09-01-2007, 07:50 PM
Quote:It's true there isn't much out there now. About the only best thing going is/are the Humboldt squid, which the party boats are offering as part of a combo package, with either Dungeness or sand dabs the supplemental bag. Emeryville Sportfishing, for one, brought its pots in last week, so it's squid or jack squat. The Berkeley shop likely will hobble together squid and 'dab trips, which, come to think of it, are a lot of fun. You're given a 5-gallon bucket, and when the boat stops over a likely sandy bottom, you do your best to fill that bucket with the delectables of the flatfish order. Out of Pillar Point, Tom Mattusch's Huli Cat makes the day running out toward Pioneer Canyon for squid, then, good guy that he is, stops at his pot string on the way in to send you home with crab. Similar deal from Bodega Bay, though with a greater emphasis on squid.
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Brian Hoffman
Thursday, January 4, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle