Kerry Apgar forwarded these pictures from Nick Nichols. No text with them, but my skilled photo interpretation would indicate that the rockfishing is really good by Point Reyes and the crabbing is really good on Ten Mile. I believe that this was Nick's maiden voyage on the salt with his new boat and it looks like he's pretty happy with it. This new boat is big enough that he had a second station installed in back because the run from the forward helm to a rod with a fish on it was so far you would need to to take rest breaks. Well, I would.
     The crabbing inside Tomales Bay has really dropped off. It was slow at the start and three weeks of heavy pressure hasn't made it any better. Ten Mile and the deeper waters (150'+) have been steadily good but getting harder to get to with the ocean weather steadily getting more winter-like. The Tomales Bay bar claimed two boats over the weekend (a Whaler and an inflatable) but thankfully no lives. Whoever the guy was that was dropping pots on the bar on Saturday morning and almost got flipped, glad you made it back but don't do it again. I hope the brown stains in your underwear don't come out.  Someone coming in that gets your rope in their prop and ends up flipped by a breaker is someone you just killed.
    Also in crab news, the commercial season is delayed again for whales. There's still a bunch of whales around, and if enough whales get entangled in gear the commercial season will get shut down for years. If you think that means we would get free reign of the crab then you should pay more attention to the world around you. First them, then us. Right now the "commies" are taking one for their team and ours.