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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Weather and sea conditions have been somewhat tumultuous for surfcasters, but there are plenty of fishable days on the beaches from San Francisco down to the San Mateo County line. Perch are getting ...

Steamed, boiled, even microwaved - Dungeness crab has been a long time 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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Commercial fishermen are most likely going to be crabby after the latest announcement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The opening of the Dungeness crab commercial ...

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 ...

Commercial fishing of Dungeness crab along California’s coastline has been delayed again, according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Migrating humpback whales are still present off the coast of ...

Dungeness crab season has hit a snag in California. The recreational Dungeness crab season officially opened on November 1, 2025. However, the commercial season remains closed and is delayed until at ...