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BODEGA BAY cont.
The dock is expected to be repaired
shortly, and Powers will be back out
for crab when the weather conditions
cooperate. He said, “We have taken
10-crab limits on every trip since the
opener on November 3, 2018.”
The California Department of Fish
and Wildlife will hold its annual
Salmon Information Meeting on
Wednesday, February 27 from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Sonoma
County Water Agency at 404 Aviation
Boulevard in Santa Rosa. According
to the CDFW press release, the
Q ueen
of
H earts
meeting will feature the outlook for
this year’s sport and commercial
ocean salmon fisheries,
in addition to a review of last year’s
salmon fisheries and spawning
escapement. The 2019 Salmon
Information Meeting marks the
beginning of a two-month long public
process used to develop annual
sport and commercial ocean salmon
fishing recommendations. The Pacific
Fisheries Marine Council will finalize
the recommended season dates at its
April 9-16 meeting in Rohnert Park,
Calif.
The Golden Gate Fishermen’s
Association will hold a crab feed
fundraiser on March 1st at the Marin
Rod and Gun Club, 2675 Richmond,
San Rafael. Information -GGFA@
gmail.com.
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“We went on
a crab only
trip off of Pillar
Point for limits
of Dungeness
crab on
Saturday in
breezy ocean
conditions with
some choppy
swell. We had
some solid
pots with 18
and 23 legal
crab.”
The
Coastside
Fishing Club
will be holding
its annual
Swap Meet on
March 2nd in
the Pillar Point
Harbor, Upper
Parking lot,
from 8:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m.
The legendary
Grill Crew will
be cooking up
hamburgers
and hotdogs
on a donation
basis. Space
is free to
members of
Coastside
Dmitri Young hit the coast this January and nailed this hard fighting
Fishing Club,
surfperch.
and non-
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dropped the water temperature in
them a one-year membership in
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Coastside Fishing Club with access
50 degrees from a high of 54. This
to the bulletin boards and hot fishing
has had a chilling effect on the late
information.
winter sturgeon bite.
Out of Half Moon Bay Sport Fishing,
“The best fishing for us has been
the party boats will focus on nature
taking place down in San Pablo
trips along with whale watching in the
Bay, but the bite down there is only
interim months before the rockfish
taking place on days when the tide is
and salmon seasons are anticipated
moving pretty good. When the tide is
to open in April. Captain Jerad Davis
slower, we have to head up and fish
of the Salty Lady will also be running
in Suisun Bay and right now the bite
whale watching trips on Saturdays
is fairly slow up there. Of course, all
and Sundays through April.
this could change quickly if the water
The ocean beaches are being
temperature inches up a bit,” reported
reshaped by the heavy waves over
Captain Chris Smith of Happy Hooker
the past months, creating new habitat
Sportfishing.
for surf perch. Perch fishing has been
“Over the past couple weeks, we’ve
very good when the wind is down,
been getting some stripers and a
and Berkley Camo Worms or Lucky
keeper sturgeon or two on most
Craft Flash Minnow 110’s in sardine,
trips. But we’ve gotten skunked too.
American Shad, or anchovy are all
Salmon roe and eel have been the
effective for various species of surf
top baits for us. We’ll keep working
perch.
for sturgeon out of the Martinez
The 15th Annual Sand Crab Classic
Marina for another 6 weeks or so and
Surf Perch Derby will be held out of
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venture up the San 2912
Mateo coastline for
the event, but they
have to be back
in Santa Cruz for
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