Dungeness opening results?  Meh. A LOT of effort. Not too much catching inside the bay, at least. Best report I heard was a boat with 35 Dungeness.  Next best was 12. Less after that. I heard one report from the outer bay with a catch total of seven keepers.  No bueno. The shore snares who stayed up all night did well at first but by dawn's early light their catching was mostly over as well. Apparently, the many crab being caught from shore were mostly the same hundred crabs being chucked back in. Once they were kept the catching slowed dramatically. 

   Is that it for the Dungeness? I'd guess no. My experience is that the only constant is change, and one day of data doesn't dictate the season. And it's a wierd year. Water temps are super high for November. Crab can't move around like fish to follow the "right" conditions but they can sure not feed if they're unhappy. We shall see. Hopefully we get some weather this month where we can go see. Maybe deep? Maybe belly up? Time will tell.

   Here's a good report. Joe Winn and crew got tired of dodging boats and floating crab rope, so they went farther back into the bay and found some halibut. The ocean water is toasty, probably not the best for Dungeness but it keeps the halibut active.