Okay, so you’re probably as bummed out as me from the news that Hood Canal (Marine Area 12) isn’t scheduled to open for recreational crabbing until July 29th!
You heard it right, July 29th! That’s nearly two-thirds of your prime warm Summer crabbing weather gone down the tubes, leaving only a few short weeks in August to make a mad scramble for those coveted Dungies!
So what are your options, you ask?
Well, starting as early as June 18th, you could trailer your boat up to Neah Bay/Seiku (Marine Area 4 & 5), on the northernmost point of the Olympic Peninsula. Don’t forget that the Hood Canal Bridge might still be closed, so you’ll have to drive around through Shelton! And while you’re at it, remember its open water up there, so that 12 ft. aluminum boat with a 5 hp. kicker just ain’t gonna cut it!
Or, you could trailer your boat down to Marine Area 13 (South Puget Sound), down around Olympia. But they haven’t seen any dungies in those parts since Lewis & Clark came through!
So that leaves you with Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton) that opens on July 1st. We normally launch at Brownsville Marina and motor out through Agate Pass, and drop our pots off Suquamish Harbor. It costs you a couple bucks to launch at Brownsville, but they have a nice ramp and dock.
There is always the Charles Lawrence Memorial Boat Ramp in downtown Suquamish as well, which is suitable for small-to-medium sized boats.
Of course, you could always just run out to one of the local tribal fisheries and pay $6.99 per pound. They’ve got plenty, all year round!…
For a list of all WA State Park boat launch locations, go HERE.
For the list of all Kitsap County WA boat launch locations, go HERE.
For the Kitsap Peninsula Visitors & Convention Bureau website, go HERE.
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