looking for a place to go crabbing off a dock on maryland easternshore near salisbury
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It depends on where you are when you want to go crabbing. There is good crabbing from shore to shore along the Atlantic, through the Gulf of Mexico, up through Alaska. Depending on which area you are at, you can always ask a local at a dock ,"where's crab highway around here?" I'm sure there are many popular spots for crabbing, just ask a local.
The most effective bait for crabbing is typically raw chicken necks or fish heads.
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Commercial crabbing supplies can be found at www.mikekellerltd.com/ or www.housmancrabbingsupplies.com/ both websites offer this. The prices are affordable too.
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According to the NC website, a fishing license is only required for finfish.
In the Chesapeake Bay area, anywhere you have legal access to brackish water is good for crabbing. Unfortunately there are "no fishing or crabbing from dock" signs on just about every public dock, "no fishing or crabbing from bridge" signs on every bridge, and "no fishing or crabbing from rocks" signs at many parks and right-of-ways. As for other shellfish, collecting them is prohibited in a lot of the region due to pollution. If you spend any time on the water you will find "prohibited shellfish area" signs all over the place. Those signs apply to oysters and other molluscs but not to crabs because crabs are not filter feeders.
To go crabbing, you will need a crab trap or crab pot, bait such as fish heads or chicken necks, a measuring tool to check the size of the crabs, gloves for handling the crabs, a bucket or cooler to store the crabs, and a fishing license if required in your area.