Washington State Crab Season 2024 Dates. 22 rows crabbing is one of washington's most popular recreational fisheries. Birch bay is one of the best places in the entire state of washington to catch crab.

Each year, recreational crabbers catch more than 1.5 million pounds of dungeness crab using pots, ring nets, and — in the case of wade and dive fishers — their bare hands.all recreational. The commercial crabbing season around the mouth of the columbia.