Bodega crabbing
California Fishing
Nov 21, 2023 14:07:28 #
Isaac Hamilton
Loc: Lake county CA
Had a great day out on the jetty and the beach. Brought home 8 Dungeness smallest 6 1/2
Nov 21, 2023 14:12:16 #
Isaac Hamilton wrote:
Had a great day out on the jetty and the beach. Brought home 8 Dungeness smallest 6 1/2
Nice crabs. Like those much better then Snow Crabs. We just don't have then down here.
Nov 21, 2023 17:42:15 #
Nov 21, 2023 20:14:40 #
That’s a great catch from the jetty. We went by boat and got thirty for my friend Don, his son Wyatt and me. Wyatt pulled up half our rings and he’s only nine.
Nov 22, 2023 09:15:08 #
Isaac Hamilton wrote:
Had a great day out on the jetty and the beach. Brought home 8 Dungeness smallest 6 1/2
How did you catch them from the beach?
Nov 22, 2023 14:00:00 #
Isaac Hamilton wrote:
Had a great day out on the jetty and the beach. Brought home 8 Dungeness smallest 6 1/2
Great job from the jetty and beach Isaac! You used snares?
Nov 22, 2023 15:49:04 #
Isaac Hamilton
Loc: Lake county CA
Just cast from the beach by the Jetty. Got some big ones on that side.
Nov 22, 2023 19:41:21 #
Isaac Hamilton wrote:
Just cast from the beach by the Jetty. Got some big ones on that side.
Thanks
Nov 27, 2023 13:27:52 #
PCM
Loc: Forestville, CA
Isaac Hamilton wrote:
Just cast from the beach by the Jetty. Got some big ones on that side.
Good job, Isaac! Did you cast out nets from the beach or did you catch all those beauties on snares? What did you use for bait? And what was the tide doing while you were out there - coming in, going out or slack?
Also, my understanding is that you don't need a fishing license if you are on fishing from the rock jetty but you do need a license if fishing/crabbing from the beach.
One more point - I haven't been successful enough yet to put it to the test, but I've read that the crabs will stay alive longer if they are just in a cooler with ice packs (not bagged ice!) than if they are in a bucket of water. Evidently they consume all the oxygen in the water pretty quickly and expire sooner than later.
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