The surfperch really like the Berkley Gulp! Saltwater Sandworms, or so I'm told. There's a lot of sandcrabs out there that they're probably eating as well, but I think it would be a good idea to have some of the scented rubber worms. 

    It looks like there will probably be a salmon season this year but it will not be for as long as last year's season. They're forecasting far less salmon than last year, and last year had far less salmon than they forecast, so this year looks a bit grim when it comes to the prospects of catching salmon. We may get a season like 2010 which had Monday through Wednesday closures. Looks like I'm really going to have to figure out this sea bass thing.

    Rockfish opens here on April 15, so the rockfish are going to be available to fill in for poor salmon fishing if need be. I hope that we can go easy on them, but at least they'll be there if needed. The new regulations are out for everything but salmon, here.

    On the crab front, there is, as you would expect, fresh results. The good news is that it appears that, if the Bodega Bay (Russian River) test comes back clean again then Bodega Bay will have passed and will join Crescent City and Eureka as clean but closed. The bad news is that Trinidad failed on both tests and Fort Bragg didn't even get tested. You know, if this crabbing doesn't open up pretty soon I'm going to have to wait some more.