Crabbing report for Rockefeller

I went crabbing by the Gulf at Joseph's Harbor Landing on July 4. The crabs were small and not real full. There's been so much fresh water that the marsh is almost completely fresh. Can't imagine there will be much of a white shrimp season this year down there. There were no brown shrimp. There's still just too much rainwater working its way through from the marsh from White Lake. Not many boats there on the holiday weekend either, which tells you a lot. Also, as soon as the tide started going out, the crabs disappeared.

It's been about a month since we went but we caught 4 dozen decent sized crabs in about an hour. Didn't need any more than that so we put the boat on the trailer and headed back.

I caught enough to boil, but usually by this time in the year they are bigger and more numerous. The rain and new water control structures are choking the marsh in Rockafeller to keep fresh water for ducks and cattle.

You can crab or fish on price lake road. Pass up the boat launch and go about a mile and its on your left. It's just a bit past the wildlife and fisheries camps. Just turn down price lake road and go south to the parking area. There is plenty of room to fish from the bank.

Use turkey necks on string. Teach them how to feel if anything is on the line, give them the net and they'll have a blast. Let us know how it goes.

I'd probably start on the bottom. And yes, shrimp will be fine.

If you have a castnet, you should be able to catch a few live shrimp for bait.

You can also drive to the end of the road and might do better on crabs all the way back there.

Nice haul!

Dang. Nice job.