East coast blue crabbers often use chicken necks or bull lips. I was fortunate to get to crab in MD many times pulling individual traps. Also a fair amount of trot lines in use. My dear friend was a man of the sea for 50 years as a merchant marine. He had a great sense of humor and his boat was named "chicken neckers" which was self derogatory.
Urban dictionary- Slang commonly used on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to describe a tourist or someone who is not from that area. comes form the practice of using chicken necks as crab bait. "These god damned chicken neckers always turn 50/301 into a parking lot during weekends in July."
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