The outer bay yielded lots of Dungeness yesterday but Tomales Bay wasn't as good. The pier had some keepers but as usual there was far more crabbers than crabs. Gage wants everyone to know that he caught two on the pier yesterday and two more today, and they were giants. The numbers of crab in the outer bay are not expected to last long, especially with the amount of effort being applied in a pretty small area. A commercial fisherman passing through the area on Friday night said he couldn't believe the number of pots already soaking. He was also surprised by the number of boats darting around at 9:30 PM pulling other people's pots (it is assumed). You would expect the piracy to at least wait until the season was open, but I guess the early bird steals the worm, eh? Ten Mile had solid crabbing for the few guys that ran that far, even though they had a bumpy ride home. Late note: Star for the day for the Shrimp Boat for towing in, after dark, a broke-down fold-a-boat with two aboard that had been headed out to sea. Good karma to you, sirs.