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Update!  4-5-2016

The months of waiting for commerical crab fishing to be okayed is finally here. Commercial Dungeness crab season was offically opened last Saturday after an okay by the Fish and Game Commission and the wholesale price of $2.99 a pound was agreed upon.  At Pillar Point fishermen are selling right off their boats to customers for about  $6 a pound. The crab are reportedly to be especially plump after being left in the water for lo...
Update!  4-5-2016

The months of waiting for commerical crab fishing to be okayed is finally here. Commercial Dungeness crab season was offically opened last Saturday after an okay by the Fish and Game Commission and the wholesale price of $2.99 a pound was agreed upon.  At Pillar Point fishermen are selling right off their boats to customers for about  $6 a pound. The crab are reportedly to be especially plump after being left in the water for lo...
I took a short walk down to the harbor on Thursday after I saw a number of semi-trucks lined up on the wharf. Turns out crab is so plentiful here, that they are shipping them all over the west coast.   Here's what I saw!







This container holds 800 pounds of crab



The containers are loaded onto a waiting semi-truck
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Crab.

If you're at Pillar Point RV Park, you gotta have it.

While there are restaurants nearby that will be happy to take your money, there's nothing like going to the harbor during crab season and getting them fresh, caught that day off the boats.

Some of you may be experts at this, but for those who aren't, here's how to crack, clean and cook a fresh crab according to our friends, John and Irene, from the fishing vessel, the Irene Marie, located...


Recreational Sport
Crab Season
is here!

Hundreds, if not thousands of people have streamed into Pillar Point RV Park and the surrounding area as sport fishing dungeness crab season officially opens.  And, they are hauling them in today, along with Rock Cod and other fish.  It's an exciting day and we'll be updating this post to tell you more about it.

(Thanks to Tom Stine for this sunrise shot at the boat launch)


Here are some of the catch...
While there are a whole host of wonderful restaurants, many within walking distance of Pillar Point RV Park, there's nothing like throwing fresh fish, caught that day, on the grill.

Getting your hands on a fresh fish is easy here and there's several ways you can do it.

1.  Go out on the jetty to catch one OR use the Boat launch a block away to take out your own boat.  It's only $13 to launch.  Self serve.

2.  Book a charter that...
CRAB LANDING
260 Capistrano Road
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
(650) 712-1288

http://www.crablanding.com

Check this link for specials and entertainment
http://www.crablanding.com/events.html

Slideshow of our visit below


A three block walk from Pillar Point RV Park is a terrific restaurant called, "Crab Landing".  Not only is it a seafood restaurant, but it is also a steakhouse.  And I have to tell you, one of the questions we hear most often on the...
3 ZERO CAFE
Half Moon Bay Airport
9850 Cabrillo Hwy N
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
(650) 728-1411

Hours:

Mon-Fri 8 am - 2 pm

Sat-Sun 7 am - 3 pm


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PASTA MOON
315 Main Street
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
(650) 726-5125

http://www.pastamoon.com/

LUNCH
Mon-Fri:
11:30 - 2 pm
Sat - Sun: 12:00 - 3:00 pm
DINNER
Sun- Thur: 5:30 pm - 9 pm
Fri - Sat: 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm

MEZZA LUNA
459 Prospect Way &.....