The crabbing season runs from mid-March through November, except in Delaware Bay where it goes until mid-December. There are size restrictions on the crabs you can keep - peeler or shedder crabs must ...

New Jersey’s 2025 blue crab season is underway and August is a peak month for crabs August is a great time to catch blue claw crabs in New Jersey. The water is at some of its warmest ...

The end of August is also often cited as the best time for crabbing at the Jersey Shore because it’s when blue crabs are most active and plentiful.

Blue claw crabs are hauled in along the Tuckahoe River. Ron Meischer of Somers Point, is a commercial crabber along the waters of the Tuckahoe and Great Egg Harbor Rivers.

According to our fishing editor, summer isn’t complete until you hit the shore with the family and haul in a bushel or two of blue-claw crabs ...