The crabs were fantastic, all were in great shape. It doesn’t get much more convenient than that! Delivered right to your door, fast, so you can spend less time shopping and more time with your loved ones. Your mail order blue crabs are caught, steamed to perfection and and carefully packed the same day your order ships. Cameron’s Seafood is proud to be a True Blue certified partner which means that we only sell 100% authentic Maryland crabs.įROM SHORE TO DOOR, 3 DAYS FRESHER THAN THE GROCERY STORE Say goodbye to the hassle of dealing with fake, undersized, overpriced, “Maryland-style” crabs because you deserve the best crabs in the world delivered right to your door at the lowest prices on the internet. Young blue land crabs, like this male, can range in color from orange to dark brown to purple. Whether the species arrived through natural expansion of its range or human-mediated sources is also not clear. In a healthy population, this is not usually a problem. This gives male blue crabs a very short window of time to inject her with the sperm that will fertilize the millions of eggs she will produce in the next year or two. To sustain them through the winter, the crabs have to build up extra fat stores which gives them that sweet, buttery flavor you won’t find in other types of crabs or in blue crabs from other waters. Researchers do not yet know the extent of the crab’s distribution in South Carolina nor its impact on the environment and other wildlife. A female blue crab can mate for just one short period in her life, during a few days after she molts to maturity. These may be caught and sold as soft shell crabs, or lump. These are male crabs that have recently shed their shell and haven’t yet grown a new one (this process is called molting). What’s so special about Maryland blue crabs anyway? It has to do with the unique weather and the type of estuary we have in the Cheseapeake Bay. A 1 Jimmy is a male blue crab that has filled out its shell and has enough meat to be caught and sold for steaming. Most blue crabs, however travel to the bays’ depths and burrow into the mud, while others travel to the mouth to the ocean.Have you moved out of state and can’t get your hands on authentic Maryland crabs anymore? Tired of having to drive hours to enjoy those delicious crustaceans? Even though the bay begins a “sleep” for many species, some come to life like the oyster beds and the crisp, cool oysters ready for a harvesting! Briny sweet with a metallic, melon like finish, these oysters also attract some of the die-hard blue crabs. Their meat becomes compacted and buttery from the increased tomalley or crab fat.įinally, winter sets the sun on another crab season up north and the crabbers make their own migration to southern waters like the Gulf of Mexico and sounds and straits in Florida. With the temperature shift, they begin to liven their swimming toward food supplies that will help them for the impending winter. Fall takes this stage to a “Fat Crab Season” level. The higher the temperature leads the crabs toward deeper water for an ideal 70☏. Small fish, larger insects, and smaller crustaceans lead the charge. Summer days set out a smorgasbord of nourishment for all blue crabs. Crabbers know this habit and reap the benefits in charting and potting crabs based on their crab house demands. Once fertilized, the sooks travel back into the lower bay to spawn, while a large quantity of the males stay upstream. Eelgrass, insects, and snails serve as a starter. Both jimmy (male) and sook (female) make the commute for mating and to dine on the new life along and in the waters. Early spring spells everything north and upstream. Males, or jimmies, meet with females, called sooks, in the salty middle waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Wily and energetic younger crabs, 5”-6” lead the swim to more comfortable waters, while the jumbo and behemoth burrow in mud for comfort from Mother Nature’s wrath. Mating season occurs from May through October. Extreme heat and frigid cold stir both jumbo and bay blue crab into survival mode.
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