Wooden bowl filled with cooked crabs on a wooden surface

Florida Blue Crabs

Atlantic blue crab, or known regionally 
as the Chesapeake blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.

 The early history of the recreational blue crab fishery in the Gulf of Mexico is not well known. Commercial crabbing was first reported in the Gulf of Mexico in the 1880s. Early crab fishermen used long-handled dip nets and drop nets among other simple fishing gear types to trap crabs at night. We still use this method to this very day on our night time charters.

What Makes Us Different?

​Unlike some of the other crabbing trips offered around the country, we DO NOT collect and bait crab traps. At Florida Crabbing Charters we head out at sunset and shortly after reaching the crabbing areas, we will kick on our powerful ultra bright LED Lighting System! As we slowly cruise around the flats looking for floating and crawling crabs, you will reach down and attempt to scoop up the crabs you see. It's not as easy as it seems, as the Blue Crab is a fast escape artist when he wants to be. Once you develop your own method and learn to scoop fast, it is a very successful way to crab and you will have a ton of fun with your family scooping up your future feast.

The number of crabs you collect in a night is entirely up to your skills as a crabber, but on average we collect about 18-24 crabs depending on how many crabbers are participating and the time of year we are crabbing. In all reality, two dozen crabs is more than enough for a 4 person feast when boiled with corn and potatoes in a traditional crab pot. There's nothing like catching your dinner straight from the Gulf and filling your cooler full of Fresh Florida Blue Crabs. 

Crabbing in Florda with nets!

Nighttime Crabbing

$375.00 total (not per person) for three hours of crabbing action for up to 3 passengers. 
Additional passengers up to 6 total can be added for $50 each and can rotate out on the platform. 

Up to 3 Crabbers at once on the deck.

No Experience Necessary and a great trip for kids of all ages.

All Equipment and Licenses are included.

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Young boy holding a large oyster  in Florida with a cooler in the foreground.

Daytime

Oyster Trips

$425.00 total (not per person) for three hours of Oyster Harvesting for up to 3 passengers.

5 Hour Oyster/Crab Combo Trips Available for $595 
A fourth, fifth or sixth person can be added for an additional $50 each. Maximum of 6 Total.

 No Experience Necessary and a great trip for kids of all ages.

Trips Only Available November - February (Local Oyster Season)

All Equipment and Licenses are included.

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Kids Fishing Charter

Daytime Fishing Trips

We offer three different types of daytime fishing charters.

Kids Trips (4 Hour) -Starts at $495

Nearshore Fishing (5 Hour) Starts at $550

Shark Fishing (5 Hour) Starts at $550

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