I know crabbing has not been good in area 10 but people are trying hard to get some. We were out early Tuesday morning hoping for a salmon in Northeast 10. My wife commented that crabbing must not be good because the number of pots was less than normal. When we returned to the ramp at Shilshole two WDFW enforcement boats were at the ramp offloading crab pots. That is when we realized, Tuesday crabbing is closed. I don't know how many pots they had but a large flatbed trailer was full, stacked at least 5 high with all kinds of pots. My guess would be some where between 50 and 70. When we pulled out the two boats were going back out, headed North, where we had seen many pots. I suspect they found another trailer load of pots.

We can complain about the tribes and the commercial fisheries and quotas but if the recreational crabbers violate the most basic rules the complaints don't carry much weight. When we launched at 5:30 AM someone was crabbing off of the public pier at the ramp. He was gone at 9:00, enforcement has been checking there often.