Shrewsbury/Navesink Crabbing plan with the kids

[Capt.Rick]

With all the good reports of crabbing this year, I'm thinking about taking my young kids up the river with my boat and doing some hardcore blueclaw crabbing.

Only thing is, I've never been fishing or crabbing up there so it'll be a prospect trip.  Can you guys help with a few pointers to get me and the kids on some crab?  Anything without spot burning would be helpful.  Is it better upriver from the highlands bridge?  Does tide matter at all?  Is it better to anchor on the edge of the river in the shallow slower moving water or is it good to hit the deeper spots at slack?  What's a good water depth range to be in?  Any shallow water dangers aside from the obvious?

Thanks for any tips you can offer!

[pilot2550]

Not a crabber but watch that water depth like a hawk it can bite you in a heartbeat.. Good luck.

[Luna Sea 5]

hit the oceanic bridge with drop lines and chicken knecks.

[Still Running]

 

[CapBob]

Killing the crabs in the ares of the Oceanic Bridge, my buddy sup there this weekend with his boy and got over a bushel in about 2 1/2 hrs

[Lt.Willy]

I thought the DEP said we cannot or at least should not eat crabs or shellfish out of the rivers and Raritan Bay due to high levels of crap in them this season.
Did I get that wrong cause that is what I was told and have not gone this season for that reason?

[Luna Sea 5]

if that was the case, I would have been dead already.. Just finished round 3 of last weeks catch last night.  Yummy..

[hiking]

I crabed the oceanic bridge tuesday, hand lines and bunker and sea robin, got over a bushel.