Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2023-2024 season. In order to avoid entanglements with the large number of whales feeding in nearshore areas along ...

A California crab fishermen who is fishing with a crab snare. Crab loop traps (crab snares) may have up to six loops. (Creative Commons photo) Question: While crabbing from shore with a rod/reel/crab ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Fisherman Jake Bunch leans over the side of the fishing boat “Sadie K,” spears his catch, and reels it aboard: an abandoned crab pot, dangling one limp lasagna noodle of kelp ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area. Commercial Dungeness crabbing, scheduled to open Nov. 15, is likely to be delayed. In order ...

The age-old tradition of catching crab for dinner has returned to the Bay Area, with some relief. With the opening of the state recreational Dungeness crab season on Saturday, local crabbers showed up ...

The 25/26 Dungeness Crab Season kicked off strong with a successful outing at around 120 FOW, yielding some nets with over 8 keepers while others came up empty. After 2-3 hours on the water, 30 nice ...

Crabs are hideous sea creatures with cold, shifty eyes, twisted, scuttling legs, formidable crushing claws and warty armor. But the flesh of this barbarous beast is a sweetly delicate meat. Local ...

The commercial Dungeness crab season opens Friday, and a storm of vessels from as far away as Oregon is circulating off the Northern California coast, pulling their first trap hauls this very morning.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced last week that recreational Dungeness crab season was open in Mendocino, Del Norte and portions of Humboldt County.