Harry’s Bait & Tackle

Harry was in on one of the days we were in Newport. His darling son helped me pick out a pole. The next day, I went back and his sister was working. I haven’t ever been treated so rudely and Found myself driving away from the Embarcadero to buy our supplies. Harry needs to fire sister and run his shop, it appears.

Yup this is a great place to get what you need for next fishing/​crabbing adventure. They put me on to using the bloody tuna scent in my crab bait and then I really started catching them.
They are open on Sundays which is also a plus.
Most importantly they have some large and friendly labradors that are there to greet you!

Local favorite Harry’s has a little bit of everything. The proprietor & proprietress are super nice, helpful folks. Their prices are reasonable by Newport standards. Check ‘em out, instead of that fancy place up the road.

Super friendly, inexpensive place to rent crabbing gear.
Crab rings are $ 5 for a day $ 25 deposit each), or $ 7.50 for 24 hours (so if you rent shortly before they close, you can pay $ 5 and have it back by 10 am the next day, or pay $ 7.50 and have it back by the close the next day). Bait is $ 2.50 — a massive hunk of frozen fish, chicken or mink. A caliper to measure the crab is $ 1. They sell licenses, too.
They will give helpful advice about how to attach the bait to the ring, and where to go. (Zip tie goes through fish eye or around fish tail piece or, er, when you throw in the ring the bait might fly out and you’ll have to go get another). If you go to the fishing pier by the nearby marina, folks cleaning their fish at the fish cleaning station may give you more fish carcass for free.
Everything was super easy through this place, and I was glad to find it. And we got tasty Dungeness and red rock crabs to show for it.

It’s $ 5 a day to rent a crab ring with a $ 25 deposit for each ring. The owner is the typical crusty old guy that flips you shit. If you flip it back successfully then he’ll treat you nice. If you can’t handle this type of small town attitude then this place isn’t for you, go to a big box fishing store in Portland.
There are also three big yellow labs that are awesome mascots. They hang out and and love to get a pat on the butt.