Crab traps are now closed until Dungeness closes here (July 1st).  Hoops and snares are still okay. Catching Dungeness is still hard, especially inside the bay this week as the low tides make for high currents, and high currents are bad for crabbing but good for losing crab gear. One guy I spoke with had only one keeper on Monday but landed six on Tuesday, all by Marker Five. Not quite awesome.

    Gage and I spent a few hours this morning trying for halibut on the north end of the bay. Result? Beans for dinner. We did get out of the bay and try for rockfish around the time the south wind kicked up, and we returned about an hour before the wind died. We caught two gopher rockfish to go with our beans. Good thing we had some beans. I haven't heard of any other halibut caught inside the bay although there were probably a few caught by some quiet fishermen, but not many. San Francisco Bay has been pretty slow for halibut so far, and we generally follow behind them, so maybe in a few more weeks? Fingers crossed. I guess I can get another coat of wax on the boat while I wait.