Low tide today was at 9:45 am. Our first stop was in Garibaldi to buy some bait for the eel fishing. There is a fish called a monkey faced eel, which is not a true eel that hides in holes in the rock. Janet was determined to see if she could catch one. So we split off and went to two different places. Janet went to Three Graces to go fishing and to catch whatever else she can gather. Unfortunately, she didn’t catch a monkey face eel which just means she has to go back and try again. This area was very rocky and slippery. We decided it probably was not safe for me to try to navigate down there. I went to Nedona Beach, just north of Rockaway, where we knew there were mussels and gooseneck barnacles. Here are the pictures from Three Graces. Three Graces is just west of Garibaldi just before the Tillamook Bay bar.

Meanwhile I was at Nedona Beach which is just south of the Nehelem Bay bar. I was able to harvest gooseneck barnacles and mussels. Here are some pictures of the beach. Nedona Beach really has some interesting driftwood. I unfortunately forgot to take pictures of what I was able to harvest. 

After lunch and after I went to the ice cream store for an ice cream cone, we headed out to do some crabbing. We had much better luck today. We had three keepers.

After it started to get a little chilly on the pier, we headed back to the house to cook dinner. Janet prepared a wonderful appetizer of smoked clams, bacon bits, cream cheese, and some cut up veggies. That gave us the energy to prepare all the seafood that we caught. Everything needed to be cooked and cleaned. I mostly cleaned the crab. Janet processed all the other stuff. It was a lengthy process.