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Crabbing is picking up in bayville nj caught about 5 dozen on Sunday about 1/2 mile north of Downs bait shop on west side of bay
Water surface temp 78 water depth 3.5 feet Mike sol, nick sol, and Chris digi on a combined effort. All on chicken backs and necks.
Crabbing Report bayville Mr.Beer and Bones,Sandy B and Tommy b caught about 48 crabs on July 7th between Butler blvd and holly park throwbacks to keepers were 1-1 mostly males
Water surface temp 79 water depth 4.0 feet Mr.Beer and Bones commented "Is so hot the crabs are coming up cooked!"
Mr. Beer and bones for example, he steams thems, shells them, bags them in zip lockbags (one dozen per bag) put them on ice then distributes them throughout central New Jersey to friends and family in lieu of frosty beverages. He does not eat crabs himself. He just likes to catch them.
Mr. Beer and bones for example, he steams thems, shells them, bags them in zip lockbags (one dozen per bag) put them on ice then distributes them throughout central New Jersey to friends and family in lieu of frosty beverages. He does not eat crabs himself. He just likes to catch them.
Crabbing Report forked river dave m, steve t and pat G 24 crabs on July 13th close to the mouth of the cedar creek(where the very thin black bear used to hang out) on south side throwbacks to keepers were 2-1 10 percent females
Water surface temp 80 water depth 4.0 feet used bunker for bait
on incoming tide
Seajoe
Crabbing Report 36 crabs all over 5 inches forked river by the clam stakes north of sunrise beach carl l wendy c and mary g july18th west side of the bay. Throwbacks to keepers were 1-1 average crab was 5.5 long
Water surface temp 83 water depth 5.0 feet used killies in a ring for bait.
Crabbed from 8am to 1pm.
With a heavy north east wind Big mike, The Dukester, and Pudge set out to fill there bushel with tasty crustaceans on sunday July 22nd. The results 47 crabs 100 percent males the water temp 76 the bait used bunker total man hours 24. Keepers to throw backs 1-1 .The wind made it a rough time on the bay.
Big Mike reported that they went to several locations on the bay that included 1/2 mile of tices shoal on east side of bay in 4 feet of water, on west side of bay near sunrise beach forked river stouts creek not far from the 40 foot mishap in about 3 feet of water. Pudge Said he is looking forward to the full moon in about a week to try again.
Ron , You take a copper piece of wire(any scrap wire will due) make a 9" dia ring add sinker put the wire through the head then the meaty part of the tail one by one until the ring is full tie on your line. This is only cost effective if you have a free supply of killies.
Crabbing report on shore in Bayville NJ Miss Lucy caught about a dozen and a half on July 24 on the south jetty at the end of butler blvd on west side of bay. Throwbacks to keepers 5-1.
Water depth 4 feet Miss Lucy, her sister Alice on a combined effort. All on chicken backs and necks. Miss Lucy commented “They will be cooked and gone by 9:00 PM tonight”
Crabbing report good luck point Bayville nj July 29th. Mike s., Nick PVC and the O 3 dozen in 8 hours of line crabbing lots of small females(I mean she crabs) all over the place. Most of the keepers were caught on chicken necks and backs. Crabbing reports from toms river to forked river seemed to have the same tone tons of throwbacks about 20-1 to keepers mikes boat matched that percentage. Water temp was 83 surface. Mike also noted a higher percentage of doas in his bushel probably due to the heat. The big question around the docks and boats was "Does the the full moon help or hinder crabbing production?". A lot of rain hinders it that's for sure.
Must be something in the bait. I had 4 commercial traps out for 2 days checking them 2 times a day and got 12 good keepers. I was between Lanoka Harbor and Good luck point.
Barnegat Bay Crabbing Report 
