With a kayak, crab traps, a pole spear, and an ab iron, a healthy variety of sea food can be harvested and hunted with a day’s effort. I chose the Jenner area because I knew the silt bottom bay where the Russian River meets the ocean would provide a good habitat for dungenous crab, and […]
August 29, 2012
Last weekend a good friend and I winded our way up highway 1 to Salt Point SP on the Sonoma coast. We made our pilgrimage with the intention of scouring the sea floor for abalone on what we prayed would be a beautiful day. It was. After evaluating the dive site and choosing our point […]
April 30, 2012
Only two seasons ago I went for my very first abalone dive during the season kickoff at Fort Ross. It was a thrilling adventure and I successfully took a limit of abalone on my first day. Since then I have gone many more times and with two exceptions I have always been capable of taking […]
December 31, 2011
Mussels are likely the most widely available and reliable molluscs found on the California coast. If you think you might enjoy fresh mussels at almost no cost and you’re not already picking them this article might be for you. Lets begin by noting that as with all filter feeders a quarantine is in effect from […]
December 28, 2011
I thought I would sum up what I have learned about clamming this year, which is by no means much. In the time following my first adventure digging predominantly Washington Clams in Bodega Bay I returned to dig on several occasions. I have yet to catch a limit or arrive early for low tide but […]
December 1, 2011
I recently purchased a large sit-on-top ocean kayak. I had only once before taken it out and that was in Bodega Bay California on a calm beautiful sunny day with 1-2 ft swell. Now back in the city with my new kayak, I was excited and a little daunted to try launching through the surf […]
January 25, 2011
I have been researching clamming in California for sometime now in an effort to learn how one goes about finding clams on the California coast. I have found much information about digging razor clams in Del Norte and Humboldt county, and I have also found much on the subject of pismo clams down in Southern […]
November 11, 2012
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