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SALTWATER
Jan 3-17, 2020
VOL.39 • ISS. 2
SALTWATER REPORTS
BERKELEY
Crowds Light As Anglers
Dodge Storms For Rocks &
Crabs!
BERKELEY - It looks as if the
rockfish season is set to end with a
bang at the end of the month. Heavy
sacks and jumbo crabs remain the
norm for East Bay charter anglers.
The only stumbling block has been
big storms and big waves that have
kept anglers off the ocean at times.
On the Happy Hooker the story has
been very positive
with, limits of rockfish
and full limits of big
crab hitting the deck.
“We’ll be offering
crab and rockfish
combo trips until the
bottomfish season
ends,” said Capt.
Jonathan Smith of
the Happy Hooker.
“The action has been
good and I expect it
to continue. When the
weather is up, we’ve
been fishing the coast
and the scores drop a
bit. When the weather
cooperates we hit
the Farallon Islands
and the bite has been
rocking good out there.
Once the rockfish
season ends we’ll be
headed up to Martinez
for sturgeon season.”
BODEGA BAY
Rockfish and
Dungeness Crab
Limits Continue
Through End of
Rockfish Season
BODEGA BAY –
The commercial crab
vessels set their
gear ton Saturday,
December 14th with
their first pulls on
December 15th after
a month of delay due
to the potential for
whale entanglement.
The rockfish season
ends on December
31st, but the action
remains hot for both
rockfish and crab
despite the presence
of thousands of
commercial crab
pots.
Captain Rick
Powers of Bodega
Bay Sport Fishing
continues to load
up on rockfish and
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Hefty rockfish like this were the norm for anglers dropping
shrimp flies from the decks of the Happy Hooker this November.
Photo courtesy of HAPPY HOOKER SPORTFISHING, Berkeley.
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Rockfish and crabs have been the target of anglers fishing
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Photo courtesy of HULI CAT SPORTFISHING, Half Moon Bay.
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