It’s that time again, time to spend a beautiful Texas winter day on the bay collecting abandoned crab traps. The crabbing closure will be February 19th – 29th with the main event day on Saturday, February 20th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Only the Port O’Connor Texas Parks and Wildlife Department docks will be facilitated by TPWD staff, however, Charlies and the Austwell boat ramp will also have dumpsters for trap disposal.

There will be gloves, tarps, hooks, and bottled water available at the TPWD-POC facility Friday, February 19th.

Last year there were 210 traps removed from the San Antonio Bay system and 556 coast wide. To date we have removed 10,174 abandoned traps from the San Antonio system, and 31,793 coastwide since the program began in 2002. San Antonio Bay system has accounted for 32% of the traps removed coastwide and Galveston Bay system 40%.