664271 Mon Nov 02 20:23:52 -0800 2009 22 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 5151043 watch the crab pots - http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091101/articles/911019952 Mon Nov 02 20:23:52 -0800 2009 13519 Cynsa 1 5151140 I really wonder if the most recent leak that wiped out the herring will affect the crab. Mon Nov 02 21:47:17 -0800 2009 5151043 172526 saffrongold 2 5151951 The crabs don't come from the Bay. Tue Nov 03 08:53:03 -0800 2009 5151140 11369 Robert Lauriston 3 5151998 There are indeed crabs in the bay, but it is illegal to take them. Tue Nov 03 09:05:27 -0800 2009 5151951 12274 OldTimer 4 5152011 Right, that's why they come from the coast. The ones in the Bay aren't full-grown. Tue Nov 03 09:10:04 -0800 2009 5151998 11369 Robert Lauriston 5 5152905 Thank you both for the education. Next stop, bib and drawn butter. Tue Nov 03 13:22:22 -0800 2009 5152011 172526 saffrongold 6 5162766 I was hoping to go on a charter boat for the crab combo trip on the sportfishing opener on 11/7, but the high swells forced the boats to cancel. Will try again later in the week but ahead of the commercial opener. Fri Nov 06 22:45:54 -0800 2009 5152905 84603 baron45 7 5163052 does your charter depart from Emeryville? I've fished salmon and rockfish but never the crab combo... what a bonus! http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_13731812 Sat Nov 07 07:11:05 -0800 2009 5162766 13519 Cynsa 8 5163213 No, I am going out of HMB this year. Unfortunately, the rockfish season closed this year on Oct 31 in our area (i.e. Farallon Islands) so the Emeryville boats are doing crab/sand dab combo trips instead. The HMB boats still have til Nov 15 to go for rockfish south of Pigeon Pt. Sat Nov 07 08:31:12 -0800 2009 5163052 84603 baron45 9 5163419 Any early reports on how the season is starting out? I know last year was a really bad year for dungeness from the get-go and stayed slow all year. Sat Nov 07 10:55:44 -0800 2009 5163213 109044 Bunson 10 5163613 I read recently that it'll be 2 or so years before things pick up again (bigger crabs, larger catches, longer season) since crab yields are cyclical. Sat Nov 07 12:41:50 -0800 2009 5163419 27275 ML8000 9 5163740 me, too... I went out at Pillar Point Harbor - but not this season :^( Sat Nov 07 13:49:20 -0800 2009 5163213 13519 Cynsa 10 5180216 I went out Wednesday and we had limits of crab (6 per person) for 27 people on board the Tigerfish. Most of the crab were decent sized but only a few jumbos. The pots were averaging about a dozen crab each. Fri Nov 13 18:06:51 -0800 2009 5163740 84603 baron45 11 5181232 and how are you eating/cookin' these lively beauties? do you have crab tales to share with us? Sat Nov 14 09:39:51 -0800 2009 5180216 13519 Cynsa 12 5181555 Boiled all 6 as soon as I got home. Cooked some of them Chinese-style that night, i.e. stir-fried w/ ginger, green onions, garlic, soy sauce, etc. The others were plain with fresh lemon & cocktail sauce. Tasty both ways. Sat Nov 14 12:40:16 -0800 2009 5181232 84603 baron45 13 5181600 Thank you - love the photos! Sat Nov 14 13:02:03 -0800 2009 5181555 13519 Cynsa 14 5182058 Cynsa, here's some video footage of the crabbing action. Not quite Deadliest Catch, but the crabs taste good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ueP97v0ME Sat Nov 14 16:49:47 -0800 2009 5181600 84603 baron45 15 5182151 this is way cool - Dungeness Crab & Rockfish Combo Trip on the Tigerfish 11/11/2009 - I can feel the ocean spray and smell the sea - ♥ the video! >^..^< Sat Nov 14 17:36:02 -0800 2009 5182058 13519 Cynsa 5 5178450 I read this in the Chronicle today: "Crabs are produced on a four- to seven-year cycle, meaning that depending on potential affects in the future of two recent oil spills into the San Francisco Bay, crabs should be produced in greater quantities again. It's hard to tell what affects the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill and another, smaller one at the end of October will have on crabs. Grader said the juvenile crabs would be most affected by the oil, and it will take a few years for them to mature." Fri Nov 13 07:41:16 -0800 2009 5152011 172526 saffrongold 6 5179538 "Crabs leave the Bay after approximately 1 year ..." http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt1k4001gs&doc.view=content&chunk.id=d0e7102&toc.depth=1&brand=calisphere&anchor.id=0 More than you probably want to know about these creatures: http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt1k4001gs Fri Nov 13 13:01:25 -0800 2009 5178450 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5182988 Article on prospects for the crab season in today's SF Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/15/MN6G1AK3EB.DTL Sun Nov 15 08:22:56 -0800 2009 5151043 23776 DavidT 2 5185669 Additional article on crab season: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/16/MNU41AL09P.DTL Mon Nov 16 10:05:45 -0800 2009 5182988 23776 DavidT 3 5190096 The boat I went on last week for sport-crabbing is now doing commercial crabbing. They are going to be selling at Pillar Pt for $5 a pound to the public on the dates posted on their website. I'm sure there will also be a few other boats selling crab as well as some fresh fish. http://www.tigerfishsportfishing.com/schedule.htm Tue Nov 17 17:30:31 -0800 2009 5185669 84603 baron45