For those of you that fish out of Lawson's, here's the channel across the bay. Looks a little different than last year, eh? The best thing about it is that it's actually deeper than it's been in a while. Also, this picture demonstrates that a drone can be used for more than looking in your neighbor's windows.

     Most people reported slow crabbing, although a couple of people did very well. The clamming channel (I can't say exactly where. Secrets, you know) did well for a couple of people. One boat caught 26 Dungeness inside the bay. The only tip I got from that group was that they worked their gear constantly and freshened their bait on every pull. The outer bay was slow for the folks I talked to. Nine crab in nine pots for a three day soak qualifies for slow.

     Rockfish opened this weekend but the couple of guys that I spoke with didn't venture very far out and, while they caught some fish, they had to work for them. The salmon bite was tough, too, but I heard of a few being caught in various locations from 240 to 300 feet of water. There's only about four to five miles between 240 and 300 feet. There's a bit of water to be covered to figure out where the hungry ones are hiding.