Yaquina Bay report 22-May-2021

Lots of female crab.  Wanted to fish the finger jetties so crabbed just west of the bridge.  Only one keeper male.  Released a smaller Copper, broke off one fish and brought home a Quillback and a Black Rockfish. 

My fishing companion broke off two and kept two Black Rockfish.

Tide was backwards so we had to peddle against the tide both ways.

Parking was challenging due to the all depth halibut day.

I forgot my PFD, but borrowed one from South Beach Marina.

I should be a professional photographer, because the fish look twice as big as they were.

Nice job getting some fish! It can be tough in that bay. We dropped some traps outside of the jaws from the wave runners on the way out to halibut fish. The two I dropped were packed full of crabs. It was super exciting before learning that they were almost all females. I ended up getting 3 keepers from 2 jamb packed traps. Hopefully the ratio gets better later in the season