But basically you come here for the crabs. If you don’t feel like sitting indoors, Gabler’s has a crab garden par excellence: You can eat your hard shells at the picnic tables down near the water.

Not Hard To Prep Shell Crabs. June 19, 2009 / 6:08 AM EDT / CBS ... Alex and Harry, on The Early Show Friday to show how make a traditional summer dish of soft-shell crabs for dads.

A seafood boil is nothing without the right kind of shellfish. Here are the types of crab you need for a perfect crab boil, ...

Unlike regular old hard shell crabs, you can eat soft shell crabs whole, chowing down on the shell and all. If you've never ...

Soft shell crabs are crabs (typically blue crabs) that do not have their hard outer shell. Soft shell crabs lose their shell when they molt during certain months of the year, usually from early ...

When a crab begins to outgrow its shell, there is a brief window between moving day and closing day on a hard new shell when it sports a much softer exterior — hence the name.

To legally harvest blue crabs in New Jersey, you need to measure the crab from point to point of the carapace (shell). The minimum size requirements are 4-1/2 inches for hard crabs, 3-1/2 inches ...