Dungeness crab and rockfish combination trips is the way to go with anglers claiming limits of both on many outings. Seas have been calm lately providing ideal conditions. Bodega Bay seems to be the epicenter of the crab world with charters and private craft loading up. Salmon season is closed with rockfish continuing through December 31.

Note:
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing changes to the recreational ground fish regulations for next year, the 2017-2018 fishing season. The regulations are becoming more liberal in terms of legal fishing depths, but more restricted in terms of take. For the central management area from Pigeon Point to Point Conception the changes include rockfish, cabezon and greenling fishing out to 300 feet of water. Current regulations allow fishing only out to 240 feet. The bag limit on black rockfish drops from 5 fish to 3 fish per day and lingcod drops from 3 fish to only 2 per day. Boccaccio is currently limited to 3 per day, will be opened wide. You will be able to keep up to 10 per day as opposed to the current limit of 3 per day. Perhaps the most significant change is lifting the eight year ban on canery rockfish whereby you can keep one canary per day. “since the resource has been now declared rebuilt,” according to the DFW. These are proposed changes only, but the DFW typically adheres to their projections.