Walk the case and pick your fish, we clean and fillet it free. Colossal king crab, live lobster, alligator and a fresh-fish counter Indianapolis Monthly calls the city's most extensive.
Our Shadeland and Southside locations are full retail seafood markets, the fresh-fish counter, the live lobster counter (one day’s notice) and by-the-pound specialty. Pick what you want and we'll clean, fillet and season it exactly how you like, at no charge. Prefer it cooked? Our Pendleton Pike and AMP Seafood Kitchens fry it fresh.
The biggest, sweetest king crab in Indianapolis, the "baseball-bat" legs people drive across the city for.
We bring in colossal, wild-caught king crab legs, not the thin snow-crab clusters most Midwest stores stock. Buy them by the pound, fully cooked and ready to steam, or let our kitchen heat and crack them for you.
Planning a celebration or a big crab boil? Call your nearest market a day ahead for large king-crab orders (we regularly fill 10–20 lb orders) so we can have exactly what you need on ice and ready.
Real live lobster in Indianapolis, hard to find in the Midwest, always in our tank or available to order.
Our customers say it themselves: when you can't find a live lobster anywhere in central Indiana, Caplinger's has your back. We keep live Maine lobster in the tank and can have several ready with a day's notice.
Want it cooked? We'll steam it. Want the meat for a lobster roll or a special dinner? We'll handle that too. Reserve ahead for holidays, anniversaries and parties, lobster moves fast.
Salmon, cod, perch, halibut, catfish, tilapia, whiting and more, filleted and cleaned to order.
This is the heart of the market: a deep, honest fresh-fish case. Pick your fish whole or by the fillet and our team cleans, fillets and skins it exactly how you like, at no extra charge.
Because we source real seafood and sell it honestly, you get what you actually paid for. Indianapolis Monthly called it "arguably the city's most extensive selection of seafood, from cod to octopus to skate."
Fresh oysters, shrimp, crawfish, clams and crab, everything you need for the raw bar or the boil.
Whether you're shucking oysters for a dinner party or building a low-country boil, our shellfish case has you covered: fresh oysters, head-on (when available) and peeled shrimp, crawfish in season, clams, mussels and crab.
Hosting? Add corn, sausage and our boil seasonings and you've got a feast. Ask about boil-ready bundles, or have us cater the whole thing.
Real alligator, the best in Indiana, by a mile, plus frog legs, octopus and skate.
Caplinger's is the place in Indianapolis for genuine alligator. It's lean, mild and "tastes like chicken", incredible fried, blackened or grilled. We also carry frog legs and other hard-to-find specialties year-round.
It's the clearest proof of our whole promise: while other markets stick to tilapia and perch, we go out of our way to bring Indiana the real, the unusual and the genuinely good.
Large king-crab orders, a crowd of lobsters, oysters and crawfish for a boil, call ahead and we'll have it ready, or let us cater the whole spread.
Catering & large ordersNew to a fish? Tap any catch for how it tastes, how to cook it, and what to ask for. Our counter team is happy to fillet, season and bag it however you like.