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Gather a bucket of blue crabs for dinner: here's how

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Blue crabs cook up red. Don't they look tasty?
Andy Nabreski / On The Water

This time in July, there’s often a lull in fishing. It’s a good time to find other ways to harvest from the sea. So grab a flashlight and a net and try hunting blue crabs.

Cape Cod is the northern edge of the range for blue crabs, which are often considered a Mid-Atlantic delicacy.

Andy Nabreski ofOn The Water joins us to talk about going for blue crabs. His strategy? Wade out at night in estuary or backwater shallows.

And of course, we've got a roundup of the week's fishing action, including stripers continuing to hit hard at the Canal.

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Steve is Managing Editor of News. He came to WCAI in 2007. He also hosts the weekly News Roundup on Friday mornings and produces The Fishing News.
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