You don't have to worry about coming salmon fishing anymore this year, because Steve Towne caught the last one. It weighed 26 pounds and was caught in 100 feet of water off of McClure's Beach. It was the only bite of the day, but even so, there may actually be another fish or two out there.
Also, on the crab front, there was a meeting today in Bodega Bay of the Joint Committee of Fisheries and Aquaculture. The first thing on the agenda was domoic acid and Dungeness crab. The domoic acid pro, Dr. Raphael Kudela, Ph.D of UC Santa Cruz, says conditions are for normal Pseudo-nitzschia (the critter that makes domoic acid) levels and that we are coming off of the seasonal high and dropping. No guarantees, but he's pretty sure that we are going to have a season. Also speaking was Patrick Kennelly of the California Department of Public Health. His good news was that the domoic acid testing showed the levels dropping in the Dungness crab and, if certain areas have high counts, CDFW will likely close the affected areas instead of closing the whole state. So, I'm ordering crab bait and crab gear for the shop and I'll quit whining. About crabs. For now.
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Nice fish Steve! That's the report I have been waiting for....not a wide open bite by any means but salmon are still to be had. I think I'll give salmon one last effort Friday and/or Saturday...
Willy - any halibut brought in? Rumors?
We will be missing the crab opener due to a new home purchase and moving/getting settled. So you all should have plenty of crab. Is the shrimp boat still doing those crab buoy/waterskiiing slaloms? Because that I would hate to miss........
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No halibut or halibut fishermen from here. The shrimp boat is having motor issues, so slaloming may be out for them. The buoy course will be there, though.
Thanks Willy for all the info on the crabbing, and fishing reports. I look forward to reading your posts and value your option, and clearly have never thought of it as "Whining"
Don't be mistaken. It is definitely whining.
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