crab traps
Baited seafloor cages
Crab traps are cages designed to catch crabs, typically made of wire mesh with one or more funnel-shaped openings that allow crabs to enter but make escape difficult.
They're baited with fish or chicken and lowered to the seafloor on a line with a buoy marker: We pulled up the crab traps at dawn.
Also called crab pots.
- crabberOne who catches crustaceans
- wire meshInterwoven metal strands
- floatsRemains on surface
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- weightsHeavy objects for lifting
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- Coastal Fishingcommercial fishing, recreational fishing, fishing boats, striped bass, shellfish
- traditional fishingfish hooks, fish traps, spearfishing, gillnetting, netting
- Chesapeake seafoodblue crabs, steamed crabs, Old Bay, Old Bay seasoning, softshell
- fishing pierrod holders, bait shop, tackle shop, fishing line, hooks
- Gulf fishingred snapper, shrimping, grouper, flounder, offshore fishing
- harbordock, docks, pier, piers, wharf
fishing method/gear type
crab trapstrawl nets
Fishing mesh pulled behind boats
gill nets · harpoons · spearfishing · fishing lines · rod and reel