The spider-like Alaskan king crab can weigh as much as 25 pounds, and measure more than 6 feet from tip to tip! At this size, a king crab can yield up to 6 lbs of meat!The Alaskan king crab fishing months are October through January, and fishermen are only allowed to harvest male crabs. On top of the stabbing cold and dangerous conditions of being out to sea in the winter, an added stress is the fact that the Red Alaskan King Crab fishing season is only 4 days long!In the 2005-2006 Red Alaskan King Crab fishing season, 250 fishing boats caught 14 million pounds of Alaskan king crab in just 4 days! That’s amazing!