Rockfishing remains great and crab counts are holding up well for party boats and sport anglers with longer strings on long soaks. On Sunday 12-8 the seas were calm with just 5 knots of breeze over a 3 foot lazy swell along the beach. Temps were very chilly even coast side with Bodega bay reporting 29 degrees this morning. Rick on the New Sea Angler ran south to Point Reyes where they caught straight bottom fish. Rick said the sacks consisted of vermilions, browns, chinas and gophers adding 5 lings for 17 anglers. In the crabs pots they sent everyone home with limits of crabs to three pounds. Rick has light loads scheduled this Wednesday through Friday.
You private boaters have not been sending in many reports this week other than regular Kenny who reported 2 limits of crabs (7 pots on a week long soak off Salmon Creek) with limits of mostly blacks and 4 lings to 9 pounds off Ft Ross. Ken said that they saw an average of 4 mixed grade crabs per pot but had five jumbos over three pounds. No, he did not disclose his location and I would not give it up if he had.

and  Rick on the New Sea Angler was back out on Thursday 12-5 with a light load of 13 anglers. They took limits of both crabs and rockfish adding 6 lings in very chilly but good sea conditions. They got the rockfish north and the crabs off the Head. Rick has room this weekend.

On Monday 12-2 Rick on the New Sea Angler ran south for rockfish. Rick said they had sloppy conditions with winds of 15 to 20 knots but they were able to put in 17 limits of rockfish adding 8 lings to 12 pounds. They pulled roughly 20 pots for 82 crabs but with several "green" clients they headed home early and were back in by 1:PM. Rick says the winds were building this afternoon and he will be taking the next two days off. The forecast calls for high winds through Wednesday and calmer weather returning on Friday.