Despite the delay of commercial Dungeness crab season, and the temporary prohibition against using ”long soak” rigid crab pots, plenty of Monterey Bay residents enjoyed their traditional Thanksgiving ...

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 ...

Question: Is it legal to use hoop nets to catch crab off piers in California this time of the year? I thought I read crab season runs through June. However, the hoop net is a net people use for ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced commercial Dungeness crab restrictions will be lifted on Jan. 5 in DFW Zones 1 and 2. Recreational anglers in those zones may use traditional ...

Steamed, boiled, even microwaved — Dungeness crab has been a longtime Bay Area food tradition. But as is widely known, for the fourth year in a row, local Dungeness crab is not for sale in time for ...

Q: Is it legal to use hoop nets to catch crab off piers in California this time of the year? I thought that I read crab season runs through June. However, the hoop net is a net that people use for ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- State fishery officials have delayed the start of Dungeness crab fishing season from Monterey to Point Arena along the Mendocino County coast at least until just days before ...

Update: A decision was made Nov. 1 to restrict the use of traps in two zones and to delay the commercial season in those zones as well. Click here for the update. Under new rules, California’s fish ...

One of the closest things to a sure bet in California fishing this time of year is going on a trip for crab and rockfish. The vast majority of trips departing from harbors from Half Moon Bay to Bodega ...