Dungeness action was decent over the weekend and crab were caught off of the pier, in Tomales Bay and in the outer bay. Not lots of crab, but some. The surfperch decided to take a break this weekend and the only ones I saw were caught by the ospreys. I'm guessing the perch are a bit further out than we can cast. The clams took a beating over the weekend but Fish and Wildlife were here in force to try to slow the looting. One group was caught throwing dozens of clams and clam necks over the side of their boat when the saw the wardens. A bystander (who won't be named at his request) stripped down to his skivvies and dove in the bay to collect some of the evidence to help make the case. The story I heard was that the wardens left with the poacher's boat. I hope it's true.
   Speaking of clammer's boats, after dark on Saturday night a group of clammers had their inflatable boat get punctured while on the island. Adam Farrow was here with his boat in the water and went out in the dark to save them. They had somehow made their way to the mainland by the time he got there, but it was nice of him to try.
    Here's a report from the weekend, sent in by Pealuma Newbie: "I fished 4 crab traps today around marker 5. Good ol foster farms leg quarters as bait. Not much action except for one trap just south of the marker in about 40 ft. On one hour soak I pulled up three keeper Dungeness and three in the 5"-5/12" range. I dropped two traps in the same area and on another hour of soak time I pulled up a blank in one and in the other one more keeper Dungeness and a big red. (I kept the red because my wife loves the claws). All 4 Dungeness and the red were in the 6" range. Nothing huge and nothing to brag about but they're boiling in the pot now. It was a gorgeous day on the water. Shorts, T-shirt, sunscreen and barefoot the whole time."