The Little Fish Company

09/02/2026

Labor Day Weekend is just around the corner! We're bringing in Fresh Wild King Salmon, Fresh Whole Box Crab, Fresh Wild Prawns, Fresh Wild Swordfish Steaks & so much to farmer's markets near you! Celebrate the end of summer in style 😎

Order ahead and save at wildlittlefish.com

Find us on Saturdays in: Reno, Nevada City, Auburn, Placerville, Berkeley and SF (Ferry Building)

Find us on Sundays in: Sacramento and SF (Outer Sunset)

GET THE CATCH EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS WILD CAUGHTThe Freshest Source of Wild Caught FishSacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado & Nevada Counties. PRE-ORDER ONLINE NOW RECOMMENDED ITEMS BEST SELECTIONS OF THE WEEK Sale! Fresh Whole Cooked BOX Crab $40.00 Original price was: $40.00.$32.00Current price is: $3...

08/31/2026

We’re coming to Tahoe city on Thursday! Get those orders in by 9 PM Tuesday night. More fresh wild King Salmon on the way!

08/27/2026

Live Royal Crown Crab and Coonstripe Shrimp at the sales dock in San Francisco (Scomas) Saturday 8/29 7am-2pm!!
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08/27/2026

Fresh Whole Cooked Box Crab coming to markets this weekend! Delicious buttery meat caught deep off the Farallon Islands. Don’t forget to order wildlittlefish.com

Find us this weekend in: Reno, Nevada City, Auburn, Placerville, Sacramento, Berkeley, and SF (Ferry Building & Outer Sunset)

08/27/2026

New and exciting opportunity for the local seafood lover at Fisherman’s Wharf this Saturday! DO NOT MISS THE BOAT!

For the first time ever, we will have a large supply of Royal Crown Crab (aka California Box Crab) along with our first wild Coonstripe Shrimp of the season.

Most people have never seen or even heard of the Royal Crown Crab much less tasted one. They aren’t your typical Dungeness or Rock crab. These are in the King Crab family and different than anything you’ve had before. Prized by fishermen for their rich, sweet, buttery flavor, they are a true delicacy of the deep.

These crab are not easy to target and they disappear as fast as they show up out on the edge of the continental shelf. They are known as ghosts to the fishermen that frequent the area.

So little is known about them in fact, that the CDFW has given us an exclusive experimental permit to harvest under strict supervision in exchange for valuable sampling data. We are tasked with stacks of paperwork as we are taking measurements and counts of keepers, undersized crab and bycatch. We note the s*x of the crab, if they have eggs, shell condition and a bunch of other data. We then report that information back to the marine scientists at CDFW so they can try and see if this could be a new sustainable fishery for California fishermen.

We are also testing deep water pop up gear in this fishery where all the rope and line is stored on the bottom of the ocean until it is called for with an acoustic pop up. It surfaces from over 600 feet deep.

If you want to check out these Live Crabs or pick up some Live Coonstripe shrimp, this may be one of your few opportunities this Saturday.

We will be selling directly off Fishing Vessel Pale Horse from 7:00 AM until 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 29th only. We will be located at the sales dock in the harbor right before you cross the little bridge to Scoma’s Restaurant.

Be sure to bring a container for your crab or shrimp and come out to meet the crew.

If nothing else, bring the kids out to get a look at these mysterious creatures from the deep.

We can take cash/check/or credit card

Live Royal Crown Crab $15 per pound

Live Coonstripe Shrimp $23 per pound

08/26/2026

Box Crab Update!

Crew is currently out on our 5th pull box crab. Got a new record of 305 crab in one string! Next string over had only 25 🤷‍♂️

Starting a new fishery means lots of new records and lots of learning. Rope management has been a big one - each of our 20 strings has over 1.25 miles of rope and we are fishing at depths over 500ft deep. All whale safe gear, pop-up buoys and no vertical line! We’re also learning lots about the box crab themselves - their ground and depth preferences, when they move, and why they move.

We’re recording detailed data on 20% of all pots pulled, identifying all bycatch, measuring every crab whether it’s short or legal, and identifying s*x and egg development. All data is reported back to Fish and Wildlife as part of our Experimental Fishing Permit (EFP) agreement with a goal of assessing the sustainability of a box crab fishery. Hopefully, we continue to learn more about these unique species! Right now, it feels like we have more questions than answers, but as the crew likes to say, “the more you know, the less you know”

Order some for this weekend at wildlittlefish.com

08/20/2026

You too can be this happy when you get a fresh king fillet at the market this weekend 🤣 James loves to catch them and we know you love to eat them! Order ahead and save!

08/14/2026

Reminder to get those preorders in by tonight for weekend pickup! Fresh, Wild California King Salmon coming direct from the boat to market. Save when you order ahead!

Find us this weekend in Reno, Nevada City, Auburn, Placerville, Sacramento, Berkeley & San Francisco!

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08/12/2026

Box Crab or Bust!
Our first box crab pull resulted in 9 box crab. 200 pots for 9 individual crabs. A lot of empty pots. Not a good ratio. After adjusting our setting method, we tried again...and got 27 crab...still operating in a major loss. Each trip costs thousands in fuel and bait, not to mention the many hours of labor invested.

Our third trip we finally got confirmation that there are in fact crab in the sea! 3 of our 10 strings of gear caught significant crab resulting in over 430 crab caught! We still have a lot to learn but are hopeful that we can bring a steady supply of this delicious crab all while providing valuable information to Fish and Wildlife to assess the sustainability of the Box Crab fishery.

Our crew is currently out on the fourth run through the gear... we'll see what they find🤞

Try it yourself! This weekend at all market locations! Preorder at wildlittlefish.com

08/12/2026

More fresh box Crab on its way! These are super tasty very similar to a king crab in taste in texture. More fresh local California king salmon too!!