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May 19, 2019    Headlines

Good Crabbing / Rockfish Limits
Salmon Reopens May 18th

The salmon season reopened with a wimper but things improved on Sunday and are looking up. On Saturday 5-18 Rick on the New Sea Angler worked a wide area and put in a long day. They ended the day with 34 limits of rockfish adding 4 lings and 1 salmon. He spent much of the day trolling for salmon in 30 to 40 fathoms. He found great sign with huge piles of anchovies and whales but the jelly was up and the fish were down. The weather started off OK but the winds ramped up to 20 knots by the afternoon. Rick is taking a few days off and plans on running on Thursday. The Reel Magic canceled due to the forecast but has room next weekend. 
On a side note a handful of commercial boats found good action on Friday. The dock rumors were that the fish were deep and that a couple of boats did "real well".
On Sunday 5-19 Rick ran a bit further offshore. Fishing in 50 fathoms SW of the Head they landed 8 salmon and lost a few others. Rick said the fish were holding deep and they saw a few flurries of action between. He says there is good sign on the outside but it does look juicier in 30 to 40 fathoms. They finished up the day pulling through some crab pots for an additional 138 crabs.

With the salmon season on a temporary 17 day break rockfishing is the focus for the Bodega Bay fleet. The weather has been calm the past few days and the New Sea Angler has been out after rockfish and crabs. On Monday 5-13 Rick was out with 12 anglers and reported limits of crabs, rockfish and lings to 12 pounds for all on board.

The newest addition to the Bodega fleet is the sixpack 34' twin diesel catamaran the "Reel Magic." Co-owner Captain Merlin Kolb has been working nonstop to get her ready for the salmon season.  Merlin will be running rockfish/ crab combos and salmon once the season opens April 13th. 707 875-BOAT (2628). He has space available. 
 
Owner / operator captain Merlin Kolb is bringing his 34 foot twin diesel catamaran the "Reel Magic" to Bodega bay this month. He will be offering salmon / rockfish and crabbing trips through the spring and summer months. Merlin is a well known local captain who is excited to finally be running his own operation. 707 875-boat (2628) or 707 479-0992.

New Sea Angler Sportfishing. Captain Rick is offering rockfish and salmon trips daily 707 875-3344

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Nearly all the salmon caught along the coast this year are there thanks to the Golden Gate Salmon Association. If not for their efforts to push both state and federal hatchery managers to truck fish over the past three years of drought we would have likely NOT had a season this year or next. I encourage readers to support this great organization and their efforts to return our salmon fishery to it's past glory. You can visit their website and see all that they are doing to make that a reality.

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 Party Boat Contacts:
 The Bodega Bay Sportfishing  Center is currently booking trips on the New Sea Angler. They also book the six pack Sandy Ann, Profishn't and during the summer the Predator. Reservations can be made at 707 875-3344.
 
 
 
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5-day plot - Wind Speed at 46013

5-day plot - Wave Height at 46013

Marine Weather
 With the Point Arena, San Francisco and Bodega Bay buoys all out of service it's been tough to judge conditions. There are some land based weather stations, wave rider and even webcams that readers can use to assess current conditions.  The Point Reyes wind observations or wave conditions at the San Francisco wave rider buoy are good tools for Golden Gate anglers.  For Bodega Bay anglers you can use both the Point Reyes wind observations and the Bodega Bay Marine lab web cam at Horseshoe Cove and conditions at the Point Arena light house. For Monterey based anglers looking for conditions inside Monterey bay can use the Monterey Bay Aquarium buoy.

 
 

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