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Ever wanted to go crabbing, but you didn’t have a boat or any crabbing gear? 

Then... RENT CAPTAIN BRUCE!
Good local crabbing usually begins August 1 - October 1


Captain Bruce


Crab Woman

Let Captain Bruce show you his proven crab catching techniques that he developed over the last 40 years of crabbing on the Chesapeake Bay.  (ABOUT CAPTAIN BRUCE) 

You will enjoy crabbing on his 17’ Carolina skiff and catching crabs in his Little Foot, Big Foot, and his Big Gun stackable crab traps.  (Trot line crabbing is also available - just ask Captain Bruce.)

You can spend time together with family and friends and enjoy this unique experience of crabbing while enjoying all of the bounties that the Chesapeake Bay has to offer, first hand.  And the best part of the trip is...

YOU GET TO KEEP WHAT YOU CATCH!

That’s right!  You decide which crabs you keep (and which ones you throw back!)  So if you want a bushel of jumbo’s… That’s what you keep!

Got family or friends coming in from out of town?  Why not take them on a crabbing trip with Captain Bruce and when the trip is over you can go home and enjoy the fruits of your labor by steaming up your catch.

Captain Bruce offers morning and evening crabbing trips!  Captain Bruce doesn’t guarantee your catch… YOU KEEP WHAT YOU CATCH! 

Just like fishing, we all have good days and bad days...  But Captain Bruce will guarantee that you have a good time and a great crabbing experience!

Note: The price listed below is for crabbing local rivers of the Upper Chesapeake Bay!  (Other rivers are available upon request but will include an additional charge.)

  

   
A guaranteed good time and a great crabbing experience!

MORNING TRIP

  • $345 (best crabbing time)

  • Crab with a Commercial.  This trip includes renting Captain Bruce, his boat, and crabbing with a Trot line and his auto dipper.

  • The length of the trip will be 4 hours or 2 bushels of crabs (whichever comes first)

  • Bushel baskets also provided for your catch

  • Max # of people is 4 (but 2 or 3 works best)

EVENING TRIP

  • $245 (great trip because you don't have to get up so early!)

  • This trip includes renting Captain Bruce, his boat, and using up to 30 stackable crab traps with bait

  • The length of the trip will be 4 hours or 1 bushels of crabs

  • Bushel baskets also provided for your catch

  • Max # of people is 4 (but 2 or 3 works best)

You can’t find a better crabbing deal than this!   When you consider that the cost of one bushel of #1 crabs is well over $100...  Now deduct this from the total cost of the trip... Captain Bruce is just about working for nothing!

So don’t wait...reserve your crabbing trip NOW! 

The best dates are filling up fast, so put in your reservation today!  Trips are reserved on a first come basis.

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About Captain Bruce

Captain Bruce is a Captain certified by the US Coastguard and also a commercial crabber with over 40 years experience crabbing the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. He is one of the very few commercial crabbers who uses Stackable Crab Traps to catch crabs.

Captain Bruce designed and uses the "The Little Foot," "The Big Foot" and "The Big Gun" Stackable crab traps.

So why not rent Captain Bruce and let him show you how to locate the "Hot Spots" in the river and if were lucky and having a good day... we just might catch 3 or 4 crabs in one trap with one pull of a trap which is guaranteed to make a great memory, in addition to having a good time and a great crabbing experience!


The Perfect Trap for the Hot Spots in Your Line

Every Crabber has a “hot spot” in their line. A hot spot is defined as the traps that almost always produces a crab every time you pull it up. The Big Foot Stackable crab trap (with extra stainless steel bait spring) is the right tool for the job!  This trap was designed to allow you to take full advantage of this hot spot by putting more baits in this hot area of the river resulting in YOU catching more crabs.  The reason is simple:  The Big Foot stackable crab trap allows you to put more baits, and a larger trap, in this hot area.

The Bottom Line is…  more crabs…  with less traps…  in less time!

The way I use my Little Foot, Big Foot and Big Gun Traps is...  I lay my Little Foot size stackable crab traps out in different areas and in different depths. As soon as I begin to catch crabs from a Little Foot trap, I cut my Bait in half and bait up a BIG FOOT or Big GUN Trap with 5 or 6 pieces of bait and replace the Little Foot traps with the Big Foot and Big Guns Traps.  I also move the Little Foot traps at the end of the line. I keep doing this over and over again, until all of my hot spots are covered with Big Foot and Big Guns Traps with multiple Baits.  I continue this process until I have all the crabs that I need for the day. 

Our personal best last year was 4 keeper crabs in 1 Big Foot trap in 1 pull and a bushel in 45 minutes... using this method.