Crabbing

[Gerry Zagorski]

Had great results yesterday up the river. Half a bushel of nice large Jimmies on chicken drop lines in just a few hours.

[Tony Cav]

Red Bank or Manasquan, or........?

[Gerry Zagorski]

Shrews/Navesink area ;)

[Man Workin]

Nice

[broken bobber]

Good job z ........ They were tasty :d

[shrimpman steve]

Gerry got crabs and gave them to bobber:)

[NoLimit]

Same here - 6 handlines with chicken at Oceanic - a bushel in last 4 of incoming. Huge amount of throwbacks.

[bunker dunker]

forget the old bay,put them in the gravy!!!!!!nice work Gerry

[FASTEDDIE29]

Ohhhhhh, they look delicious! Haven't done any crabbing in years! Good stuff Cap'n!

NJFishing.com Summer Slam Crab Boil/ BBQ! Members only! Now that sounds like a good time!!! Yes? No? LOL!!! Maybe!?!?:D

[Duffman]

forget the old bay,put them in the gravy!!!!!!nice work Gerry

Haha! Gravy!!! Now thats some old school $hit right there man!!!!

Remember my mom tossing searobins in the gravy a long time ago!!!

[jcstriper1]

very nice, good eats there..

[Gerry Zagorski]

Good job z ........ They were tasty :d

Thanks for the 411 Bobber. Amazing how big and aggressive these crabs were. They would not let go of the chicken. Lost them for about 30 minutes, made a move just a few hundred feet away and game on again.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Quick and easy crab steaming recipe...

Get big steam pot and place steam rack on bottom to keep the crabs out of the liquid when steaming.

Poor in 2 cans of beer of choice.

Put a single layer of live crabs in the pot above the steam rack, squirt liberally with yellow mustard and sprinkle liberally with Old Bay seasoning.

Keep adding layers of crabs mustard and old bay until you fill pot 3/4 of the way.

Put the lid on the steam pot and leave it on.

Heat on high with lid closed for 25 to 30 minutes until all crabs are red. Cook time will vary based on the size and how many crabs you have in the pot.

I'd check at 20 mins and remove any small ones that are already red and leave the larger ones in longer.

We made 2 batches of 20 or so large males... First batch I cooked for 25 mins and some of the larger ones were not completely done.. Next batch I let them go the full 30 and they were perfect.

I never used to add the mustard because I didn't think Id like the taste but it does 2 things... 1) makes the old bay cling to the crabs better 2) when it mixes with the old bay and steam if gives them a hint of a vinegar taste and many of the traditional recipes call for a water and vinegar mix for steaming.

Enjoy!!

[dales529]

forget the old bay,put them in the gravy!!!!!!nice work Gerry

Define Gravy! Mackin is no Italiano and Duffman well enough said.
If your talking RED its SAUCE

[Gerry Zagorski]

Ohhhhhh, they look delicious! Haven't done any crabbing in years! Good stuff Cap'n!

NJFishing.com Summer Slam Crab Boil/ BBQ! Members only! Now that sounds like a good time!!! Yes? No? LOL!!! Maybe!?!?:D

That would be a blast Eddie... Everyone goes out in the AM, meet back at a marina at say 4 ish and we have a crab boil. Add some jersey corn, iced buckets of ponies and some side salads and you have a party.

My marina is state run so no beer allowed :(

If someone knows of a marina where we might be able to pull this off or has any other ideas where we could host this in the Sandy Hook bay shore area let me know.

[Dino]

haha yes-- for all the non italians.. gravy = old school way to call red tomato sauce

[Duffman]

haha yes-- for all the non italians.. gravy = old school way to call red tomato sauce

Italian????? Nah man, it's the Croatian way to call a sauce "gravy"!!!! Especially when sea robins get added to the mix!!!! 🇭🇷

[Dino]

Italian????? Nah man, it's the Croatian way to call a sauce "gravy"!!!! Especially when sea robins get added to the mix!!!! 🇭🇷

lol i stand corrected :)

[Duffman]

Lmao!!!!

[makosnax]

It's sauce until you add meat, then it's gravy

[bunker dunker]

married off the boat Italian Dales.they would have buried me if I brought home crab and did them in old bay{which I like also with a little red pepper flake}.Every sunday at grandma's house,women in the kitchen men down stairs playing poker.