The 5 Best star Crab Traps (2023 reviews)

The danielson crab trap is long-lasting, rigid and fits well with your daily purpose like a dream. This crabbing trap has four entrance doors and two escape rings, so you can easily catch small crabs. It is constructed of vinyl-coated steel wire. It is great trap for stone crabs under piers. It is optional, but you can make the trap more responsible by freeing that ring (with a small hacksaw), and re-attaching it with rot-cord.

It has two escape rings for small crabs with one being designed for Crab removal. The leaded rope works great. It is easy to pop together by the bay. The vinyl coated steel should last a long time if you rinse well with fresh water when you are done crabbing.

Why We Like This:

Nice, foldable crab trap that gets the job done
Snapped together easily and is of really good quality
Very large, almost like a commercial pot for maryland crabs

Best For Crawfish: Promar star Crab Trap

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This trap is designed to catch small baitfish and other small creatures, but a blue crab would tear it up, let alone be able to get inside of it. It can be used by professionals, commercial fishermen, and scientific groups to catch fish and crustaceans, these multipurpose traps are popular simply because they are effective simply because they are effective. These are well designed to allow the crabs to enter through a nylon funnel that also prevents the crabs from getting out of the trap.

The trap closes at the top with a latch, but you will have to tie some nylon string around it or it will open when your taking it out of the water. The traps are hand tied to the side panels in a few minutes with braid, at each mesh intersection and then you cut out the mesh in the centers. It comes with a starter drawstring bait bag, securing clamps, and easy carry handle. It is also good at catching turtles so leave the top out of the water.

Why We Like This:

Collapses & lightweight makes it easy to transport & store
Nice for throwing in the camper for a craw daddy
Good trap to let soak for a few hours check and re bait
Perfect for once a year vacationing

Best For catching Bait: Fj Neil star Crab Trap

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Best part: fj neil star crab trap costs comparatively low and it is available to ship in 24 hours. It's perfect for catching bait but not crab. It comes wired with a small size twine to lift the trap and operate the doors and needs to be a little heavier size. The trap doors are closed by pulling the string up. The squares are very small, the crabs can not get through the squares, no matter how small the crab is.

It works for grabbing a blue crab one or two at a time. They are also really light so if your crabbing during high or low tide it just goes so make sure you have a good amount of line.

Why We Like This:

New and hot release
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best For One chicken leg: Danielson star Crab Trap

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Next on the list, we've got yet another trap that manages to win our hearts. It's the danielson star crab trap and it's widely considered as trap that has the most suitable features. It is great to catch bluecrabs from a pier. It has a small clip that holds it upright. They like deep areas and around docks and piers. It doesn't hurt to throw it out into the water along with your arsenal of traps and try it out.

This trap is easy to throw or cast which allows you to get from shore out to where the crabs are. It is perfect for one chicken leg to use over and over again to catch many crab. There is a small clip that holds it upright. It has a hook in the middle to where you can pin your bait. They're easy to use and transport.

Why We Like This:

Opens well and holds on to the crabs
Potential for whale engagement make restrictions for use until most whales have left area
Good product for dungness or red crabs
Fun to scoop up one or two giant crab on each cast

Best For kayak: southbend star Crab Trap

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Best part: southbend star crab trap costs comparatively low and it is available to ship in 24 hours. This South Bend Crab Trap Sq 10.5 X 10.5 X 10.5 is a four sided lay down type that is coated with a black rubber paint and comes ready to assemble. It comes with a rope line to drop and retrieve it from the water. They are flimsy and thin. The wire mesh spacing is small (about one inch) so this is the right mesh size for east coast Blue Crabs. Theres a little more surface area when these are laying on the ocean floor.

This trap is awesome catching crab. It is made of the highest quality materials. The trap itself can be user modified if one wants to pursue crabbing more aggressively. This is a great trap to use instead of a basket.

Why We Like This:

Great tool for crabbing at the bay
Very fast and easy assembly, and they do get crabs
Well made standard black coated steel