Swamp Dog Seafood

09/09/2026

🦀 🦪 With September here this crab sent us a friendly reminder that oyster season is 21 days away. If you look below its right eye you can see a baby oyster or spat that was released probably in late June or early July. This is a good sign for the oyster population and we are hoping for a plentiful season! Stay tuned for oyster updates! 🦀 🦪

09/05/2026

🦀 Our last post talked about the rarity of a crab lacking normal pigment due to easy predation. 🌈 Yesterday we caught two more crabs showing signs of this in the same day. One was a female peeler and the other a male hard crab. We don't catch them every season, but from our experience when we do it is usually multiple in that season. 🦀

08/30/2026

🦀 Here we have a peeler crab with a genetic defect that blocks the normal mottled olive-green, brown pigment pathways to part of its back fin. This is not known as a full albino crab but instead a leucistic crab which retains partial color. 🌈

💥 No, this crab was not caught near the nuclear power plant or on the Potomac. It is a rare but natural occurrence. 💥

✨ We wanted to highlight how unique this crab was because of the pink line that allows us to determine it is a peeler and will go through the molting process, is extremely highlighted. Crabs with this genetic mutation are rare because it removes their camouflage and exposes them to predators more easily. ✨

Here are three more examples of these crabs we have caught. We have one with a mostly white claw from 2016. One with a claw, legs and partial fin from 2018, and another with a white claw from 2022.🦀

08/27/2026

😲 🦀 Blue crabs are very resilient creatures. When they get injured they can heal the wound or regrow its lost appendage the next time it molts. This soft crab proves that by surviving without a corner of her shell through the molting process, sporting her scar like it's no big deal. An adult female blue crab can molt up to 20 times in her lifetime. How many times do you think she has molted with this neat defect? Drop your guesses in the comments! 🦀 😲

08/20/2026

🌙 ☀️ ⏰ This time of year at Swamp Dog Seafood we are running on very little sleep due to softshell season. It takes round the clock dedication and constant vigilance every few hours to ensure a perfect product. ⏰ ☀️ 🌙

✨ That being said it never gets old watching crabs go through the molting process for the umpteenth time. 😲 As we feel exhausted, we can only imagine how the crab feels after such an ordeal! ✨

🦀 Watch to the end to see this 7.5" monster soft crab blink! 🦀

08/16/2026

⭐ Congratulations again to Kristen Bulvin Sullivan on winning the dozen fresh soft crabs! ⭐ Thank you all for participating and welcome to all the new followers. 🦀 🦪 Keep watching for our next giveaway! 🦀 🦪

08/14/2026

🦀 ✨ We have a winner for our soft crab giveaway! 🦀 ✨ Kristen Sullivan! Please reach out to us!

08/12/2026

💥 🦀 ✨ You could be enjoying a soft crab like this if you win our contest for a dozen soft crabs! Be sure to go to our page and enter on the official post! ✨ 🦀 💥

08/09/2026

✨ 🦀 SOFT CRAB GIVEAWAY! 🦀✨

Who wants a dozen fresh, delicious soft crabs for next weekend? We are giving away ONE DOZEN soft crabs to one lucky winner, and the contest starts RIGHT NOW!

👇 HOW TO ENTER 👇
1️⃣ LIKE this post.
2️⃣ FOLLOW our page.
3️⃣ COMMENT below and tell us your favorite way to cook them (Fried? Sauteed? In a sandwich?) or TAG the friends you’d share them with!

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Cross your fingers! 🤞

⚠️ IMPORTANT DETAILS ⚠️• The contest ends this Friday (August 14) at exactly 12:00 PM (Noon) EST.
• The winner will be drawn at random and announced on our official page shortly after noon.
• Must be able to pick up your prize locally.

Disclaimer: Per Facebook rules, this promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta/Facebook. Winners will ONLY be announced on this official page. We will NEVER ask for your credit card details or send you external registration links. Beware of fake scam pages!

04/25/2026