Salmon season is open today and, even with the dire forecasts for low fish counts this year, people are actually catching salmon. It is far from red hot, but I heard of one guy that limited out and was pulling his boat out before 8:00 AM. He didn't share his location, but it probably wasn't too far out.
Randy from Reno was here this past week and caught a total of 31 Dungeness from the pier during that time. One day he caught his limit, but usually he averaged three per day. That means it would be difficult for us normal people to catch many from the pier, but there's a chance. Tomales Bay still has some decent crab but it is getting more difficult to get them. I dropped eight pots in the outer bay on Thursday for a four hour soak and ended up with only eleven keepers. The pots closer to the "TB" buoy had keepers and the rest caught snails and reds.
How do i send you pictures of the salmon we caught yesterday fishing with Chris Monk on his 30' Radon charter? Great day fishing and crabbing. Bob
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever dove for abalone south of Tomales bay?
ReplyDeletePlease send bragging pictures and info to either lawsonslanding@gmail.com or lawslndg99@gmail.com . Sounds like you've got bragging rights. I've talked to a few guys that dove for abs at Elephant Rock and at Point Reyes and they said that there were lots of big abalone, but damn, man, that seems really sharky. Like really, really sharky. Point Reyes especially. I know of a couple guys that have lost salmon to sharks at the Point.
ReplyDeleteYou have to be either A: A very accomplished cold water free diver or B: Really, really want abalone to dive for them off Bird, Elephant or the Point. I'll gladly drive another hour north and love every minute of it. I'm nuts, but not THAT nuts.
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