Wednesday, October 29, 2014

The Dungeness opener is Saturday, so of course the forecast is for a large, dangerous swell. The National Weather Service is calling for 8 to 10 foot swells, while Stormsurf is calling for 14 foot high surf. If you want to crab in the ocean on Saturday you'll have to go someplace else. Sunday is supposed to be fine. The inner bay will be crowded but very fishable (or fishable but very crowded) and it looks like there's a lot of Dungies in the bay for the start of the season. How long those numbers hold remains to be seen. If you're going to work the bay, I recommend parking on your gear to make sure that you are the only one running it. Also, write your name on your buoys. There is no excuse for pulling gear with someone else's name on it, and Fish and Wildlife won't enforce the "check your own gear" law if they can't tell whose gear it is. Lastly, weight your lines so they don't float. It's a bit hypocritical to get angry at a guy for running over your crab pot rope if you left 50' of line floating at the surface. It's kind of your fault. Don't be that guy.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's sad you have to mention those common sense rules, but well said.

Shrimp Boat said...

Coincidentally, Saturday is also the start of the crab trap buoy waterski slalom season!

Tomales Outlaw said...

I'm hoping to see the Shrimp Boat in action on that course!!!