Crab-catching device

A crab-catching device collapsible to small size for convenient storage comprising a frame portion and attached net structure, said frame portion being comprised of first, second and third U-shaped members, each possessing a plane of symmetry and two opposed ends equally spaced from said plane of symmetry, said second and third members having at their ends closed loops in substantially coplanar disposition with respect to said members, said first member having adjacent each end hook means and a loop further removed from said end than said hook means and disposed normally with respect to the plane of the U-shape of said first member, each of said hook means are integral continuous extensions of said first frame member and are configured in a manner so as to have upper and lower restraining surfaces spaced apart one above the other in substantially parallel juxtaposition, whereby said hook means cooperate to restrict both upward and downward movement of said second frame member, the loops of said second and third members engaging the loops of said first member in a manner such that said second member can be pivotably moved about the interengaged loops to a position opposed to and substantially coplanar with said first member to form therewith a closed perimeter and engage said hook means by resilient deformation, and said third member can pivotably move about said interengaged loops to a position perpendicular to said perimeter and thereby function as a handle to which a tether may be attached, said net structure being attached to said first and second members and descending from said perimeter in a pouch-like configuration.