ROCKFISH:  The creative 2024 rockfishing season is still open through the end of the year.  Rockfishing along our Northern California coastline is open in October outside the 50-fathom boundary (approximately 300 feet deep),  inside the 20 fathom boundary (from shore to approximately 120 feet) in November, and back in the deep water again in December.  Why?  To protect a rockfish called a quillback, but also attempt to give anglers an opportunity to fish either coastal or deep water.  Pending any emergency actions, we anticipate the seasons will be the same in 2025 and 2026, but we'll have to wait and see what's decided at the upcoming PFMC meetings.

DUNGENESS CRAB:   Just a few more weeks until the season reopens!!  The recreational dungeness crab season will open again the first Saturday in November.  We'll find out if we can use pots or have to use hoop nets when we get closer to opening day, but the general consensus is that the season will more than likely be required to open using hoop nets or snares only due to the large number of whales that have been off the coastline this year.  Rock crab is open year-round, and folks do pretty darn well at times getting good numbers of rock crab around this harbor.

SALMON:  No salmon fishing anywhere in California for 2024 as the season has been closed for the second year in a row.  As long as all goes as planned, salmon fishing will hopefully open next year on Saturday, April 5, 2025 with a 24" minimum two fish limit off our coastline.   We should find out whether this will happen or not by mid-February.   It all depends on the number of salmon that are counted returning up the rivers to spawn.  Fingers crossed!

AROUND THE HARBOR:  There has been insane amounts of bait that have showed up in and out of the harbor for well over a month, both anchovies and even some mackerel.  The birds are still zooming around the harbor over the schools of baitfish, and folks using Sabiki rigs are having lots of success catching oodles of fresh bait.