Crabbing question

[NJ Fisher]

Can anyone suggest any places in the Red Bank/Middletown area for crabbing off a pier or bridge. Also any suggestions as to best time of day, tide, etc. Thank you.

[NoLimit]

Oceanic Bridge in Rumson and the Red Bank Municipal pier.

Incoming seems to be best.

[Walleyed]

Not to steal a thread...but I will anyway. I usually launch out of the Atlantic Highlands Municipal Marina. I'd love to set a couple pots, go fluking for however long and pull the pots on the way back in. However, I have no experience with crab pots or have any idea where to even set them. I'd rather not run down river if there are closer/easier places to catch crab.

Is this merely a fantasy or is it feasible?

thanks,

Jim

[rumster]

Here is a site that is specifically for crabbing in NJ. Good Luck. https://www.bluecrab.info/forum/index.php?board=87.0

[NJ Fisher]

I'm embarrassed to say I don't know where the Red Bank pier is. How about the pier in Port Monmouth? I know it can get busy with fisherman.

[HighHook94]

Along the side of the Oceanic Bridge. You can't fish directly on the bridge, but there's an area next to it with a small parking lot where you can crab. I've done pretty well there in the past from shore. Gotta go around high tide though, fish 2 hours before, and 2 hours after high tide.

[No Keepers]

I'm embarrassed to say I don't know where the Red Bank pier is. How about the pier in Port Monmouth? I know it can get busy with fisherman.

Marine Park. Behind/next to Riverview Hospital.

[NJ Dave]

How would you say the crabbing is in the Navasink river in the Sea Bright area?

[NoLimit]

The river is pretty fast in Sea Bright - most crabbing is done up the Shrewsbury

[CCMPmonmouth]

The new west front street bridge has to be the spot now.

[june181901]

There is a County Park (Hartshorne) where the old steel bridge was (been replaced now) about 300 yards from the Stone Church. Crabs and parking await.

[Abrasion]

As a start- I'd make sure you had the proper licensing and the right pots. PS: read the regs.


Not to steal a thread...but I will anyway. I usually launch out of the Atlantic Highlands Municipal Marina. I'd love to set a couple pots, go fluking for however long and pull the pots on the way back in. However, I have no experience with crab pots or have any idea where to even set them. I'd rather not run down river if there are closer/easier places to catch crab.

Is this merely a fantasy or is it feasible?

thanks,

Jim

[acabtp]

here's the regs, not too complicated
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/non-comm_crabpot_regs.pdf
license is like $2 iirc

[Walleyed]

As a start- I'd make sure you had the proper licensing and the right pots. PS: read the regs.

Really? I figured I'd just buy one of those Dangerous Catch 1000 lbs pots and strap it to the bow of my 21' boat. Thanks for the informative reply.

[tropics]

Can anyone suggest any places in the Red Bank/Middletown area for crabbing off a pier or bridge. Also any suggestions as to best time of day, tide, etc. Thank you.

Fairhaven Pier. Are you using box traps and hand lines? if you are using hand lines you need a long handle net on that pier.
Richie

[Abrasion]

Really? I figured I'd just buy one of those Dangerous Catch 1000 lbs pots and strap it to the bow of my 21' boat. Thanks for the informative reply.

I'm not trying to bust stones. My reply is the most informative of all.

If you plan on dropping traps and leaving them, there is a lot to make sure you do. IE: Sinking line only, Biodegradable add-on so crabs can escape if pot is never pulled. Buoy requirements, license requirement.

If they are not labelled correctly, someone will steal them. If they are not the right traps, the state will take them.

I'm just trying to help you.

[NJ Fisher]

Reply to tropics. Topless traps. Thank you.