RIGHT THERE. CALIFORNIA GOLD, POUND BY POUND. >> BAG BY BAG AND EVEN BUCKET BY BUCKET. THE WAIT IS OVER FOR THE EIGHT LEGGED CLOD. SHELLFISH SAN FRANCISCANS ADORE. I USUALLY STEAM IT. >> DO IT FRESH. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GETTING FRESH, YOU WANT IT. YOU KNOW, STRAIGHT UP. KIND OF LIKE YOUR TEQUILA. YOU GOT TO HAVE IT STRAIGHT. NOT ON ICE. >> AND THIS IS STRAIGHT UP GREAT NEWS FOR COMMERCIAL CRABBERS FINALLY GETTING BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER A DELAYED SEASON. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IT USUALLY STARTS IN MID NOVEMBER, SO THIS IS THE LATEST FISH AND WILDLIFE HAS EVER OPENED THE SEASON. CRAB THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. MATT WANTS WAS THE FIRST TO SELL OFF THE DOCK LAST THREE YEARS. I CAME IN EARLY TO, UH, MAKE SURE MY CUSTOMERS HAD THE, UM. >> YOU KNOW, THE FRESHEST THEY CAN GET ON THE OPENING DAY. >> 8 P.M. HIT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THEY WERE OFF WAITING FOR THE CLOCK TO STRIKE MIDNIGHT, 12:01 A.M. IS WHEN WE WERE ALLOWED TO PULL. >> SO WE WERE OUT THERE READY AND WAITING. >> 12:00 THEY CAME BACK TO A LINE OF PEOPLE READY TO BUY RIGHT OFF HIS BOAT. >> IT FEELS A HUGE RELIEF OFF MY BACK, LIKE I WAS LIKE STRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE YOU GET SICK, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT AND JUST ALL EVERYTHING BUILDS UP AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE COMING BACK, IT WAS LIKE, OH, LIKE SOMETHING JUST FELL OFF. SO IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT. >> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, THE CRABS ARE A LOT BIGGER, HE SAYS. THEY WERE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF POUNDS LAST YEAR. NOW THE ONES HE BROUGHT IN ARE OVER 2 POUNDS. A TREAT FOR ANYONE BUYING CRAB OFF THE DOCK. >> WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THIS. IT'S SWEET MEAT, SO TO SPEAK. >> THIS IS DINNER AND, UH, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WAITING IN LA AFTER DINNER. I'M GOING TO HIGHTAIL IT BACK HOME AND, UH, DISTRIBUTE THESE TO MY BELOVED'S , UH, DOWN SOUTH. >> USUALLY IT'S A HOLIDAY TRADITION, BUT FOR MATT, HIS CREW, AND HIS CUSTOMERS, IT'S SURE BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. >> I KIND OF MISS THE HOLIDAYS, BUT WE'RE HERE FOR YOU NOW. >> AND EVERYONE ON THE BOAT AND
