Crabbing in Rehoboth Beach, DE

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Camp Barnes
Directions to Camp Barnes
Take Route 1 South

Go over a bridge which takes you over the Indian River Inlet. The Inlet will be on your right and the Atlantic Ocean will be on your left. Drive through an area of beach houses, as you approach the Bethany Beach area the speed will reduce to 35 miles per hour.

Look for the intersection of Route 1 and Route 26. If you come to Fenwick Island you've gone too far. Make a right hand turn onto Route 26 and then an immediate left. There will be signs for Camp Barnes all the way to camp. You will make left turns the entire way to camp. Camp is located in the Assawoman Bay Wildlife area.

Holt’s Landing State Park
Map & Directions
Going North on Rt. 1 towards Bethany Beach, take a left on Route 26 and go west. You will go through Ocean View and Millville. Just past Clarksville, you will see a sign for Holt’s Landing. Follow the signs. It is part of the Delaware Seashore State Park. There is a crabbing and fishing pier there and it is also a good area to clam. $8 per car fee. State Park Map

Cape Henlopen Pier
Part of the Delaware Seashore State Park
Clamming and crabbing are permitted in some sections of the bays, please check with the Park Office for open areas.

Another famous crabbing place in Delaware is Love Creek Bridge. From Rt. 1 in Rehoboth, go west on Rt. 24 (McDonalds intersection) approximately 5 miles. Also, at the end of the same road is the Oak Orchard (pay) crabbing pier.

“What kind of crab net should I buy?”

A basic 4-foot vacationer’s crab net is quite inexpensive. You can buy one for around $5. Longer ones will cost a few dollars more. All wire ones cost around $20. You don’t need to invest in the wire net unless you plan to go crabbing often and want to save it for several years.

A basic net has a wooden handle and green mesh. Some vacationers buy a more expensive shrimp net with fine mesh for crabbing. This is not really a crab net but is multi-purpose in that the kids can catch bait with it, or take it on the beach and scoop shells with it. If you are just going crabbing, I would stick to a regular crab net with the larger holed green mesh. The larger holes scoop through the water faster because there is less resistance than if you use a net with small mesh. Hint: Flip the crab into a cooler or bucket immediately, so the crab does not tangle in the net.