Blue Crab Killing and Freezing

Can you kill blue crabs and freeze before cooking?

Good rule of thumb with Blue Crab is to kill them by steaming them up, first, before freezing them. Pretty much like with Dungeness, but with Blue Crabs even in soft shell stage, you will still want to steam them first. In hard shell stage you can boil them. With either stage of Blue Crabs you will want to vacuum seal the crabs, too, before freezing, picking the meat out and discarding the rest is best in hard shell stage. That way the shells won't puncture the plastic wrap and leaves more room in the freezer for more crab!