Crab in the canal should be open through August at least. The southern part of the hood canal seems to get pressured quite a bit. Hint, lots of BIG crab in the north part of the Hood Canal. I have done all of my crabbing north of the Dosewallips this year and have caught at least 30 crab over 8". Have yet to come home without my limit this year. Shad, chicken, turkey, salmon, it has all worked. I think there are just a lot of crab out there.