Catching Crabs

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A wire trap baited with a chicken neck is one method of catching crabs.
A wire trap baited with a chicken neck is one method of catching crabs.
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It's hard to imagine a more delicious dinner than a repast of free-for-the-foraging crabs and cold beer!
It's hard to imagine a more delicious dinner than a repast of free-for-the-foraging crabs and cold beer!
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This is the proper (and safe) way to hold a live crab.
This is the proper (and safe) way to hold a live crab.
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Method of breaking open and dismembering a crab.
Method of breaking open and dismembering a crab.

The Atlantic coast of the United States–from Cape Cod
south to Florida–is graced with one of the world’s
most delicious seafoods: the blue crab ( Callinectes
sapidus
). In my home state of Virginia, the “blue” is

  • Published on May 1, 1980
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