Generally, August is the fishing season for swimming crabs, that is, in late summer and early autumn, when a large number of swimming crabs are mature and ready for fishing.

Swimming crab is one of the common types of crabs on the market. Many of the delicacies we eat daily are made with swimming crabs as raw materials. Generally, the mating season of swimming crabs is from March to April, and the mature season is August to November, so it can be seen that swimming crabs are most available in September and are also the most plump season.

In October, swimming crabs will reproduce. After reproduction, many crabs will become empty-shell crabs. If you want to eat delicious swimming crabs, you must eat them before they reproduce.

Purchase of swimming crabs

01 Weigh them

Boss Jiang said that the fatness of swimming crabs can be expressed by how mature they are, seven mature, eight mature, Nine mature. The first step in choosing a swimming crab is to weigh the crab. Generally speaking, the heavier the crab, the fatter it is.

The first step in choosing swimming crabs is to weigh the crabs. Generally speaking, the heavier the crabs, the fatter they are.

02 Look at the texture

Then, we can look at the belly of the swimming crab. Boss Jiang said that the deeper the lines on a crab’s belly, the fatter the crab will be.

03 Look at the belly button

In addition to the lines on the crab belly, the belly button is also a very important basis for judgment. Those with round navels are female crabs, while those with pointed navels are male crabs.