Here's a good report from today: "Hi Willy!
We ran through the gear once in the outer bay for 1 keeper and bailed back inside. We hit it just right and ended up with 13 commercial grade Dungeness. 3 of them were the biggest We have ever caught in over 15 years of crabbing in the bay. The gauge is 7 inches and it didn't cover the shell. I'm sure it was the albacore trimmings we used for bait that got us the jumbo, not our crabbing prowess. Somewhere between mile 5 marker and the green can. Great day at Lawsons and on Tomales Bay, as usual.
Crew of the Tomales Outlaw" Clearly, I should have been crabbing on the Tomales Outlaw today. They had a good day. I tried for bluefin, hoping that the east wind wouldn't be too bad. The wind didn't howl, but twenty miles of fetch was enough to make the waves really unpleasant. And no tuna for us, nor feeding birds, from the north end of Cordell to the Football. I wish I had been crabbing. Other people have been doing pretty good on crab. Kapulani Chong and crew limited on jumbo Dungeness in the outer bay yesterday. There have been a few limits from inside the bay, but mostly people are catching just a few. The shore snarers are catching a few too.
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We caught limits of crab below Abbotts first thing, then Rittenburg for more crab bait with incidental rockfish filets, then trolled the shelf north toward cordell but saw no life or signs. The forecast was supposed to get bad so we ran in around 1pm.
Wondering if they are still out there?
Sounds like a good day to me, if only for the lack of beatings administered. Catching is even better.
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