WHAT YOU NEED TO START CRABBING IN MARYLAND !

In This Video: i show you the thing you need to start crabbing in Maryland. metal crabs traps, trotline and how-to use each one. catching blue crabs can be as easy as a string and a chicken neck. check out the video. it is easy to start crabbing in Maryland. #crabbing #bluecrabbing #chesapeakebay #allsummerlong #lovetocrab #josessoning2 #marylandcrabs #crabcake #steamedcrabs
Season
April 1-Dec. 15.
Time of Day
Setting gear and catching crabs is allowed during the following time periods:
Rivers, creeks and tributaries:
April and Oct. through Dec. 15-one half hour after sunrise to sunset.
May through Sept.-one half hour before sunrise to sunset.
Chesapeake Bay mainstem:
April and Oct. through Dec. 15-one half hour after sunrise to 5 p.m.
May through Sept.-one half hour before sunrise to 5 p.m.
Using annually registered crab pots on private property, dip nets or handlines is permitted 24 hours a day.
Day of Week Restrictions
No recreational crabbing is allowed on Wednesdays except:
When using crab pots from private property;
When using handlines or dip nets;
During a week when a state or federal holiday falls on a Wednesday or Thursday.
Minimum Size Limits
(measured from tip to tip of spikes)
Male hard crab:
April 1-July 14-5 inches.
July 15-Dec. 15-5¼ inches.
Male peeler crab:
April 1-July 14-3¼ inches.
July 15-Dec. 15-3½ inches.
Soft crab:
April 1-Dec. 15-3½ inches.
It is Illegal for a Recreational Crabber:
To sell crabs.
To possess an egg-bearing (sponge) crab or any female hard or peeler crab.
To set or fish a trotline, collapsible trap or crab net ring within 100 feet of another individual’s set gear.
To fish crab gear which belongs to another person.
To harvest crabs while SCUBA diving.
To use gear other than the gear listed in the table below.
Additional Crab Pot Rules
Crab pots must have two cull rings, one measuring at least 23⁄16 inches and one at least 25⁄16 inches located in the exterior side panel or the top panels of the pot.
Crab pots must have a turtle reduction device attached to each entrance or funnel in the lower chamber constructed of wire or plastic, rectangular in shape not larger than 1¾ inches high by 4¾ inches long.
Annual registration required.
Daily Creel/Possession Limits
License
Daily Creel / Possession Limit
Male Hard Crabs
Male Peelers, Soft crabs or combination
Unlicensed Individual
From shore
From unlicensed boat
From waterfront crab pots
2 dozen 1 dozen
Licensed Individual
From shore
From unlicensed boat
From waterfront crab pots
1 bushel 2 dozen
Boat Limits
Unlicensed BOAT With 2 or more unlicensed 4 dozen 1 dozen
With 1 licensee and any number of unlicensed individuals 1 bushel 2 dozen
With 2 or more licensees and any number of unlicensed individuals 2 bushels 2 dozen
Licensed BOAT
With 1 or more unlicensed
With 1 licensee
With owner and any number of unlicensed individuals
1 bushel 2 dozen
With 2 or more licensees with any number of unlicensed individuals
With a licensee who is not the owner and any number of unlicensed individuals
2 bushels 2 dozen
The Amount of Gear Allowed for Unlicensed and Licensed Recreational Crabbing
License Status
Handlines and Dip Nets
Crab Pots on Private Property
Trotline
Collapsible Traps
and Net Rings
Seine
Eel Pots
Unlicensed
Unlimited A maximum of 2 annually registered crab pots per property regardless of the number of owners or lessees.
These pots must be:
Marked with your DNRid
Set in front of private property within 100 yards of shore
Attached by a line to the property or marked by a buoy or pole and sign
Registered annually
Equipped with a turtle reduction device
Not Allowed Not Allowed Not Allowed Not Allowed
Licensed
Unlimited
Up to 1200ft*
Must have floats of the same color, size, shape on each end
Floats must be marked with your DNRid
Up to 30 traps, rings or combination of both*
Must be marked with a buoy bearing your DNRid unless attached to a pier, wharf or boat
Traps must have a flat bottom measuring no more than 20 inches by 15 inches and have no more than four articulated sides
Net rings must have a diameter less than or equal to 30 inches
Mesh cannot be greater than ¼”
Cannot exceed 50′ in width and 5′ in height
Must be emptied from shore
Up to 10 eel pots for catching your own bait
Must be labeled with your DNRid and may not be set in a buoy-free channel
*The amount of gear is per boat regardless of the number of licensees or individuals on board.
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[@tubbyguyoutdoors]

Great video bud ! Awesome tips and information. Thanks for sharing ! Stay safe stay healthy

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Thank you, really appreciate it. That one took a little work.. but fun! Stay safe

[@scsouthbeach1]

Great video 🦀 Thanks 😀👍

[@lakeishamcfall4833]

Uhhh thank you ! I just moved the the shore!! I’m excited to go crabbing.... woohoooo

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Awesome! Won't be long

[@andrewelliott123]

Very informative keep up the good work

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Thank you very much,

[@billhudson2196]

Great video. Thanks for the information.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

No problem! I really hope that helped. If you have any other questions, I will do my best to help.

[@BuckeyeHuntingAndFishing]

Looks like a lot of fun.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Yeah it was.. but it will get even better. I hope!!!

[@tammysypniewski1891]

That was great!

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Thank you! Wish I would knew about the setting on the GoPro 8. your videos really help so please keep making them

[@joshualauer2862]

Love the edit dude looked flawless

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Thanks you!!!!!!

[@sjk69c47]

Love your video’s 👍

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Wow thank you!! I really appreciate that!!

[@jkershet]

Great info, have a trip schedule to do some crabbing down in MD coming up in Aug, and this was extremely helpful to prepare for that trip.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Awesome!! We are actually out crabbing right now. Just put the traps out. Well good luck to ya!

[@jkershet]

@@OutdoorsInMaryland good luck to you as well, hope you catch some nice size jimmies, my mouth is already watering thinking about those beautiful swimmers steamed in Old Bay, can't wait, just picked up a new boat - Bayliner and replaced the outboard with a rebuild Merc 90, so psyched for the trip 🙂

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

@@jkershet ended up with a little more than a half bushel

[@jkershet]

@@OutdoorsInMaryland nice, that's pretty good for this time a year isn't it? Enjoy, the hard shells from MD are second to none, actually a little sad when we travel to VA after getting those babies. I'm set this year, got a bigger steamer (they were crawling out of the pot last year) can't wait, watching some of your other videos, very informative. Appreciate you taking the time to make those, coming from PA up by Hazleton and it's good to get some info from local guys like you to help stay informed and make sure we're meeting all the regs.

[@dylanralph8194]

I’m from Maryland and I used to use a lot of you eel but claims works so much better

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Yes they do. Might get my first batch of razor class for a crabbing trip next week

[@lonmar44]

Thank you for your tips I really appreciate it I'm gonna try everything you say I love grabbing now I tried different ways and didn't work

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

You are so welcome, if there is anything else I can help you with please ask!

[@WyomingOutofDoors]

Good video

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Thank you!! It was very interesting to make

[@5lrhythms803]

I’m from Maryland and I just found your channel and I’m pumped ! I freaking love crabs and fishing and now I found a channel in MD you are awesome !! one day I hope I can crab with you guys!

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Wow thank you!! Means alot.. really appreciate you watching.. i just got my first kayak, so snakehead fishing with this should be fun.

[@5lrhythms803]

Outdoors In Maryland that is really awesome !!! My friends and I are taking a fishing trip this summer we’re trying to decide on where to go. Our 3 ideas are 1. Chesapeake bay 2. Assateague islands 3. Ocean city. And I’m also gonna be going to my friends bay house in Easton and gonna be doing some fishing there as well. I hope you have a blast with your kayak!! I bet you’ll have fun Snakehead fishing! You deserve way more subscribers then you’ve got I hope more people find your channel and subscribe!!

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Ocean city Sounds fun. Alot of different fish to fish for. I will going to the back bay of ocean city to do some flounder fishing

[@5lrhythms803]

Outdoors In Maryland that’s awesome !! I hope you have fun! I’m so glad I found you! Now I have someone to ask fishing questions to and a mentor! Do you have social media??

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Yes 👍 Facebook and IG. I am part of another KZbin channel. 5 maryland guys. Really new only have about 4 videos up. We put one up every Sunday here is the link kzbin.info/door/H880Dg--fq4Qw5LX_A2gxA

[@ReelSpider]

The BEST thing you can get, if you are trying out crabbing in Maryland, is a ride to Virginia...

[@mikekreen9336]

You stated the DNR regulations for the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries. DNR has different regulations for the Maryland Bays of the Atlantic, such as, CRAB SIZE for the Maryland Bays of the Atlantic: Minimum Size Limits (measured from tip to tip of spikes) Hard crabs-5 inches all times. Great video, thank you.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Yes you are right!! I believe ocean city are a little different.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Thank you for taking the time to watch

[@2TEN90]

Awesome how to video and how do you usually crab. Trot line or pots or both? Are the 🦀 running yet? Neveemind you just answered that in the video. Lol Cheers buddy!

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Not yet but soon!! How did you like the side by side??

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

It all depends on the weather. If it is real windy we do traps

[@2TEN90]

@@OutdoorsInMaryland it was great! Nice job!

[@ggarden8432]

where did you get those large safety pins for the bait 3:15 .

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

This one already had it in there, but check with your crab supply store. I believe Chesapeake sports on rt 50. Has them.

[@shanelucas3480]

i went bass n snakehead fishing on the potomac yesterday and got skunked man 😢

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Cold front slowed everything up. And a lot spawning going on with the snakeheads..

[@joshualauer2862]

Cant believe its that time again

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Yep.. they are already catching them

[@FishyAngler]

This is too much for me to catch the crabs, but I’ll be down to your house eating them....😂 I might help you catching them though...

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Sure!! We will definitely do that.

[@wrestlemaniac202]

No license hand line only in maryland two dozen hard crabs 1 dozen peelers

[@jonathanholler5099]

Hey man this is Jonathan from West Virginia where do you think I should order those traps from I was doing crab rings that I borrowed off a guy but they're starting to deteriorate

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Any crab supply store. Anglers up here, before the bay bridge. Bay country crab supplies. But that is a long drive.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Probably be around 12/15$ a trap Fully rigged. Look on Facebook market place.

[@jonathanholler5099]

Yeah I fish on The sovereign River I think that's how it's spelled at Smith's Marina. But we definitely go down to the Bay bridge as well just to do some white perch fishing so I'll have to check them out for sure thanks a lot brother

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

No problem!

[@officerkrupke4966]

@@jonathanholler5099 Some of those Maryland accents can throw you off. Smiths Marina is on the Severn river.

[@sfelmey]

What size are those trotline bouys and where can I get them?

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

I have had them for 8 + yrs. I can not remember exactly what size they are. But you can get good ones the store (5 below) it is the kids bouncey balls. They are small and nice and bright colors that you can see real well.

[@sfelmey]

@@OutdoorsInMaryland I think MD just changed the laws for rec trotline bouys. Now they have to be 12 x 10. Pretty ridiculous.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

I will definitely check on that. Mine should be good. But we are heading out again tomorrow but wife just wants to take traps. Thanks for the info. I will check later today

[@jakeeveryday7531]

Do you ever have to add weight to the traps?

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

No the traps are plenty heavy enough.

[@jakeeveryday7531]

Thanks !

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

No problem anytime

[@jakeeveryday7531]

Outdoors In Maryland do any crabbing in southern Maryland ?

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

@@jakeeveryday7531 not that far down.. the farthest i ha e been little choptank. Slaughter creek, Madison. But usually stay up around kent narrows when the crabs ever get here

[@fake-king3837]

Whats a DNRid number?

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

You have to have a license to fish, hunt, crab. When you buy you license you will receive a number that will stick with you. Just have to have that number displayed on your buoys.

[@brycemorgan6708]

1 bushel per season that’s it??

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Yes, now if you are on a boat with 4 people that have crabbing licenses, still can only have 2 bushels. Per boat max.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Ohh crap, I read you question wrong. No per day

[@garywiliams4507]

Great Video but its a Trotline not a Troutline amazing how many people call it a Troutline lol.

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

That is just my Baltimore Accent. Lol

[@zoomzoom3909]

Bread off the truck for bait… lol

[@nicolettekay5606]

What is dr number

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

When you receive your Fishing or crabbing license. You will get a D-rid number on your license. That will be your number for now on.

[@alanknight4418]

Why 2 channels?

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Got together with 5 other youtubers, and I didn't want to make 2 videos so I came up with this

[@alanknight4418]

@@OutdoorsInMaryland still drinking that dragon beer? Remember we talked about it? I recently tried blackbeards breakfast from heavy seas. Wow!!

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

Not in a while, I have been hooked on these beers called ( out of orders) from RAR BREWERY. THE LAST ONE TASTE LIKE a red jolly rancher

[@OutdoorsInMaryland]

I was in 2 youtube channels. I was making a video about the same content, so I try this out. Unfortunately my wireless microphone wasn't working.