Long before the world awakens, Michael Fox guides his boat through the dancing, moonlit waters of the Anclote River. Soon ...

October brings two of Southwest Florida's favorite things: cooler weather and stone crabs. Stone crab season kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 15, and will be here for another shell-cracking 6½ months.

In Miami — and Kendall and Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys and all of South Florida— everyone has their favorite spot for stone crabs. Monty’s in Coconut Grove. Michael’s Genuine in the Design ...

It's almost time to get cracking. Florida stone crab season opens up on Wednesday and runs through May 1. Why it matters: The stone crab harvest contributes $30 million to Florida's economy each year, ...

Over the summer, crabbers in Chesapeake Bay pulled up four funny looking creatures. They were not the bay’s normal, skinny blue crabs, but instead, chunky stone crabs, the delectable crustaceans whose ...

The sand has settled, and the water is no longer murky: More than a week into Florida’s stone crab season, prices are set — and they’re higher than last year. The season, which runs through May 1, ...

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His suppliers haven’t even pulled traps yet, but Even Keel Fish Shack co-owner Dave MacLennan is so confident about this year’s stone crab haul that he’s already set the price for an all-you-can-eat ...