Halfmoon Bay South Jetty Tips?

I always wanted to try crab snaring out on the HMB South Jetty.

Where should I park and what should I be concerned about? How far out should I go?

Should I be worried about high tide or swells? Appreciate any advice.

There's a new member, FISHIN_ROD, who says he's heading to HMB, and he has experience there.  May want to send him a message with your questions.

You can park across the street, there's a dirt lot there, or along the side of the road if you arrive early enough.

I usually fish off the jetty rather than crab but I've seen people crabbing. I'd say around halfway to the "bend" is a good place to start. At low tide, you can walk out quite a ways on the sand on the harbor side before you start making your way across the rocks.

The tide isn't much of an issue but keep an eye on the surf forecast. Waves will break over the whole jetty when the surf is high. 3-5' swells is ok.

Also keep an eye out for snags. Keep the rod tip up as you're bringing your snares in or they'll get hung up. There's lots of mussels etc. on the rock there

Completely agree with the above commenter with keeping an eye out for the waves crashing. Pretty much from the beginning to the corner (bend) of the jetty is where you'll encounter the wave breaks. If you're stuck out past the bend with a high tide and waves crashing, you can transverse along the side of the jetty closer the water (harbor side.)

For crabbing, I've only seen rock crabs caught. You might be able to find some Dungeness crabs towards the end of the south jetty casting towards the north Jetty area though. Goodluck and safe travels

JT

There's a new member, FISHIN_ROD, who says he's heading to HMB, and he has experience there.  May want to send him a message with your questions.

Just saw this, I’m back home know. I had a great time this last weeken at HMB.