The crab entrance doors are 11 1/2? wide and 6 1/2? tall. Dungeness Crab can enter this pot easier than any other crab pot made. The ramps are made with good distance from the built in bait box so that crab can enter the pot even when the pot starts filling up with crab. The built in bait box is built of fine mesh so that the bait will last for hours. All welded seams. This pot is Washington, Oregon and California legal.Top Loading Built in Fine Mesh Bait BoxVinyl Coated Steel Dungeness Crab TrapThree 11 1/2″ Wide DoorsTwo 4 1/2″ Escape Rings30 Diameter12 Tall Round Crap Pot8 1/2 x 11 1/2 Top Easy Entrance HatchWARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm -www.P65Warnings.ca.gov