Crab pot or crab net?

Me and my buddy are planing to go crabing on a kayak when the season open.
What you guys think is best on a kayak, net or pot?

I already have crab net should I invest in crab pot?

Have any of you guys crabing on kayak in the Pacifica area or the halfmoon Bay Area? Any advise as safety wise I know they have pretty ugly swells there.

Thank you in advance

Depends on how proactive you are Scott. Keep in mind that if you drop pots, you'd have to leave them for some time unless you drop them on a honey-crab-hole. A lot of us do "combo trips" where we drop our pots and fish while they're soaking. You cant really do that with nets. But if you're solely crabbing and want to keep yourself busy, then by all means use nets/hoops.

HMB is more popular for crabbing off our kayaks. Check out Pillar Point harbor. I'm sure there's a few members who crab off Pacifica/Linda Mar. I've never personally launched from there.

Herb

Linda Mar is a surf launch with a lot of surfers usually. Launch from the south end. Park in the Nona's parking lot, just south of the toxic stream.  If you get pots, get the Promar 102. This is the easiest pot to secure for surf launch. The rocky point at the south end has rockfish but is sharky. There are always kayakers crabbing there. A lot of the locals roll with 2-3 hoops only and do well. In between flat hoops and pots are the structured hoops like the Promar Ambush hoop. These have the advantage of being able to long or short soak them. I really like them because they work on crabs and lobster. They stack well but aren't ideal for surf launch because it raises your COG.

Each serve a different purpose and has its only place in the crabbing arena.

Long or un-attended soaking of a traps, crab "pots" tend to retain crabs better; but catch crabs slower, depending on the number of entry points for the pot.

15 minutes soaks w/constant attending, Hoop Nets tend to be the trap of choice; it allows you to identify low-productivity areas and move traps accordingly. However, since there is no way to 'trap' the crabs once they are in the hoop area, they tend to leave once they get there fill of food; this is why constant checking of the traps is required.

I like to use my hoop to spot check the area... ie 5 min soak.. if I get.. then I drop a pot... if I don't, I move on...  good to have a few post spread out though too.. like a 10 min paddle away.. then go back and forth collecting the catch and rebaiting as required.