Tomales Bay crabbing 11/1

My girlfriend and I planned on getting out there early and getting done early before the wind picked up. The plan was to fish the morning high tide and get out before the wind got us. We ended up staying out a bit too long and had a long paddle back against the wind!

There were a lot of boats out pulling pots, but not too crazy. We did pretty good. Lots of undersized dungeness, a mix of red crabs, and about a dozen keepers. Most went back into the water and we kept the largest 4 to eat.

Right on. Thanks for the Tomales report!

you threw back 8 legal crabs?

No reason to keep them if we're not going to eat them I'll either catch more another day, or somebody else can enjoy them. On top of that most of the thrown back ones were not in great shape. 1 with no claws. A few with only 1 claw. I also prefer to keep them once they are over 6 inches so they have more meat.