Northwest Fishing Reports

Heading out to quilcene with familly, and a couple boats. will be crabbing the north end of hood canal 2-27 and 2-28. wdfw extended the season due to the apearant surplus of crab in hood canal, "especially in the north end". Havent been crabbing in many years. Any pointers on depth to set pots, areas of the canal to fish or what bait to use would be greatly apreciated.
Im planning to use freezer burnt squid, perch and trout to mix into our chicken for bait.

-Thanks
-sideburns

I used to spend some time fishing the canal, and the one thing that I recall, is to be aware of the strength of the current in there. Make sure your pots have enough weight in them, or they may take a ride.

we nearly limited on dungeness, both of the last two days of the season. feb 27-28. mixture of chicken, squid and misc fish about 65 feet deep shelf was where we found lots of big males for our cooler. almost lost pots sunday. 2 foot+ wind driven swell and chop was pretty rough, and mechanical main engine problems on my uncle's boat.