Thursday, November 19, 2020

    The crabbing story remains close to the same with a few in the bay, a few more outside the bay, and reasonably good first pulls from Carmet north. There's a good chance that the wind turning the water over may have chased the whales away which will possibly allow the commercial season to start in December. That will not make the crabbing any better. The low crab count coupled with a low price for crab will probably not make for many happy crabbers in the commercial ranks, either. At least we do it for fun.

     As the Dungeness crabbing continues to be kind of meh talk has apparently turned to rockfish: "For the comment board, any suggestions best area for rock fish in Tomales Bay area during Nov/Dec?


Thank you,

Jon M."  I'm not giving out any waypoints, but the following picture shows some good general areas. The red circled spots are pretty popular and the yellow, less so. Google Earth shows a lot of secrets. The further you go from the mouth of the bay the better the fishing, usually. 



7 comments:

Unknown said...

Would you think the crabbing would be better at Lawson's Landing or at Doran Park (assuming Doran park might have more rock crab)?

Willy Vogler said...

From the shore, the jetty at Doran. From a boat or kayak looking for rock crab as a back-up, Tomales Bay is really good if you go across to the rocky side or work the edges of the eelgrass beds.

Unknown said...

Thank you for the input!

Onemore said...

Google Earth.
For some of us What took years of bouncing weights on the bottom to figure out now people know without ever being on the water.
Dang forward progress.

Mike Malone said...

I think people who give away rockfish spots should be cited by Fish and Wildlife. For what its worth I say: spend the time and effort to explore on your own and reap the rewards and satisfaction of having figured things out for yourself.
Mike Malone

Fourth and Sea said...

I think Willy wants to make sure people have a good time and are successful when they come and stay at Lawsons Landing. I appreciate his tips and blog. I’m sure you’ve gotten a tip or two from him too. Thanks Willy.

BIG"D" said...

Chicken is pretty good too.