I do the same Oteps, clean the bodies, cut the legs off and steam them with the claws. We usually try to get 3 dozen before we cook them. Got 2 dozen in freezer now
This is the time of year we usually crab until October, the stone crab season starts oct 15
Edit: Just saw your post G, sounds great. Ha “dead man fingers”, thats what my grandmother called the lungs too. There is a member on here, willie, that would post about his family getting together in the fall, harvesting these beautiful jersey tomatoes and making big pots of gravy and canning them for the winter. Looked like good times