The ocean outside Bodega Bay is a special place on opening day of recreational crab season, home to an abundance of some of the sweetest, tenderest and tastiest meats in the sea. Its waters also hold ...

BODEGA BAY (KPIX) - The commercial crab season officially opened on Wednesday, but there will be no Dungeness crab for Christmas. In Bodega Bay not a single boat has left the harbor. First it was the ...

Expectations of a poor commercial crab season are being reinforced by Bodega Bay sport fishermen who are finding plenty of crab but ones just too small to be legal for professional fishermen. ?I think ...

Crew members Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund throw out line while setting crab pots off the Sonoma County coast. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It was a calm January morning, the ...

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is throwing local fishermen a lifeline. Commercial fishers affected by closed and shortened fishing seasons can apply for dock fee waivers at the Bodega Bay ...

Dungeness crabs are pulled out of a crab pot near Bodega Bay, Calif., on Jan. 30. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: Entanglement in crab fishing gear is one of the biggest ...

Ogg, who has fished out of Bodega Bay for 25 years, said profitability of crab fishing has declined, contributing to attrition in the statewide fleet. “The gear has gone from $50 a pot to $350 a pot, ...

From the living room window of their waterfront home, Carol and Tony Anello have watched the rise and fall of Bodega Bay. Traffic on Westshore Road flows past in waves, fishing boats pull into the ...

It is more of the same in Bodega Bay with limits of both Dungeness crab and rockfish. Boats are back at the docks by noon. Crabbing has been outstanding as Bodega is one of the best locations for the ...