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SALTWATER
Dec. 8 - 22, 2017
VOL.36 • ISS. 26
SALTWATER REPORTS:
rockfish north of the harbor
despite a heavy swell over the
Thanksgiving holiday.
- Dave Hurley
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BODEGA BAY
cont.
the lings are clearly on the snap.
This is also true for rockfish with
limits all around on every trip, and
we must have put in over 10,000
crab since the November 4th
opener.
“On one trip this week, our
clients scored 48 limits of rockfish,
48 limits of ling cod to 25 pounds,
and 480 crab (limits) south of
Point Reyes. It doesn’t get any
better than this. The commercial
crab gear has not been competing
with our pots since they are
setting their gear in a number of
different locations, and we are
willing to move our gear around
to keep on top of the crab,” said
Powers.
Captain Jeff Carmella of the
Samantha Irene said, “The big
lings have moved into the Ft Ross
/ Timber Cove areas, as we are
seeing some bigger females the
past few days with limits of both
rockfish and lings the rule.”
On the private boat front, Tom
and Davis Uslan of Clarksburg
took out their new 21-foot
North River for limits of quality
HALF MOON BAY
Rockfish, Lingcod
Lead San Mateo Coast
Angling Parade
EL GRANADA - Dungeness
crab season was a big hit during
the first few weeks after the
opener on November 4th, but
the arrival of the commercial
pots and their 24-hour pulls has
put a damper on the success
of recreational anglers. It was
all about quality with some of
the best grade of Dungeness in
years, but the quality and overall
biomass of crab has been found
wanting.
Out of Half Moon Bay Sport
Fishing, rockfish-only trips are
producing limits of rockfish and
a healthy lingcod count. Sherry
Ingles suggests that since they
only run rockfish trips, anglers
can purchase crab from the
commercial fishermen on the
docks.
A recent trip by the Queen of
Hearts yielded 210 rockfish and
27 lingcod for 30 anglers, while
a trip by the Riptide produced
158 rockfish, 13 lingcod and 2
cabezon for 16 anglers.
Captain Tom Mattusch of the
Huli Cat is the only large boat
taking crab/rockfish combinations,
and he said, “It was good while
it lasted, but we get excited right
now when we pull a pot with four
crab in it. The rockfishing for
school fish in the shallows from 60
to 100 feet has been outstanding,
and with the big lings moving to
the nearshore, our clients have
picked up some huge lings over
20 pounds on recent trips.”
“However, the crab limits are a
thing of the recent past with an
average of 4/crab per angler over
the past week. We will continue
to run crab-only and crab/rockfish
combinations until the rockfish
closure on December 31st, and
the crabbing might improve as
several commercial boats have
either headed north or are running
to Southern California to target
other species,” he said.
Further north in Pacifica, Rob
Chaney of the Rusty Hook in
Pacifica reports continued good
Big lingcod have been on the bite outside the Golden Gate. This 25 pound
fish was caught on November 17.
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