Many nights, Trudy Luke is up all night monitoring her blue crabs. Producing soft-shell blue crabs is all about the timing — being ready to take a crab from the tank in the small window after it has ...

NOW IS the time of year when blue crabs come out of their shells and steal the spotlight from their colder-weather counterparts. A seasonal delicacy, soft-shell crabs are the low-waste crustacean, ...

Soft shell crabs are blue crabs that come from the Chesapeake Bay area and usually have two seasons, weather permitting. These are crabs that have recently molted and for the next few days their ...