Trap Few seafoods taste better than freshly caught blue crab, whether as a main course or as part of a summer seafood platter. This compact trap design works on the same principle as the commercial-style traps, but is less expensive and easier to transport. Check with your local Marine Patrol for state regulations. There is a 10 gal. No egg bearing females may be kept.
Tools are wire cutters, pliers, and pocket knife.
In constructing your crab trap, cut the mesh lengths in the middle of the twisted wires. To join pointed edges, put points of one edge into meshes of other edge. Finish the turn with both points inward. Attach slanted center wall. In center wall, cut and shape two entry slits to back.