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Crabbing in Goleta - B_Wong - 06-24-2009 Hi, new to the area and have been itching to fish out here! I moved down from norcal and I used to always drive over to SF to go crabbing. Now that I live literally 2 exits down from goleta pier I think I may be crabbing a lot! Anyhow my main question is I was under the assumption that you didn't need a license if you were fishing off of a public pier. I never had one in SF (had a ranger inspect my catch and say everything was good), but I have been reading the forum and TubeN2 was commenting in a few posts that one is not needed for fishing but one is needed for crabbing. I have been reading the 09-10 DFG fishing guide and fail to see any mention of needing one for crabbing. I see that a lobster report card is nedded when I intend to take spiny lobster (Which I do when the season comes around. Anyone have any good recipies?), but other than that no mention of needing a license. Can anyone clear this up for me, and point me to the correct pages I should be reading regarding needing a license? All help is appreciated. Hope to see you guys on the pier! [signature] Re: [B_Wong] Crabbing in Goleta - Dryrod - 06-24-2009 [font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000][size 3]Hi there B_Wong - sorry can't help you out as I'm not a crabber. lol Anyhow hopefully TubeN2 will be by to help you out. Good luck.[/size][/#008000][/font] [signature] Re: [B_Wong] Crabbing in Goleta - 2nakiller - 07-15-2009 Try this, all the answers are here: [url "http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/sportfishing_regs2009.asp"]http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/sportfishing_regs2009.asp[/url] [signature] Re: [B_Wong] Crabbing in Goleta - tubeN2 - 09-24-2009 Hey neighbor. There is no license needed to fish from a public pier unless you are going for Lobster while they are in season. Crabbing is ok without a license from most piers in SoCal. You might get some better quality crabs from Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara. I have usually found the crabs to be rather small from Goleta Pier. [signature]