The pier has been giving up as many Dungeness as the outer bay. One pier crabber had 5 keepers in the morning, as many as another boater had on a three day soak for 6 pots outside. The weather forecast for this weekend calls for wind, so the pier definitely would be the place I would choose.

The bay is about half fresh water from all the rain, so the crabbing is not very good. The few people who have braved the bad weather are still catching a few, but just a few. The Pacific Fishing Management Council has approved three alternatives for salmon season starting on April 2. The California Fish and Game Commission has not yet made it official, however. The regulation book says "The final 2011 salmon regulations will be announced on the Department web site (www.

dfg.ca.gov) and will be available in the 2011-2012 supplemental fishing regulations booklet

in May 2011." As of this posting it has not been announced. There is still time but they're cutting it close. Abalone opens on the 1st and divers and beach fishermen can take lingcod on the 2nd.

Here's a much better video with actual sound of the current running past the pier from the tsunami on March 11, 2011. Thanks to Nathan Porter for this video, even though he made me realize that my camera is nothing but a Crackerjack prize.

Here's a different view of the tsunami at Dillon Beach. Looks at how much beach is exposed in the early part of the video and compare it to how much is covered at the end. It was doing that every 20 to 30 minutes. Spooky.

There are still a few Dungeness in the bay but not too many. Across the bay there are many crabs but few keepers
Surprisingly, the pier has been better. The best times are when the currents are slowest, so check the tide tables. A few surfperch and no word on leopards.