Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3725 Nov. 23-Dec 7 | Page 28

28 Nov 23 - Dec 7, 2018 VOL.37 • ISS. 25 SALTWATER REPORTS BERKELEY BODEGA BAY BERKELEY - Anglers departing from East Bay ports are nailing full limits of crabs and rockfish. While boats have not been limiting on lingcod, there are some good lings up for grabs and anglers that concentrate on working the bottom with big baits are scoring two fish limits on most trips. “We fished the islands today,” reported Captain James Smith of California Dawn Sportfishing. “The weather has been flat for the past couple days and we’ve been pulling full limits of both crabs and rockfish. The lingcod action is not red hot, but it’s still very productive with top fish approaching 20 pounds.” “The fall action is pretty darn good,” reported Captain Chris Smith of Happy Hooker Sportfishing. “We had another spectacular trip today. Our anglers took home 31 limits of big rockfish and we picked up 310 crabs on the way in. That totaled up to 10 rockfish and 10 crabs per angler. That’s a lot of great eating.” If you decide to head out on a combo trip, shrimp flies are the ticket for rounding up a limit of rockfish. If you want to focus on lingcod, mooching large frozen baits 3 to 5 feet off the bottom is the way to go. BODEGA BAY – The Dungeness crab opener began at midnight on November 3rd, and the action has been hot and heavy since the opening set. Heavy pressure in the close location of the Estero have led to fewer and fewer crab in the pots since the opener, but the deep water locations have been kicking out full pots of commercial grade crab for party boats and six-packs. The weather was on the rough side on the opening weekend, but the second week has brought flat calm conditions, allowing private boaters to access more productive crab grounds further north. Captain Rick Powers of Bodega Bay Sport Fishing and the 65-foot New Sea Angler said, “The weather conditions have been good the past two days and everyone is loading up on limits of crabs. We were back in the harbor by 1:30 on Friday, November 9th, with 44 limits of crabs, 44 limits of rockfish and 6 lings to 10 pounds. Captain Eric Holthouse of North Bay Charters said, “Second captain Josh Stevens has been running the boat the past week, and between him and Captain Merlin Kolb, they have been scoring limits of lings, quality rockfish, and limits of commercial- grade crab with a few jumbos in the pots. We have relocated our gear to deeper water as the Estero has been mostly fished out.” Nelson Vineyard of TopLine Sport Fishing took out four clients on Saturday for limits of crab within 6 pots before switching over to rockfish and lings for 18 rockfish and limits of ling cod to 15 pounds with the big fish landed on a 10-ounce brown jig tipped with a piece of squid marinated with Pro-Cure Garlic Scent. Out of Lawson’s Landing at Dillon Beach, Willie Vogler said, “Tomales Bay has East Bay Combo Anglers Score Easy Limits Fishermen Find Top-Notch Dungeness Crab Action This happy angler headed out on the Happy Hooker on October 21 looking for lingcod and came up with this big bocaccio rockfish. Photo courtesy of HAPPY HOOKER SPORTFISHING, Berkeley. GOLDENEYE 2000 56’ High Speed Stable Catamaran Halibut•Stripers•Rockcod Captain Quang Vo Call for CRAB COMBOS! Captain Hayden Mullins (left) has been putting his clients on a parade of keeper sturgeon, like this beautiful 55 incher that was landed on October 29. Photo courtesy of DRAGON SPORTFISHING, Pittsburg. been slow for Dungeness crab although a few fishermen are picking up near-limits to limits. It is possible to do well in the bay, but it is unlikely. 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