On this page I will post boats that home-port or fish off the coast of California. You are welcome to send additional photos or comments on any of these boats to me, alan@haig-brown.com . Please include photo credits on your own photos or those that you have permission to post.
- Blue Pacific: built by the Makela Brothers in Noyo Hbr for Ed Schnaubelt and owned the father of Joey Jourdain (see FB groip Salmon, Albacore and Crab Fishers
- City of Eureka, former fishing boat. Full story at: http://www.triplicate.com/News/Local-News/Groundfish-fleet-vanishing
- Dixie: Monteray Clipper built Genoa Boat Works in 1924 now owned by Maury Polse of Lafayette, CA
- Jes An: built by Van Peer Boat Works of Fort Bargg Californai. Shanegrant Wehr photo, Shane says, ” In San Francisco killing crab~ this rig is a bad boy!!!!!”
- Josephine built 1948 owned by Rich Fitzpatrick, San Francisco
- Judy S built in 1974 and hailing from San Francisco, California
- Kelly L, built 1976 salmon troller owned by Chris Nicolas of Crescent City just delivered chinook salmon at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf on May 11, 2007
- Miss Kelley II: built 1982 by Kelley Boat Works, hailing port Fort Bragg, California
- Sandra Dee at San Francisco’s fisherman’s wharf: built 1949 and owned by Tim Calvert. Shanegrant Wehr photo
- Shellfish one of the first crabbers with a crane on deck built Pacific Fisherman 1967 hailing port San Francisco, CA owned J&R Dooley Fishes crab on the whole west coast
- Sea Quest: Tuna boat built 1957 hailing port Crescent City, California
- Smith Bros. No.2 (built 1923( and Santina (built Duwamis Welding in 1953) at Fort Bragg California.
My Son in Law owns a boat that he fishes out of Crescent City, CA. I wonder how I can follow what’s going on with their closures and openings. Is there a website specifically for that area?
I enjoyed your site very much. I just never find much information on Northern CA.
Hi Laura: Yes, it would be nice to have more from Northern California. Maybe you could ask your son-in-law to send along some photos.
Does the California Dept of Fiah and Game have a commercial fisheries page like they do in Alaska?
looking for ex bc seine boat Bessie Mac we sold it to California years back