The commercial guys are catching some crab, never as many as they want, but hopefully what they need. From the little I've heard, the crab seem to be running either deep or stupid shallow. "Stupid shallow" is the definition of water so shallow that if you leave your pots there very long and the sea comes up, no more pots for you. Pots wash ashore, walk down the beach, and bury in the sand. Why, it's the very definition of crab ring water! For you dedicated ringers out there, it ain't over. For the crabbers in Tomales Bay, it has been slow. Mostly from really excessive tides with strong currents blowing out crabs and gear. The rainy weather has also kept a lot of crabbers home. That's crazy to me, as they could have come out here and got soaked and cold and maybe caught a crab or two. Well, this weekend looks like great weather inside the bay, and outside should be good tomorrow. The tides kind of suck for crabbing unless you concentrate your crabbing around the turn of the tides. If the water is moving fast, don't drop your gear. It's expensive to replace. In fishing news, there isn't any. Maybe a herring spawn next week. A few jacksmelt swimming by, getting ready to spawn. Pace yourselves. The season of catching is coming. Paint your house. Change your oil. Change the line on your reels. It's coming. Be ready and with less distractions. And maybe a better looking house.