Florida stone crab trapping has a lot more “gotchas” than most first-timers expect, and some of the key requirements have been tightened in recent seasons. Recreational crabbers now need the free ...
For the past 24 years, countless volunteers band together in February to search the Texas coastline for abandoned crab traps. The abandoned traps can foul s hrimpers’ nets, snag anglers’ lines and ...
The traps are scattered from Bonita Springs north to Tampa Bay, and some fishermen have reported losing thousands to barges associated with beach rebuilding projects.