Sunday, February 28, 2016

     If you want to catch a surfperch, better hurry before Gage catches them all. He thinks he can do it. The bite was around the top of the tide and the perch liked Berkeley Gulp! Saltwater Sandworms. According to the pro here, the fish bit on every cast; getting them to stick was a bit trickier. 
     The latest crab results posted on Friday. If I'm reading them correctly, Crescent City, Eureka, and Bodega Bay (Salt Point) have passed and probably will receive no further testing. Unfortunately, Trinidad (South), Fort Bragg, and Bodega Bay (Russian River) each had a bad crab or three. A second good test from Trinidad (North) and Bodega Bay (Bodega Bay) will clear them. We're getting awfully close to an opener in most places. Looking at the summary sheet, though, it seems that most of the places that have passed or are close to passing had readings like Fort Bragg's current numbers back in November and December. That could mean two months until Fort Bragg passes. At least that would give us a two month season....

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

For commercial, if all ports have to test clean before one pot is dropped....i wouldn't expect local crab in the store until November. Sampling is a highly accurate statistical device and suggests half of the crab in the Fort Bragg area are still "dirty". Crabs being migratory....likely will result in dirty tests elsewhere when the spring run begins. If "dirty" crabs walk into a "clean" area, how can we be sure crabs harvested in a specific location are clean if they haven't been tested in a month or more.

ab fish said...

The crab are clean always have its the Hilary Clinton supporters that won't let us fish
Lmao

Anonymous said...

Ab fish....you're a ding dong.