On Mon, 5 Jun 2017 15:50:08 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


We often went "fishing" for Maryland blue crabs when I was stationed in
Annapolis. Got free chicken necks from the commissary, tied them with a
weight onto a fishing line and let the weight carry the neck to the
bottom. On good days we'd fill up a bucket enough to feed a bunch of
people.


I grew up chicken necking crabs and once I had a little boat I was
trot lining them. Same deal but you string out a bunch of baits on a
long trot line and pull your way down it with the net handy.
My mom's family were watermen, down the road from Harry (St Georges
Island) so we always had crabs if we wanted them but it was a long
drive from DC. You could get crabs right there near Chesapeake beach,
Deale or other places closer. Back in the 50s, just about any creek
off the bay was holding crabs. My grandfather took me to places that
just looked like a culvert under the road and we loaded up. He was a
traveling salesman all over southern Md and he knew all the spots.
;-)