Clam Diggers Association of Oregon Board member, Jerry Lynch at dontworrybhappy2525@yahoo.com shares this photo of him on the block pulling crab pots from the ocean south of the entrance to Tillamook Bay.

  • The Book includes:

  • All the information necessary to take Dungeness and red rock crabs from Oregon's Coastal Waters.
  • Evaluates the methods used to trap Dungeness and red rock crabs.
  • Updated maps of Oregon's Bays that disclose the areas of Oregon's Bays where crabs are commonly caught.
  • Describes INNOVATIVE METHODS used to humanly clean Dungeness and red rock crabs while minimizing contact with live crabs.
  • Family recipes that your family will love. Our recipes emphasizes using cooking methods that enhance the naturally sweet flavor of crab meat to its full potential. This year's new original recipe for Oregon's Crab Stew is worth the price of the book.
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Learn how to take crabs from Oregon's Coastal Waters. Oregon's Crabs is the complete guide to taking Dungeness and red rock crabs on the Oregon' Coast. The newly revised 52 page book, Oregon's Crabs, describes the cyclical movement of crabs from our bays, identifies the most productive baits and the most innovative and productive methods used to trap crabs from Oregon's Coastal waters using crab pots, crab rings, crab snares and the most effective Crab Max folding crab trap. Oregon does not charge sales tax and orders shipped to other states are shipped sales tax free. Click HERE to purchase Oregon's Crabs for $12.70 or view the other books and fine products we sell.

Dockside crabbing is not nearly as productive as crabbing from boats. but crabbers have a seemingly unlimited number of options for taking crabs from docks. Folding crab traps are my favorite method for taking crabs from Oregon's crabbing docks. Not only are folding crabs one the most productive methods used to take crabs they are perfect way to introduce crabbing to children. My grandsons love the crabbing action that their Crab Max crab traps provide.

Folding crab traps are a recent innovation that is changing the face of crabbing from crab docks. Crab catch capacity is the measure that separates the Crab Max from other folding crab traps like the Crab Hawk, Sporty Crab Trap and the Danielson Folding Crab Trap.

The 18 inch dimension really pays off when crabbing is hot as shown in the video clip of crabbers on the beach at Siletz Bay. The trap is small enough to cast 100 plus feet from the dock and large enough to hold more than 3 legal sized crabs. It is not unusual to catch 3 or more keeper sized Dungeness crabs per pull.

Crabbing for dungeness crabs in Yaquina Bay as shown in the photo below Bill Lackner displays two of 14 large red rock crabs he caught crabbing off the Bay Street Pier using a Crab Max folding crab trap. Bill caught lots of dungeness crabs but they were either larger females or males that were 1/4 to 1/16 of an inch too short to keep.

It is common to catch up to 3 legal sized crabs at a time when the crabs are in the bays; however, I used only 1 Crab Max to take the 3 legal Dungeness crabs shown below from the Coast Guard Pier in Winchester Bay. Three Dungeness crabs were all I needed to make a wonderful Crab Louie for me and my wife while we camped at nearby Eel Lake at Lakeside.
The CRAB MAX is innovative by design and easy to use. The CRAB MAX is a proven folding crab trap that outperforms conventional crab rings and other folding crab traps. The Crab Max is made from the best materials available and is the best folding crab trap on the market. You'll be catching crabs with the Crab Max long after similar traps have been discarded. Visit Siletz Bay, one of Oregon's least known but more productive crabbing bays and you will see crabbers lined up along the north shore taking Dungeness crabs with their CRAB MAX folding crab traps.

Take advantage of our Crab Max Crab Trap Beginners Special with or without Hand Lines plus a copy of Oregon's Crabs and the shipping is FREE. Click HERE for product and pricing information.

Steve Martin and friends usually crab in Siletz Bay using the Crab Max folding crab trap but on this day they stuck out crabbing in Nestucca Bay crabbing with 5 of the 8 traps they used displayed in the photo.

The Crab Max is user friendly for crabbers of all ages; especially women and children.  Compare the photos below and consider the difference.

The CRAB MAX is best used with a 200 pound test Tuna Cord hand line but is readily used with a surf rod and heavy duty spinning reel loaded with a minimum of 100 pound test Spectra fishing line.  Usually the typical crabber can cast the Crab Max further than it can be thrown. However, experienced crabbers can throw the Crab Max as far as those using a surf pole can cast. I prefer using the Tuna Cord. Bill

To use the CRAB MAX simply bait the trap by unfolding the trap and baiting a chicken leg or thigh to the bait pin.  Attach the trap to the swivel on the end hand line or to the end of the Spectra line on the surf rod.  For those of you using a surf rod cast the CRAB MAX to the desired location in the bay.  The trap will open when it is cast into the bay and settles to the bottom in the open position.

For those of you using the hand line uncoil the hand line recoiling it on the sand or on the dock.  Push the wooden line holder into the sand or step on it on the dock and throw the trap into the bay. The CRAB MAX is a proven folding crab trap that outperforms conventional crab rings and other folding crab traps. To use the CRAB MAX follow the directions enclosed the trap.

Customer Comments:

On September 20th I received the following email from Michael who ordered a Crab Max, "Greetings Bill, Rec'd it today. Thank You Vrey Much, Moving up from a crabhawk." Michael

Richard Cozby lives, digs clams and crabs on Siletz Bay writes, Thanks Bill, for all your good work.........The Crab Max is a great tool. I crabed in the Siletz Bay a few weeks ago using 4 pots and two Crab Max (I had a friend w/me). The crab max out produced the pots probably 2 - 1. .........Dick Cozby

Wendy Dodson of Montana recently purchased three Crab Max folding crab traps and wrote in response to my email thanking her for ordering the Crab Max folding crab traps.

Dear William: We're actually in Oregon at the moment but didn't want to drive to Lincoln City to try to find the Crab Max traps and were happy to find them on-line. We saw them in action when a friend was using them at the Bandon public pier. In a span of about 2 1/2 hours he caught about 150 crabs, 2 of which were legal, using chicken legs as bait. Others on the dock using the more traditional crab pots would have one or two or maybe no crabs in their pots when they pulled them and they were also using chicken legs as bait. Made believers out of us plus the Crab Max is much easier to store, pull and toss. We plan on coming back to the coast next year during crabbing season and will now have our own traps and won't have to watch others having all the fun. Our friends had gotten theirs from the man who makes them and found him by accident. We didn't want to have to try to find him in Lincoln City or Newport so we're happy you had them available. Thanks for shipping them promptly. They should be waiting for us when we get home. Wendy Dodson.

CRAB WATCH

Crab Watch and Clam Watch provide the latest information available on local crabbing and clam digging conditions on the Oregon Coast. The crabbing and .

6clam digging information is contributed by bait and tackle shops, Marina operators and ODFW.  Developing our sources of information is an ongoing process in an effort to provide the most accurate information available for taking Oregon's crabs and Oregon's clams.

Clam Watch and the Clam Diggers Association of Oregon has started a Discussion Forum to broaden the scope of our service to clam diggers and crabbers. The discussion forum will add a new dimension to the ability of clam diggers to relate their experiences to one another.

The Crab Blog is here. The Clam Blog will add a new dimension to the ability of clam diggers to relate their experiences to one another. Make you voice heard. Your opinion counts. Blog On!

SUMMARY OF REGULATIONS FOR CLAMS AND CRABS

We follow ODFW regulations for taking clams and crabs. We practice crabbing ethics when taking crabs and stress their value at our clam clinics. Crabbing ethics are the future of taking crabs in Oregon's Coastal Waters. Digging Clams in Oregon is proud to announce a new service: Crab Watch.

RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR CRABBERS

Click on the following links for additional information about taking crabs in the Pacific Northwest. Click on ODFW's website crab page or click HERE to view Washington States information on recreational crabbing. Click HERE to view Alaska's comments on Dungeness Crabs. Click HERE to view Dungeness Crabs at Netarts Bay. Click HERE to view a video of cleaning Dungeness crabs. ODFW shellfish and crabbing regulations, ODFW about crabs and the NOAA Tide Tables for you area,

Even though it seldom occurs marine toxins can develop in crabs. Be Safe, Be Sure. Always call the shellfish Hotline at (503) 986-4728 or 1-800-448-2474 toll free outside of Oregon before taking Oregon's shellfish.

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