Blue Crab in Raritan River

[Christofish1989]

I saw a Blue Crab while fishing the Raritan River in Somerset under the 287 bridge off Easton Ave. Never seen one that far up the river before. Has anyone come across blue crab in freshwater like that?

[thmyorke1]

I saw one by bound brook just last week. And a few years ago netted a live one (and also saw a needlefish swimming) a bit downstream of the bridge you mention.

I heard one year there was a seal at the fish ladder (or some sort of mammal) If you see grandpa Bill on the canal/ladder you can ask him, I think he took a photo.

Sooner or later we will find a sturgeon

[bigfishy]

Saw sturgeon just below finderne many moons ago!!!

[Jigman13]

Saw crabs in college... no, wait... uh oh... LOL

[DanH]

Always see them up to Queens Bridge, once in a while up to the ladder.

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

Saw crabs in college... no, wait... uh oh... LOL

Yea sure are a lot of crabs along the rutgers' stretch of the raritan river

[Lard Almighty]

Say several blue crabs at the former Calco pipe many years ago. When the flow gets low, the salt line creeps further up river.

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Lard Almighty

Say several blue crabs at the former Calco pipe many years ago. When the flow gets low, the salt line creeps further up river.

Good point, also added effect of the higher tides from the full moon potentially

[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by Christofish1989

I saw a Blue Crab while fishing the Raritan River in Somerset under the 287 bridge off Easton Ave. Never seen one that far up the river before. Has anyone come across blue crab in freshwater like that?

I saw blueclaw crabs in the Delaware River near Trenton. A biologist said that they were from ship ballast.

[Mark B.]

With the lack of rain (until yesterday,...I got 3.5"), it is not surprising.
During low flow late summers we would often collect blue claw crabs at the Delaware River, Trenton seining site for juvenile American Shad. One year we collected Bay Anchovies.