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  • Crabbing
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  • Make Payment
  • Payments
  • Location
  • Fishing Charters
  • Crab Regulations
  • Photos and Videos
  • How to Catch and Cook
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Professional Crabbing Setup and Instructions

Professional Crabbing Instructions

Capt. Frank Tuma will be offering personal crabbing instructions for you on your boat. 

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Step one: Review your needs

A complete review of your boat and requirements for crabbing on your boat. 

  • Is your boat appropriate
  • Equipment required
    • Trot line
    • Crab traps
    • setup
  • Licenses required


Step 2: On the water

Instruction and on the water experience.

  • Where to Crab
  • When is best time
  • How to set your crab trot line/traps

Your Guide to Chesapeake Crabbing

Intro: Detail Services

Review Equipment and Boat setup

Review Equipment and Boat setup

I am now offering a service to fellow boater to catch your own crabs on your boat. 

This instructional course with on the water training will allow you to successfully setup your boat with all equipment to catch your own crabs.

Review Equipment and Boat setup

Review Equipment and Boat setup

Review Equipment and Boat setup

Setup crabbing equipment  and layout of your boat

How to crab : where and when

Review Equipment and Boat setup

How to crab : where and when

Setup crabbing equipment  and layout of your boat

How to crab : where and when

How to crab : where and when

How to crab : where and when

Setup crabbing equipment  and layout of your boat

On the water training

How to crab : where and when

On the water training

 After setting up your boat for crabbing, we will learn how to set your crab lines , etc for best proactices and locations for atching Maryland Blue crab.

Costs and Time

How to crab : where and when

On the water training

A onetime charge for services 

  • Review of needs for crabbing on your boat
  • Review of regulations
  • Help in purchasing crabbing supplies and equipment.
  • Installation and training of crabbing equipment
  • Review On the water crab locations
  • Instructions on crab setup and training live.


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Copyright © 2022/23 Chesapeake Crab Charters . All Rights Reserved. @downtimecharters Down time Sportfishing is a  charter fishing service with its home port located at Fairwinds Marine, 1000 Fairwinds Dr, Annapolis Md 21409. Our fishing locations include Mid-Chesapeake Bay areas: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Annapolis, Rock Hall, Baltimore, Kent Island, Magothy River. We offer Striped Bass, Blue Crab fishing charters, Bottom Fishing charters for Perch, Cat fish, Spot. Easy access from Baltimore, Virginia, Washington DC, Pennsylvania. Air transportation nearby at BWI airport.

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