Net rings must have a diameter less than or equal to 30 inches.Traps must have a flat bottom measuring no more than 20 inches by 15 inches and have no more than four articulated sides.Must be marked with a buoy bearing your DNRid unless attached to a pier, wharf or boat.Up to 30 traps, rings or combination of both*.Must have floats of the same color, size, shape on each end.Equipped with a turtle reduction device.Attached by a line to the property or marked by a buoy or pole and sign.Set in front of private property within 100 yards of shore.The Amount of Gear Allowed for Unlicensed and Licensed Recreational CrabbingĪ maximum of 2 annually registered crab pots per property regardless of the number of owners or lessees. Crab pots must have a turtle reduction device attached to each entrance or funnel in the lower chamber constructed of wire or plastic, rectangular in shape not larger than 1¾ inches high by 4¾ inches long.Crab pots must have two cull rings, one measuring at least 23⁄16 inches and one at least 25⁄16 inches located in the exterior side panel or the top panels of the pot.To use gear other than the gear listed in the table below.To fish crab gear which belongs to another person.To set or fish a trotline, collapsible trap or crab net ring within 100 feet of another individual’s set gear.To possess an egg-bearing (sponge) crab or any female hard or peeler crab.It is Illegal for a Recreational Crabber: During a week when a state or federal holiday falls on a Wednesday or Thursday.When using crab pots from private property.No recreational crabbing is allowed on Wednesdays except: Using annually registered crab pots on private property, dip nets or handlines is permitted 24 hours a day. May through Sept.-one half hour before sunrise to 5 p.m.May through Sept.-one half hour before sunrise to sunset.15-one half hour after sunrise to sunset.
Setting gear and catching crabs is allowed during the following time periods: See Recreational Crabbing Licenses & Crab Pot Registration.
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