Dungeness Crab, Red Rock Crab
The details of our Puget Sound summer crabbing season have finally been announced! Most of it gets underway on July 1st, with some of the usual areas delaying their openers out of concern for soft shells continuing through July.
This blog post will share the season details and connect you to helpful resources for anyone just starting out, or if you need a refresher / new gear for this crabbing season.
The above photo still makes me laugh! How we captured this moment still astounds me. Proper crab handling is an important topic, but so are the details of the 2022 Puget Sound Crab season which has just been announced!
Here are some things you need to know to have a great crab season in Puget Sound in 2022.
The 2021 Puget Sound Crab season has been announced! Here are some things you need to know to have a great crab season in the Puget Sound in 2020.
Hood Canal offers some of the most scenic crabbing and fishing in the entire Pacific Northwest. We share all about our successful trip for Dungeness crab and flounder on scenic Hood Canal in October 2020
Camping and fishing Neah Bay for a prime week in July/August? This fishing trip report is a must-read! We had an incredible time catching limits of salmon and bottom fish in the Neah Bay and Sekiu area.
There are so many reasons to camp near Hood Canal. The scenery is pretty awesome for one. We camped at “Scenic Beach State Park”, it is aptly named as the view across the canal to the Olympic Mountains is just incredible.
I’ve been spending way too much idle time glancing at Facebook posts of all the salmon being caught out in Sekiu. Ahhh! It’s killing me to not be back out there. We had an epic time though on the opener and it sounds like it has been absolutely packed with people since then. This report is about what’s going on closer to home though, so let’s dig in!
WDFW has announced the exact details for the opening of the 2020 Winter Puget Sound crab season. There won’t be as many folks on the water and the crab will be larger with more meat on them.
Time to get more tasty Dungeness crab!
Things seem to be changing quickly in terms of recreational opportunities as the state shuts down.
The city of Westport recently shut down all hotels, vacation rentals, and ways for non-residents to stay in an effort to keep people away and stop the spread.
This whole virus mess will pass. When it does, making a trip to Westport for bottom fishing is something you should strongly consider. This whole virus mess will pass. When it does, making a trip to Westport for bottom fishing is something you should strongly consider.
I’ve wanted to get this post up about our Hood Canal Crabbing trip quickly since winter crabbing is closing at the end of this week, but I’ve been waylaid by a virus (probably corona?) that knocked me out the last 3-4 days.
We were only on the water for about 4-5 hours but experienced decent success with keeper crabs. Most of them were Red Rock, but we still got some nice big Dungeness crab sprinkled in the mix.
