The west side of Jones and south end can be pretty productive. You can go farther south to just in front of Yellow Island and McConnel Island and do well there too. Look where there is a deeper pocket in there and it can produce. The north end of Jones can produce but the tide can move fast enough there to lose your pot in a hurry. Almost did last year. Iceburg Point is the biggest producer in the San Juans. Like he said just on the south end of Lopez. An incoming tide in the straight will wash away your pots if they are not weighted well enough. Mine weigh 30 #s each and there was enough tide to push the buoys under until 7:00 the next morning a couple of years ago. I would say a minimum of 20-25#s per pot in the straight. I know from experience-many lost pots at Iceburg. Also deadheads floating along sometimes picks up pots and carries them away.
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