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Cypress
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Shrimp and Crab?
What's the availability of fresh shrimp and crab along the Baja side of the Sea of Cortez?
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Shrimp season just started in San Felipe just last week, plenty shrimp there. Blue crab are plentiful also from fisherman and markets.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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but you might starve to death eating the crab its so small
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Once you get to sur, the crab is harder to find but almost every campground will have someone selling shrimp and often scallops, every few days.
If you go through Cuidad Const. there is a great fish market in a tiny storefront one block east of the main drag that sells grande shrimp frozen.
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Jerry, Small? From point to point, 6"s, 8"s? Smaller?
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jerry
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i think smaller
i can compare them to a red rock or jap crab on the oregon coast for sizeand amount of meat in them
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Thanks Jerry, Jeez! Not familiar with those Oregon coast species other than the Dungenes(spelling?), but if they're smaller than 6"s that makes
picking crabs a losing proposition.  Looks like crab won't be on the menu.
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Cypress-
don't give up on blue crab so easy..if they are truly 6 inches point to point, there will plenty of meat worth going for..this is a swimming crab, not
a crawler, the body cavity is much larger (more meat!)...go for the biggest liveliest MALES you can get..Steam them live, get dirty.
I have never had the blue crabs from the SOC..Have had the ones from San Iganacio and other surrounding lagoons...YUMMY! Rivaling the one's I grew up
catching on the Chesapeake Bay..
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Datil Blues..
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Tomas T. Thanks. Was raised on 'em down on the Gulf of Mexico. My memory is a little fuzzy about the the size of "keepers". Know all about the
difference between males and females. The "sponge crab" females are off limits. Soft shelled blue crabs are a treat. 
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Don't forget about the wonderful Stone Crab available in San Quentin, just as good as the Florida variety.
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I think they just raised the kepper size in Md to 5 1/4"..all the ones I've seen in Baja have been large males.....didn't know they were around san
felipe, thats great,I gotta go get some
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Rock (stone) crab..
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Thanks for the Pictures Tomas T. All those crabs looked mighty good to me.
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the rock crabs from the pacific are great
a lot like the dungenes but the shells are just like the name like a ROCK just the P-nchers are harvisted there nices sized if you do try them i
sugest ordering them steamed only then perhaps go back and watch if they understand what you asked for i have 2for 4 times got them right if not there
going to be grilled with a bunch of oil and chiles so you wont taste the crab and the meat is burnt to the shellin my eyes just runied
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jerry and judi. Thanks. Might have to break out the safety glasses when eaten those dudes?
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j and j,
What else do you know about blue crabs in san felipe??what time of year have you seen them being harvested? is there an estuarry or are they in the
saltwater?
for me, those crabs are worth a trip in itself..I would love to save myself the drive all the way to san ignacio lagoon! thanx!
Any other san felipers who care to chime in??
Tom
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The traps are set in shallow water on sand bars. During this time and throughout the rest of the winter they are plentiful. Even the fisherman when
pulling their nets pull them up because as scavengers the crabs are nibbling at the trapped fish or just tangled in the nets. They definately keep
them but do throw the smalls away. They can be purchased in town from the fisherman on the malecon. Or further south where we are they can be
obtained, but the water is still too warm I think for the bigger ones. They are also in our lagoon, in fact, watch out where you step. They can be
seen swimming on the surface too. Oh, and they are delicious.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Is it legal for noncitizens to harvest shrimp and crab for their own use?
Guess you could say "on a recreational basis" for private consumption.
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