Bodega, Fort Bragg and Westport

Awesome and thanks, my wife and I made it to our first stop. We will be here till Thursday at Doran. The wind is blowing today, however, tomorrow looks nice. Hopefully there’s some crab left out there, I’ll try tomorrow.

I only went crabbing for a couple hours today after the fog lifted. There was a lot of female and undersized crab off the day use area. I ended up with 3 crabs for lunch, for my wife and I. I made a how to clean and cook crab video while I was at it. Let me know what you think? I was also thinking of heading a little further away from the day use beach to try and find a little better crab selection. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the report and picture FR.  I would try about half mile to the left of the pier in 40 fow.  Good luck tomorrow.

Boy, I want some crab to eat now  . Thanks for the video report!

From day use ,(I figured you launch @the jetty) look west towards the golf course, pic out a big rock outcroping (pinnicle rock) or treeline and set a pin, (or use the bathrooms and your waypoint for navigation) its not but 30-50' deep out there , I set traps out past the jetty break.
I usually use the bellbouy for first drop then the rock (Bodega aka seal rock)then split the remaining section up.
This helps find them on the return trip, if no gps.
Just beware of the wind...

https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/bodega_bay

No fishing update today or tomorrow, we are in the redwoods. Saturday we head to Fort Bragg, but I did make some awesome Blackened Halibut and rice for dinner.

Ocean conditions for Fort Bragg are not favorable for the weekend, wind 20+kn gusting to 30+.
There are 3 breweries in town that could ease the pain 

Ocean conditions for Fort Bragg are not favorable for the weekend, wind 20+kn gusting to 30+.
There are 3 breweries in town that could ease the pain 

Well that sucks, hopefully it will calm down. If not, I will not take the risk, especially not knowing the local area. Luckily, I have a bag of Halibut steaks from ARW! I was hoping to catch some more crab and fresh fish tacos!