment! This of course doesn’t include your own type of crabbing tackle, such as a net, pot or snare.

 

(2) 5 gallon “homer” type buckets

Extra lengths of 50’ nylon rope

Knife

Plastic shopping bags

Plastic wire ties

Crab measuring gauge tied to each bucket

Small grocery getter push cart

Fishing line

Hand sanitizer

Baby wipes

Gloves

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Click the links below to learn how to use the most popular crabbing tackle:

Nets

Snares

Traps

Pots

 

Each link will take you to a page filled with instructions

pictures and videos on all types of crabbing gear. Did

we miss something? Email us your favorite tackle!