You'll be able to find answers to any questions you may have about our fishing trips here in our FAQ. If you can't find the answer, please give us a call and we will be glad to help you.
All fishing trips require a license...see license fees.
Ocean and Bay Crabbing trips require a separate shellfish license.
(All licenses available in the Captain's Reel office)
No, bait & tackle are provided and included in the price of the sport fishing trip.
Yes, for an additional fee, we fillet fish or cook crab for our customers.
Yes, on specific fisheries, tags are required, but are included with the one day license.
We use heavy tackle…forty to sixty lb. test line on stiff rods and 4/0 or 6/0 reels. We are fishing from 70 to 150 fathoms of water and often we use 32 to 48 ozs. of lead to get to the bottom.
Bay Crabbing: A slip ring pot allows the crab to enter anywhere around the pot. When you pull the pot, The sides of the pot come up when you lift the pot making in near impossible for a crab to escape.
Dungeness crabs are our target. They are mal, 5 ¾” across the top shell. We’ll be sure to show you how to stay in regulations of crabbing.
Red rock crabs are much smaller (which means much less meat), but are still a good catch.
Crab are caught in the bay at any time and during any tide. The best time is during “slack tide”, about an hour before and after high tide.
View the tide tables for the year here.
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