Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in all waters of the St. Johns River system must be removed from the water before Jan. 16, the first day of a 10-day trap closure, the FWC said in a ...

Horseshoe crab ancestors first appeared in the fossil record 450 million years ago. But climate change and harvesting are ...

Many bait shops sell licenses, as do the bigger retailers (Bass, Dick's, Walmart, etc.). Florida's FWC uses a third-party site for buying or renewing fishing licenses: GoOutdoorsFlorida.com. The ...

Smell: The stronger the smell, the better. Durability: Choose a bait that will stay on your trap or line and isn’t easily eaten by smaller crabs or other marine animals.

The season will officially begin on Jan. 5, 2025, for areas south of Point Arena to the U.S./Mexico border. This area will be subject to a 50% trap reduction.

For the past 23 years, volunteers have been an essential part of cleaning up crab traps along the Texas coast, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said. Since 2001, volunteers and TPWD staff ...

Crab trap floats sometimes escape their original locations due to storms, strong currents or lost gear. While they are a common form of marine debris, they also offer a unique opportunity to learn ...

Strategically located crab pots on the muddy creek bottoms, stuffed with smelly bait fish, trap the 6-legged crabs who also have rear swimming legs that look like paddles.

For the first weeks of the season, only hoop nets and crab snares had been allowed. — At 8:01 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, the 50 percent trap reduction that had been ordered for the commercial fishery ...

Grant Bundy, Jr., pulls up what he thought was a crab trap from his father's flooded ramp after Hurricane Ida at Bundy's Seafood in Lafitte, La., Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021.

Maximum trap size is 24 inches by 24 inches by 24 inches or a volume of 8 cubic feet; Traps can be made from either wood, wire or plastic; The throat or entrance must be 5 ½ inches by 3 ½ inches ...

The season will officially begin on Jan. 5, 2025, for areas south of Point Arena to the U.S./Mexico border. This area will be subject to a 50% trap reduction.