Pacifica Pier Fishing Report 11-10-14

I went to the pier tonight from about 6 pm to 10 pm. I had not been to the pier in a while and it was nice to see the improvements the city has made to the pier. They fixed all of the lights and replaced them with led's so the length of the pier is no well illuminated. There are also no more of the rusty metal plates on the walkway.

As for the fishing, it seems Dungeness season is off to a slow start. Between my brother and I we did not catch a single crab using 3 fishing poles with snares and one crab cage. There were other people who caught some, but no one had more than 2 or three keepers, however most people did not have any keepers. There was one gentleman there who caught 2 small soles and seemed to have been catching them all day.

Hopefully crabbing will be better next time I go. But it is nice to see that they have made some nice improvements to the pier.

Pillar Point Harbor Half Moon Bay South Jetty 6-12-14

I got to the jetty around 4 P.M. and we caught one small cabezon and several crabs. We were about 1/2 way down the jetty. We caught the Cabezon on some squid with 30 pound line and 12 pound leader. The crab trap I was using I initially threw out into the ocean but after it got stuck and I had to go for a swim to get it, I decided I would throw the crab trap into the harbor, not expecting much, but it out fished it compared to the ocean side. we also forgot that we had to leave there by sunset so when we got back to our car there was a sheriff waiting for us, so if you go there remember to leave before sunset. Click here to see the crab cage contour helmet cam footage

Time lapse of Crab trap at Pillar Point Harbor

I put a contour helmet cam in a crab trap to see what sort of action was going on under the waves, click the link to see for yourself