The Chesapeake Bay blue crab season officially opens on April 1, 2025, ushering in a beloved Maryland tradition that runs ...

If you’re a seasoned crabber or thinking of trying your hand at it, here are some things to know from the Maryland Department ...

Maryland anglers are gearing up for a series of 2025 fishing tournaments aimed at curbing the spread of invasive blue catfish ...

The nickname mashes up the Fab Five — made famous in the early 1990s at Michigan — and crabs, which are synonymous with Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. This group accounts for 86% of Maryland's ...

40 crabs in the belly at one time. So how many times a day are they doing that?” Blue catfish, unlike most other Chesapeake Bay seafood catches, are unrestricted and can be fished almost year-round.

Federal lawmakers are renewing a push to create a Chesapeake National Recreation Area, a designation that would bring parts ...

Keisha Sedlacek is the federal director for the Chesapeake Bay ... "Blue catfish are fast-growing and voracious predators eating almost anything including native species like oysters, blue crabs ...

The most popular seafood dish by and far is Maryland crab. This famous crab is the blue crab, which resides in the Chesapeake Bay. The blue crab is such a hot commodity that 50% of the country's ...