Crabs for testing were collected at a number of ports last week and the results of the tested crab are coming in. Eureka scored a double perfect with both tests where they need to be. Fort Bragg, well, they're working on it. These numbers just posted this morning, so we might see Bodega numbers by tomorrow. Of course, they all need to be perfect before we get the go ahead. In case you missed it in the comments, :"Crabs were delivered from District 10, January 27th at 2pm to the FDA. The FDA has a lot of other work to contend with besides crab. We are on the waiting list. Weather can be a factor in north coast water. From a commercial fisherman of 37 years
Please post this on your blog if you can." Yes, we're all anxious to go crabbing, but most of us aren't worried about losing our homes like a lot of the "commies" are. At least we can literally afford to be patient.
There's not much fishing going on, but with this fresh water coming in the bay now it would be a good time to try for sharks and rays in the deeper holes (like behind Pelican Point, White Gulch, or the "ditch" that runs between Cyprus Grove and Sacramento Landing) or stripers/sturgeon in the shallow water past Inverness.
5 comments:
Willy,
What would you use for stripers in the bay?
I am guessing for shark, just a hunk of frozen bait would do the trick, drifting on the bottom?
-Scott
From Auburn
I'm waiting for those bodega numbers with crab-bated breath!
I've only caught stripers in the bay while trolling, but some guys have caught them while they were anchored, soaking shrimp for sturgeon. For shark, squid or sardines for bait. Fresh sardines from a fishmonger would be the best. Sharks will bite poor bait but they'll bite good bait way better.
Are many Sturgeon caught in Tomales Bay? Whites or greens? Any particular time of year? Anywhere else on the coast? I thought white sturgeon were only caught inland.
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