Eddie Kim has left the bay a few days back and he said he left a few keeper Dungeness for the rest of us. There may be more than a few, as he caught limits every day he tried, not quick but launching around 9:00 am and returning with his two to four limits of crab (his crew varied every day) between noon and 3:00PM. Those ten hoops spent more time going up and down than sitting still and bait was refreshed regularly. His crew always looked a bit tired at the end of the day. I offered to lend him my Scotty puller but he said he had plenty of pullers coming with him and fresh ones every day. We had a few other boats trying this week, only a few, but they had some crab as well. The shore snaring has been tough but people are still getting some keepers. I watched a lady reel in a pair of Dungeness yesterday morning in front of the store. I've seen a few cars parked by the tent sites and people walking over the dune trail to try on the oceanfront beach. Nobody shared any success with me but a I saw a couple of Facebook posts with crab piled up on the beach in that general location, so if you're not afraid of a little footwork it might be a good place to try. 

     Tomorrow the CDFW will issue a press release with the new crab rules. The recommendation for this area is that commercial guys should get to drop their pots starting at 8:01 AM on January 2 and start pulling at 12:01 AM on January 5. The recommendation is also that sport guys should be able to drop their crab traps starting at 8:01 AM on the 2nd. Usually the recommendation is adopted as suggested but we live in strange times. Stay tuned.