Thursday, November 6, 2008

The ocean has flattened out and boats are makingit to Ten Mile beach for dungeness crab. A few have limited out but most are able to get dinner and not much more. I landed 8 times as many crabs today as on my first trip out last season (that makes 16 crab today) so I think it's a better year. The numbers (such as they are) probably won't last too long beyond the commercial season's opening on the 15th, but judging by the numbers of just barely undersized crabs we returned (and the reports of others) maybe there will be some sport crab around in June 09. At least next year's opener looks good. For this year, there are a few in the outer bay and more on Ten Mile. The numbers were better the further south the pots were and 50-60 feet of water had better returns than 100-120. Starfish were a menace. Rockfishing was slow to slower but if you move around enough you can find some that are biting.

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