It’s Grant Phelan’s favorite time of the year. And for good reason. Stone crab season kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 15, and will be here for another shell-cracking 6½ months. “Stone crabs are here, the ...

Stone crab season in Southwest Florida begins on October 15 and lasts for over six months. Collier County is known as the "Stone Crab Capital of the World," and the claws are a renewable resource.

Surrounded by waving seagrass, salt flats, white ibis, and murky swamps, Highway 41 (known as Tamiami Trail) was the original Alligator Alley and the one way into Florida's Everglades City. The ...

Legendary South Beach restaurant Joe’s Stone Crab’s season began two days ago, and we’re sure the local institution has already served hundreds of decadent, tender crab claws since then. And although ...

Fifty contestants. Ten teams of two. Twenty-five fresh stone crab claws. And one ticking clock. In the Florida Keys last ...

The 10th annual Stone Crab Claw Eating Contest got underway Saturday in the Florida Keys.The contest took place at the Keys Fisheries Market and Marina in Marathon.Individuals participated in two ...

Get your crab claw crackers out. The start to the 2016 stone-crab season – at least one of the top five reasons to live in South Florida – officially begins tomorrow, Saturday, October 15. Crabbers ...

October brings two of Southwest Florida's favorite things: cooler weather and stone crabs. Stone crab season kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 15, and will be here for another shell-cracking 6½ months.