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Is it too early for blue claws?

749 views·6 replies·by No fluke

No flukeFREE2023#1

Just wondering is it too early for blue claw crabs or should I wait a few weeks for the water to warm up a bit. I will be crabbing in a shallow creek.

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Deckhand1 postsSince 2021

canyCOMMUNITY

noreaster.com2023#2

I would wait unless your gonna dredge them out of the mud

General cany, Watching always Watching
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AdmiralOriginal Crew41,118 postsSince 2018

Snapprhead27FREE2023#3

I would wait unless your gonna dredge them out of the mud

Agreed, give it to July maybe. Waters to cold and they are buried right now.

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Commodore5,031 postsSince 2020

LeprechaunMOD

noreaster.com2023#4

Years ago we used to catch plenty whilst flounder fishing up on the Remsenburg flats (Buoy 42) in Moriches Bay, right around Memorial Day. Them was the days, man!

"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.

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CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018

georgeADMIN

noreaster.com2023#5

Years ago we used to catch plenty whilst flounder fishing up on the Remsenburg flats (Buoy 42) in Moriches Bay, right around Memorial Day. Them was the days, man!

That Bay produced a lot of fish for me over the years. From BlueClaws to big flounder in the winter and spring, to huge fluke and weakfish, and of course a great striped bass fishery. Them was the days!

George R. Scocca
george@nyangler.com
www.nyangler.com - Your Secret Spot Online !

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CommodoreOriginal Crew5,174 postsSince 2018

AquariusFREE2023#6

I picked up a blue claw last Saturday on my first fluke trip of the year fishing off Bay Park in Island Park. He dropped off my line as I tried to swing him in the boat. It was the earliest I can remember seeing a blue claw.

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First MateOriginal Crew568 postsSince 2018

CrabmanFREE2023#7

The commercial crabbers are catching crabs in the GSB but it's very slow. Another few warm days and hopefully more begin to move around.