While the crabbing and fishing have not been that good for most, there's reason for hope. Richard Baratta had a very good day on Saturday: "Hey Willy

Just wanted to let you know we crossed the bar safely today,   but You  won’t see it on YouTube. Headed south with two friends,  all creatures have moved, used that new app you told me about on the I phone and finally found them. We felt very lucky since the radio traffic was discouraging. Thanks again for all your valuable advice and Reports ( treasure maps )" Nice piles of dead critters, Richard. Two things: One, Richard dropped his  crab gear in a spot and checked it after two hours. No crab. He moved deeper and found them. Lesson for us all: Don't leave your pots where there aren't any crab. Run and gun until you locate them. Two, the secret app is Google Earth or Google Maps with the satellite layer on. Before the state created the MPAs they performed a huge coastal survey of the ocean bottom so that they'd know the best places to close habitat value of the areas in question. Your dollars paid for it so you might as well use it. Other than Richard, most people had a hard time getting as many Dungeness as they wanted (who has?) but most crabbers got a few and it seemed like everybody was having a good time in some great weather for December (or actually, great weather for any time of year around this windy place). We're going to try to stay open for day visitors as long as the weather holds and enough people come out to make it worth it. Bring your own food and beer as we will be unable to sell food, drink or alcohol after noon Tuesday. But we can sell bait! Don't eat the squid.

   For those of you that are unable to get out boating on the ocean in the near future, here's a couple good reasons to not miss it as much:

https://gcaptain.com/one-apus-returning-to-japan-after-losing-record-number-of-containers/#:~:text=The%20ONE%20Apus%20is%20a,and%20crew%20safely%20to%20port.

https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2020/dec/2/cargo-vessel-loses-six-large-shipping-containers-o/

   The first story is about 1816 lost shipping containers in the middle of the Pacific. Those probably won't come near here. Probably. The second story is of six containers lost off of Eureka. Those are almost surely headed this way. I'm pretty sure hitting one would be bad. Robert Redford said so. Something to think about while running in the dark, though.

   Also, if you haven't read the book "The Devil's Teeth", you should. It's got great white sharks, shark researchers, the Farallones and their history, a bit of a love story, everything you need. The shark taggers and researchers need a bit of a financial bump, it seems. If you're fan of shark week or just interested in white sharks in general, these guys could use a little financial help: