Another overturned boat off of Salmon Creek this morning. One of two people in the boat recovered, condition unknown.  One missing. The seas are 11 feet at the weather buoy. The crabbing isn't very good and better weather is coming. Maybe wait.

    Today's crab report was more of the same. Really slow inside the bay. The best place in Tomales Bay for catching crab sounds like the spot north of Marker 5 alongside the sand bar. It is also the worst place to crab because half of the crabbers on the bay are working the quarter acre sweet spot. It is a Charlie Foxtrot. The buoys are thick and close enough to walk on and the boats either have their fenders out or they should, because even though you aren't at Scandia there's a good chance that you'll still be playing Bumperboats. Good luck. You'll need it. The rest of the bay has a few crab, but a very few. It's a bad Dungeness season to be a red crab in Tomales Bay, as they're the fallback plan. The fast current in the afternoon has made catching even harder and gear loss a near certainty. Good luck. You'll need it. 

   Outside has been better, as it usually is. Good? No, but better is good enough. The outer bay has crab, but like money, they aren't distributed equally. There's a lot of shuffling gear, and drop more gear on top of your rings that caught, and then be surprised that the none of the rings you dropped on the "hot spot" caught any crab on the second drop. The crab are sparse there, too, just less sparse than inside Tomales Bay. Ten Mile usually has a few good spots but I'm still waiting for someone to tell me about one. Again, there's some crab, but good luck. There's more places without crab than with. I haven't heard many reports from up north, above Bodega by Salmon Creek or further. I guess that it's possible that there's some good crab up there and that a whispered message has gone out to a select few that are running up there and smacking them. There's definitely some boats that have headed there in the last few days, whether it was a good idea to go or not. The weather is supposed to be good on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and if it holds I hope someone gets a chance to go there safely and report on it. Safely is the watchword. The crabbing is poor. Let's not push it. 

   Sunday night there was a kayaker that overturned after 5:00 PM and was rescued by a boater. Saturday another kayaker got sucked out of the bay and went through the washing machine of the breaking bar from the mouth to the beach in front of the Dillon Beach parking lot. In the dark. Hard pass. Glad he made it though. Kayakers: Wear a wetsuit. Don't go when the tide is ripping out. Have a buddy. If it's windy, drink beer on the beach. Other boaters: Have an anchor ready. Don't go when it's crappy. Everyone: Sometimes it's good enough to sit on the beach and drink a beer while looking at the water. Sometimes it's the best choice. Let's all make better choices.