Crabbing on Long Island
It's blue crab season on Long Island. Crab courtesy of Two Cousins Fish Market in Freeport. Credit: Photo by Bruce Gilbert
Catching crabs is fun, easy, uncomplicated and inexpensive. Here's everything you need to know about crabbing, along with hot spots on Long Island.
Blue crabs can be caught from boats, docks or shore in tidal creeks and bay waters using nets, traps and drop-lines. You can also skim them from bulkhead edges using a net during the day, or scoop them as they swim on the surface after dark.
Most of the better catches come from the South Shore bays and western Peconic Bay. Some decent action is available along the marsh edges of Stony Brook, Mount Sinai and Port Jefferson harbors. Hot spots include:
