Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3909 April 10-24 | Page 27

BODEGA BAY cont. same time in 18 knot winds. However, there are some beautiful crab still available.” Second captain Merlin Kolb, also of the Reel Magic, has been taking his family out for as many as six limits of crab on family-only trips during the shelter in place order. All the party boats, including the queen of the Bodega Bay Fleet, the 65-foot New Sea Angler, will be geared up and ready to go for either rockfish or salmon once the Shelter in Place order is lifted. The ocean salmon season north of Pigeon Point opens on April 11th. For kayaks, with the closure of the Bodega Bay parks, anglers will have to search for a location to put in their boats as many of the parking lots along the beaches have also been closed due to heavy use by visitors during the first weekend of the lockdown. - Dave Hurley Austin Yates was trolling S.F. Bay aboard the California Dawn this March when this dandy halibut decided to strike. Photo courtesy of CALIFORNIA DAWN SPORTFISHING, Berkeley. 831-633-2564 831-633-2564 Predator Sport Fishing 4.23.10 Small Groups • Great Rates Excellent Sturgeon, Bass and Shark Fishing! The Bay’s Best Crew! 3408 707-342-8481 • www.crocsport.com GET ON BOARD! Now Booking 25 disrupted for a time but the priority is our health and the health of others. If you are booked on any of the first several trips of the season you will be contacted soon,” she said. “The fish will still be in the ocean once we get back out there, just a bit hungrier! Hang in there.....stay safe........ be kind.” For more information, go to: kahunasportfishing.com or call 831-633- 2564. Chris Arcoleo of Chris’s Sport Fishing said, “We have cancelled all whale watching and sport fishing until April 8th as the first possible day of return. We know that many people have been looking forward to the start of the fishing season but keeping our guests, crew, families, and greater community safe is the highest priority. Our crew has been closely monitoring official communications regarding COVID-19 and CONTINUED ON PG 27 HALF MOON BAY Pillar Point Launch Ramp and Parking Lot Closed Get to the fishing grounds Get fast on to our 50’ charter boat in Moss Landing-Monterey Bay Until Further the fishing grounds fast on our 50’ Notice charter boat in Moss Landing - Monterey Bay WWW.KAHUNASPORTFISHING.COM www.kahunasportfishing.com already in the water or plan on fishing off of a kayak because the San Mateo County Harbormaster’s District has closed the public launch ramps and parking lots at Pillar Point and also at Oyster Point on San Francisco Bay. If you have a boat in the water at one of the marinas inside of Half Moon Bay, you can head out on the opener for rockfish, but you are limited to taking people who live directly within your household. Party boats will not be operating until further notice until the Shelter In Place order is lifted. The bait shop at Half Moon Bay Sport Fishing is closed temporarily, but they do have a frozen bait vending machine available outside of the shop that is stocked with squid, anchovies, prawns, herring, and octopus depending upon supply. The machine takes major credit cards and bills up to $10, but exact change is recommended. All the party boats, including the New Captain Pete, the Queen of Hearts, and the Riptide out of Half Moon Bay Sport Fishing along with Captain Tom Mattusch’s Huli Cat, will be operating once the Shelter in Place order is lifted. The ocean salmon season opens in local waters on April 11th. For kayaks, with the closure of many of the parking lots along the San Mateo coastal beaches, anglers will have to search for a location to put in their boats. The Pacifica Pier remains open, but anglers are expected to follow Center For Disease Control guidlelines of social distancing. - Dave Hurley EL GRANADA - Similar to every other port in California, if you are planning on participating in the opener of rockfish season out of Half Moon Bay on April 1st, you will need to have have a boat MONTEREY BAY Charter Boat Fishing on Hold, Launch Ramps Closed to Recreational Traffic MOSS LANDING – With shelter in place orders in place due to COVID-19, Carol Jones of Kahuna Sportfishing said their charters will be temporarily closed at least until April 8 and may be extended beyond that. “Although we are all anxious to get out on the water and looking forward to the opening of our season we are unable to as ordered. All of our lives will be Want Sturgeon? Trophy Stripers? Call Dragon Sportfishing! 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