Slow to okay crabbing in the bay continues, with slightly better numbers from the south end of the outer bay. Better numbers of crab for the few guys going to the far end of Ten Mile, and best results from Salmon Creek up to the Russian River. I caught four commercial-sized Dungeness in one pull with four rings yesterday in the outer bay. Between dropping and pulling I caught a limit of small but tasty blue and yellowtail rockfish and one lingcod out in front of Bird Rock. They weren't as big as I wanted but they sure tasted good. Big ones are for bragging, small ones are for eating. 

    Salmon returns have been disappointing. This bodes poorly for next year's salmon season. As I've mentioned before, the Golden State Salmon Association does good work advocating for salmon and salmon fishermen, and the salmon and salmon fishermen will need some advocating this year. Here's a couple of links: 

   There's a petition to sign to hopefully get salmon a bigger share of the river water. Water = salmon. https://goldenstatesalmon.org/easy-way-to-help-boost-salmon-and-you-can-help/   

    Bodies = political clout. Your name in their membership rolls gets them a little more pull in trying to secure more salmon. If you like salmon, join: https://goldenstatesalmon.org/join/