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Topic: Tomales Mouth Crabbing  (Read 5431 times)

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AbeToor

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Went to Lawson's and fished (3) pots at the mouth last Saturday & Sunday. Incoming tide didn't produce a thing though gorgeous. Outgoing I did okay (5 keepers) but sketch factor at mouth was real, no place for a tea break, seemed like within a minutes ass scratchin you'd be out in big wave SharkZilla zone speaking in tongues like DiNiro at the end of Cape Fear.
Stupidly let the Danielson pots soak Sat night. Next am one pot was buried and after 15 mins of different cussing techniques and fearing I could get rolled in the aggressively ebbing tide, I chopped the line. Then a large boat full of inbred meatheads clipped the float off another pot, felt pretty disheartened that the rope wasn't 3/8" SS cable anchored to a drum of concrete.
Good lessons though, in all it's a poor locale to yak crab unless you pick good tides, have experienced pals, expedite soaks and are prepared for a stiff work out.
Doran's usually more friendly, next time I go back to the mouth I'll be in my 19' whaler.


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Guess its time for my daily bite off the mangy crow. In fairness to gas boaters and after checking the topography a little more, soaking pots in Tomales mouth is basically like dropping traps inside the Doran jetty, not cool.
Bringing to mind cyclists on Hwy 1 bobbling along 3' inside the fog line. . . ."Plow em, okay, dont plow em just tap em, well at least run em off the road or smoke em good . . . Fuk it, plow em"


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a legendary place for GWS attacks and near misses and fatalities.

Who ever told you to go there is not your friend.
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Gnarly....

I've grabbed crabs while diving there but can't imagine trying to deal with setting and pulling pots...

For breaks against the incoming I usually pull over to the side beaches and chill...

Outgoing over there is definitely a no-no for me...

Glad you are ok!

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Bet you feel like Maverick from Top Gun with Kenny Loggins singing “danger zone”

Glad you survived...
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Yeah, the mouth of Tomales is no joke. WhalerÂ’s go down out there, too... Be careful.

Glad you got some crabs, though. Nice work!


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Great Story Abe. glad you got some crabs and lived to tell the tale. If your traps had your license no, karma may bring them back to you!


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Bringing to mind cyclists on Hwy 1 bobbling along 3' inside the fog line. . . ."Plow em, okay, dont plow em just tap em, well at least run em off the road or smoke em good . . . Fuk it, plow em"

WTF?  Hope some driver doesn't feel the same when your friends or loved ones are cycling on the road... smh
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Bit my tongue when I read that.  Thanks for saying something.
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Bringing to mind cyclists on Hwy 1 bobbling along 3' inside the fog line. . . ."Plow em, okay, dont plow em just tap em, well at least run em off the road or smoke em good . . . Fuk it, plow em"

WTF?  Hope some driver doesn't feel the same when your friends or loved ones are cycling on the road... smh

Exactly right, John.  This newby sounds like a real piece of work.  But then, you can't always fix stupid.


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Bringing to mind cyclists on Hwy 1 bobbling along 3' inside the fog line. . . ."Plow em, okay, dont plow em just tap em, well at least run em off the road or smoke em good . . . Fuk it, plow em"

WTF?  Hope some driver doesn't feel the same when your friends or loved ones are cycling on the road... smh

Exactly right, John.  This newby sounds like a real piece of work.  But then, you can't always fix stupid.

Also, kind of explains the crabbing in the narrow channel at the mouth of Tomales thing.  Darwin award potential in effect. 


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Bit my tongue when I read that.  Thanks for saying something.

Seriously. That post is way beyond not cool.
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Wow this thread sure turned sideways.  Either way there are lessons to be learned. 

There have been deaths because of where people place their pots and lines.  DonÂ’t put near jetties, in between green or red buoys, main channels and areas where there is a lot of boat traffic like the Tomales bay mouth.  It may look good until tide change and then the crab buoy is in the path of boats.  If a boat prop gets tangled and they are in a spot like that they can crash before getting it untangled.
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pertinent information here with this thread :smt001


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I've gotten rope stuck in my prop twice at crabbing in bodega.... it's not fun.
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