William Larkham Jr. a crab fisherman from Labrador says this season is shaping up to be the best he’s seen in over 20 years.
Larkham Jr. says he fishes off the north coast near Makkovik and he is amazed by the size of the crab being caught this season.
He says “I’ve seen some big crab before, but sometimes you might see one or two like that a season, or some seasons you won’t see any that big.
But to see 10, 15, 20 over two pounds out of one string—it’s kind of special, really. You don’t see that very often.”
He also says “It’s almost like a special run of crab.” “You’re kind of awestruck, they’re that big.”
One Crab fisherman he quoted said “We’ve seen some big crab through the years, but nothing compared to what we’ve been seeing this year.”
Larkham started in 1993, and still can’t believe the size of the catch this summer.
The crab season runs for about six weeks, but Larkham said his crew reached their quota in just 11 days!
He says prices are also gone up, so he’s expecting this to be his best year ever fishing crab.