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. Great Bay & West Creek: Pots outperform hand lines 3 ...

Get your mallets ready. It's prime time for picking and eating steamed blue crabs. Here are 23 restaurants to check out in and around Delaware.

The legal size for harvesting blue crabs varies by location, but generally, hard-shell blue crabs must be at least 4.5 to 5 inches across the shell from point to point in New Jersey.