For all our fellow SoundBiters:Â Â The Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife recently announced that 5 areas of the Puget Sound will reopen to recreational crab fishing.
This is welcome news to those of us here in Kitsap County who religiously drop our crab pots out on Hood Canal during the Summer months. The past couple of seasons have been rather short and disappointing, to say the least. Crabbing season used to start in early June and close towards the end of September. The last couple of years they pushed the start out to July 4th weekend, and closed it Labor Day weekend. So this reopening affords us a few more opportunities to stock our freezers!
Starting at sunrise November 1st, Marine Area 6 (eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca), Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet), Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton), Area 11 (Tacoma/Vashon), and Area 12 (Hood Canal) will all reopen for sport crabbing.
Unlike the normal Summer season, this Late Season opening will allow crab fishing all 7 days of the week. All other size and daily catch limits apply. This Late Season will extend through January 2, 2008.
So if you can play hooky from work on a sunny day, or don’t mind braving the cooler Fall elements, then head out and snag up a few more Dungies!
For more details, go HERE.

























