Fishing Report: Garibaldi Crabbing Aug 19 to 22nd

Went down to Garibaldi Wednesday morning on a solo fishing/crabbing mission. Had a mishap at the dock, entirely my fault, which ended in me getting wet and purchasing a new cell phone. Reminds me that no matter how many times you have launched a boat, you always need to cognizant of your surroundings and exactly what you are doing. After drying off, accepting the direct hit to my ego, and getting a new phone, headed to the ocean, bar was not restricted, but ocean was pretty choppy, dropped 3 crab pots north of the entrance, towards Twin Rocks and trolled around with cut plug herring for an hour or so.

Decided I would check the pots, since the ocean was rough, and fishing very slow. I could barely lift the first pot into the boat, and got 11 keepers from it. The second pot produced just as well, I kept my 12th keeper for a limit, and then dumped the entire third pot, full of crabs also. Next day, Thursday I only dropped two pots, and had the same success, fished while pots soaked, but no action. Friday was a very rainy day, no crabbing or fishing, then my wife and I crabbed in the bay with six pots Saturday, we had to work at it a little, but did get our 24 crab limit. The crabbing is always better in the ocean, my personal experience, but crabbing in the bay floating around is a nice way to spend the day.

Fishing reports are slow, but I am hoping this changes in the near future, heading down again sometime later this week.

Many thanks to the gentleman who assisted me at the dock after my mishap, I really appreciate people willing to help others when needed.