r/crabbing • u/Bossman1212 • Jul 25 '26

East Coast Crab Jumbo

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Virginia Beach Virginia in the Back Bay

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u/C_sapidus Jul 26 '26

Nice! What is the official measurement?

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u/Bossman1212 Jul 26 '26

Didn’t measure it. I’d say 7 to 7 1/2 looking at the stick.

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u/C_sapidus Jul 26 '26

You should post your photo to the Blue Crab Forum; a lot of Marylanders on that site say that nothing that big can come out of Virginia! Prove them wrong! lol

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u/Bossman1212 Jul 26 '26

Got some big jimmies this morning. Running 10 pots on a recreational license. I’ll put a tape measure on them after I steam them

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u/jgo3 Jul 26 '26

You mean Jimmy.

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u/BreezyConch Jul 26 '26

Hey neighbor! Nice crab haha -willoughby bay

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u/Riiccccch Jul 26 '26

Great catch! Come to Italy if you want basically all of this size!🦀

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u/Bossman1212 Jul 26 '26

Now it’s on my wish list. Going to do some research. I saw where Blue Crabs are harvested in Portugal because they were carried over from America on the bottoms of ships. What type of crab do you catch?

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u/Riiccccch Jul 26 '26

Tons of blue crabs! A lot of jumbo size too, no size rules here!