We sell 2 sizes of soft shells: Primes (4 ½ – 5 inches) & Whales (5 ½ inches +). We clean them and ship them frozen with dry ice. Soft shell crabs mean a hard crab just molted and their entire body is soft and edible.They can range up to 6 inches but are usually between 5 – 5 ½ inches. The Sooks are typically sought after for the sweet taste and the egg roe that sometimes is present inside the crab. The Females, also known as “Sook” can be identified by the orange color on the tips of the claws or their dome shaped apron.They are typically caught right after shedding their old shell and have not quite filled out their new bigger shell. The Standard ( #2) male crab, are smaller Jimmys.Colossal Jumbo crabs are simply very large Jimmys. They typically range from 6 ¼ inches and up.They are easily identified by their blue claws and inverted t-shaped apron which resembles the Washington Monument. They typically range from 5 ½ – 6 ¼ inches.
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