Comments on: Crabbing on Bodega Bay

By: Remzod

Remzod — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:31:20 +0000

Great article — fun to read and inspiring at the same time. I did some time at Tom’s River as a youth as well, and used to get fish heads from the incoming fishermen (two for a nickel) to use as bait. Other days it was squid, chicken necks and, of course, bull lips.

Having read this, I have to go out next week when the season starts. Other than substiting Anchor Steam for the Pabst, this sounds like a plan.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:37:09 +0000

Thanks for the report! I am visiting your area from central California in two weeks and crabbing looks like a cool option.

I will have missed the Dunginess season, damn, are the other rock crabs worth it? I do a lot of ocean kayak fishing down here and would want to drop crab nets from my kayak. Is this a reasonable approach in this bay? I have never visited this bay before. Thansk so much for any input you can give me. Take care Dan in SLO.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:37:27 +0000

Great piece! Fresh crab is the best! Were you on a boat or crabbing off of a pier/dock? Whereabouts in Bodega Bay?

By: hank

hank — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:30:58 +0000

You are a mean, mean man, Finspot. And Bob, I hear ya on the carcass-as-bait thing. By the time Dungeness season reopens this fall, I should have some wild boar or deer entrails for bait.

By: Finspot

Finspot — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:24:33 +0000

Great post! Can’t wait to squeeze into the wet suit and dive for some Dungeness. It’s really not fair at all: the big males are usually locked in a mating embrace with the females before being plucked from the Sound and then tossed in a cauldron. Talk about interruptus…