Name: Steve
Boat Name: Bulkhead

Report Details
Date of Trip: 8-24-08
Location of Trip: bayville
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. E
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Bunker, Frozen
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: Worst crabbing in my life as in 6 hrs only caught 2 keepers both female so as always released them both.
~Steve

Name: Stephen Viteo
Boat Name: OH DE DA
Phone: 6095675499

Report Details
Date of Trip: 08/19/08
Location of Trip: Scotts Landing
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. Do not know info
Sea Conditions: Do not know info
Bait Used: Bunker, Frozen
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Green Heads biting consistantly, crabs not. 6 keepers in 5 hours. Would have still been a good day if not for the flys.
~Stephen Viteo

Name: pocko sanchaz
Email: poks48@hotmail.com

Report Details
Date of Trip: 08/16/08
Location of Trip:
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. SW
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Set out to my usual spot in The Shrewsbury River. Crabs were running well. Packed a bushel of mixed crabs with a dozen or so of big jimmies. Crabbed from noon to 2. Could have easily caught another bushel but a bushel is enough for me. Good crabbing to all
~pocko sanchaz

Name: Ed Karecki
Email: bigedlu113@aol.com

Report Details
Date of Trip: 8-16-08
Location of Trip: Cedar Creek, on Barnigate Bay
Moon Phase: High (Outgoing water)
Tide Crabbed: High (Outgoing water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. S
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: (Other)
Crabbing Report: Went to Cedar Creek this morning with my Son Vinnie. We had hopes of seining some soft shells with the full moon. No only did we get no soft shells, we did not even get a keeper hard crab. We gave up on that and walked over to the bulkhead and dock to see how the 50 or so crabers were doing using bait. The most I saw was 2 crabs in anyones basket and they were all under 5". In watching the people out on the boats I did not see them having any luck. We are going to try for fluke tomorrow on the Raritan.
~Ed Karecki

Name: Ken Koyoko

Report Details
Date of Trip: 7/22/08
Location of Trip:
Moon Phase: High (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: High (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. E
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: Crabbed the Barnegat Bay, Near Good Luck Point & Toms River from 0700-1100 and caught 117 crabs ranging in size from 5"- 6 1/2". Used Chicken And Bunker and ran completely out of Bait. We had 6 Box nets and three Hand Lines. Winds were Calm and turned to a refreshing on Shore Breeze out of the East at around 0945. Crabbing usually slows down in the Barnegat at around 1000, but today the Catch Continued which was strange?
Bay Water Temp at 78F. Throw Back Ratio was less than 1/1. (Concerned about That for Fall Crabbing) Crabs appeared extremely hungry, even hanging on to the Chicken Bones attached to the hand lines.
Today reminded me of crabbing in the Barnegat Bay in the 1970's & 1980's or recent Fall crabbing trips to the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers.
I Would have to admit that Today was an anomaly?
~Ken Koyoko

Name: Joe Santillo

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/17/08
Location of Trip:
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: Do not know info Do not know info
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Went to pine beach for crabs again and had all the big jimmies we wanted in three hours of incomming tide. Chicken again was the bait of choice on weighted handlines. Try my method and you will not ever use traps again. Crabs reluctant to drop bait when going with the tide not like fighting current when achored in one spot. It's easier netting them because most are closer to the boat. We covered lots of water and action was non-stop sometimes getting triple headers. I have never seen such large females which we released
~Joe Santillo

Name: betty booth
Boat Name: rental

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/11/08
Location of Trip: toms river
Moon Phase: Slack Tide
Tide Crabbed: Slack Tide
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. SW
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Hi My husband and I have had great crabbing this summer on the in coming tide. We caught 64 and 62 two different fridays and they were all 51/2 to 6 inches. We caught some nice females but threw them back We crab with hand lines using old blue fish or bunker. We had our 5 year old granddaughter with us for the first time and she caught the biggest it was 6 inches. She learned how to pull the crabs in and even netted some. We had a great time and went home and cooked them and had our family over to enjoy them.L ooking forward to next friday
~betty booth

Name: Crabber Frank

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/11/08
Location of Trip: Seaside Dock
Moon Phase: High (Outgoing water)
Tide Crabbed: High (Outgoing water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. NE
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Bunker, Fresh
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: Enjoyed a glorious day catching two dozen keepers, mostly 5 - 5.5 inches up to 6 inches. All jimmies (released one 6.5 inch female). 3 throwbacks to 1 keeper ratio. Full of meat, enjoyed a great dinner with fresh Jersey corn-on-the-cob and a couple brews!
~Crabber Frank

Name: robert
Email: rob54873@optonline.net

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/11/08
Location of Trip: bayville
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. W
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Bunker, Fresh
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Went crabbing out of Good Luck Point Marina in Bayville. We kept the usual 2 dozen [good size]and threw back at least 50 including some large females. Something we all should do...This was between 6:30 and 9:30 am. Most were caught on drop lines.
~robert

Name: robert elliott
Email: 54bobby@comcast.net
Boat Name: rental
Phone: 609-770-3861

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/10/08
Location of Trip: dividing creek
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Outgoing water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Outgoing water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. Do not know info
Sea Conditions: Do not know info
Bait Used: Bunker, Frozen
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: read report of dividing creek crabber here and decided to give it a try. we always make it there a time or 2 every year with good numbers caught. this time was no exception. 3/4 of a bushel from 7 to 2 with just myself and 2 young inexperienced kids. could have lived with less throwbacks but caught a good number of no. 1's with plenty of respectable 2's. take bug spray, greenheads aplenty. with a good deet spray, they will still buzz you but won't bite.
~robert elliott

Name: capt.john
Boat Name: rental
Phone:
Website: http://

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/06/08
Location of Trip:
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Outgoing water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Outgoing water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. SW
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Me and my girlfriend tried dicks landing in bayville for the first time. Had much better luck here than tuckerton. We got 32 male keepers in four hours on hand lines with chicken. Found best results in very shallow water along the grassy banks *~capt.john

Name: Joseph Stuhr
Email: jpstuhr@comcast.net
Boat Name: Dividing Creek Boat Rentals

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/04/08
Location of Trip: Dividing Creek
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. NW
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: Me and my buddy took the kids to Dividing Creek on the 4th after hearing some decent reports recently. Went with 30 Maryland style box traps and rented 2 boats and headed out around 6am. Decided to try Maple pond after some good reports however it was just hitting low tide so we decided to try right outside the mouth of Maple pond with the incoming tide. Hit 7 keepers on the first 15 pulls. Tide came in and we went into the pond just to the left of the pylons in the middle. Set our traps and decided to keep 4 and crab while grabbing a bite to eat. Started pulling keeper after keeper and other than going to pick up our traps, stayed there all day. My buddy and son were hitting them good a little north of us toward the bridge. After all was said and done, finished with 72 total with average size at about 5 1/4" some over 6" Best day I've had at DC since 93. Everyone else out there also seemed to be doing well.
~Joseph Stuhr

Name: Stanley

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/03/08
Location of Trip: Causeway
Moon Phase: High (Outgoing water)
Tide Crabbed: High (Outgoing water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. Do not know info
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Crabbed from 11am-4pm near the Causeway Bridge and a few other close spots I know of. Used both chicken and bunker. In 5 hours, we caught 11 keepers and maybe 4 throwbacks. Didn't see anyone else on other boats doing very much either.
~Stanley

Name: mikey
Boat Name: rental

Report Details
Date of Trip: 07/02/08
Location of Trip: rt 37
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Outgoing water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Outgoing water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. W
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Bunker, Frozen
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: 4 of us loaded up the boat and went out near the Rt 37 bridge, Toms River. From 8 am till 3:30 pm we got about 60 keepers well above 4.5" using bunker and chicken. Most were 5.5?" but we even got some 6.5" and very full! Both the bunker and chicken were working well. This year is great for crabs and we even have August for it to get better!
~mikey

Name: Jimbo

Report Details
Date of Trip: 6/24/08
Location of Trip:
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: 10-20 kts. W
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: Worst day of crabbing ever! Went from Dock rd. to Dock St. to Green St. in Tuckerton. 5 hours of crabbing and only 1 keeper. Ended up going to Skippers on Rte. 72 for a couple dozen and they were a lot of work to eat. They mentioned that even commercial crabbers are stumped as to why there are no crabs. Oh well, guess I'll wait till August and try my luck again!
~Jimbo

Name: John Bertrum

Report Details
Date of Trip: 06/23/08
Location of Trip:
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: Do not know info SW
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Bunker, Fresh
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: Manahawkin- CAUSEWAY BOAT RENTAL 82 keepers using traps and hand lines baited with two day old chicken legs and wings. Biggest crab was 7 and 1/2 inches
~John Bertrum

Name: Tony Zadzielski

Report Details
Date of Trip: 6/21/08
Location of Trip: Dock Road
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. Do not know info
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: (Other)
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: The best day crabbing ever. 50 keepers less than 15 throw backs. Sizes from 5 to 6.5. Using only 6 traps. Bunker as bait. Dock Road incoming tide. All this in 4 hours. I am 9 years old, I think I cleaned out the creek.
~Tony Zadzielski

Name: Nick Santillo
Email: nicksant65@optonline.com

Report Details
Date of Trip: 6/18/2008
Location of Trip:
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: 10-20 kts. W
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Crabbing off of Trixies Landing in Bayville, NJ was very good. A few reports suggested the crabbing was bad because of shedding. We had 70 keepers and 30 throwbacks. We crabbed with 7 droplines between 7am and 12pm.
~Nick Santillo

Name: matt
Email: r-kfc@hotmail.com
Boat Name: no boat!!!
Phone:
Website: www.fishhead.wetpaint.com

Report Details
Date of Trip: 06/2/08
Location of Trip: just past the bridge with the sign your in atlantic city
Moon Phase: Slack Tide
Tide Crabbed: Slack Tide
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. NW
Sea Conditions: 2-4 ft.
Bait Used: Chicken, Raw
Method of Catching: Trap, Small Dropping Doors
Crabbing Report: We had a great day a couple weeks ago. We caught over 3 bushels my tips are to leave the chicken outside for days (3) is the most if you leave it outside it will smell more but the crabs like the smell and taste. We were out there for 5 hours the last three we caught nothing in the two hours we caught them all. We went home to cook them and they had soooooo much meat in there claws it wasn't funny our biggest crab was 8 in. Just 1/2 away from the record breaking crab for NJ. My location in the 6th bridge from the welcome to Atlantic City sign try it out it is still loaded.
~matt

Name: John Moore

Report Details
Date of Trip: 6/6/08
Location of Trip:
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Outgoing water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Outgoing water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. W
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Bunker, Frozen
Method of Catching: Handlines
Crabbing Report: Crabbed the Shrewsbury River with traps and handlines. Nailed 5 dozen in an hour and a half. Nothing too big but this looks like a great season ahead as I have never done this well in the river this early since the early 1970's.
~John Moore

Name: Scott's Bait & Tackle
Email: CONTACT US
Phone: 609-296-1300
Website: http://www.scottsbt.com

Report Details
Date of Trip: 05/29/08
Location of Trip: General Report for Spring 2008
Moon Phase: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Tide Crabbed: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. NW
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Bait Used: Bunker, Frozen
Method of Catching: Trap, Commercial Style Pot
Crabbing Report: So far this spring the word we've been hearing is that crabs emerged at the beginning of April, but crabbing has been intermitant. Even the commercial crabbers are having difficulty. Fluctuating water temps and spring rains adding freshwater to the creek areas has had an effect. Tip for now will be to do crabbing trips on warmer days after 36-48 hours of no rain.