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Located on the Nehalem Bay, Kelly’s Brighton Marina offers RV parking, tent camping, boating, fishing and the best crabbing on the Oregon Coast.
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Kelly's cooks the crab while you sit around a hugh open log fire and the most comfortable wood chairs. The crab is succulent, swee and the taste of ocean water, so delicious. Many people were eating theirs warm on the seating area overlooking the bay. It is one of the few places to get crab year round and the people are so friendly. People rent boats and crabbing equipment, others camp in RV's or available tents. Enjoy the fire and watch the seagulls. Loved my visit and my two crabs.
This place is really fun! The staff was overall pretty friendly, I wish the guys on the dock gave us some more tips and tricks before sending us on our way. We were first timers, and caught a good amount of crab but no keepers. It was difficult trying to drive the boat and get the rings up, so some pointers on how to do that would have helped. The younger teens cooking and cleaning the crab were great at their job. Overall it was a fun day and we will be back.
Why did I rate this as a 5? Well if you have a hankering for FRESH seafood that is both fun and a great time , well here it is Camping is available, but we just came to have fun, so for about $18.00 a crab cage you can get a cage w/rope included is a bag of rotting fish parts (crabs love this) Pay for it at the dock and bring your lounge chair out on the pier and go crabbing ( don’t for forget your beer) they are open various days of the week and 8am -4pm (seasonal) but also if you love fresh oysters the sell both the fresh caught oyster and a knife for your lunch Oh forgot to mention you can catch as much crabs as you like but you need to know they have a catch- only males and only males that are bigger that the scale they give you when you rent the cage Note: they can cook your catch right there Secret: bring your own cage : bring cheap canned cat food or left over raw chicken, these are crab favorites Now get your case of Crabs and be happy
This was amazingly fun. Rental boat for crabbing and clamming. Crazy easy fun day with the kids. Caught enough crab for dinner and enough clams for 2 nights. Very easy to show up and have great time
FUN. This stop was one of my favorite during our vacation in Oregon. It was so simple and so enjoyable I will return. We were literally crabbing within 20 minutes of parking the car - we entered the store and Colin and Shirlee were gracious and patient as they explained the how to catch crabs. We bought our licenses, picked up our baited pots and within 30 minutes were hauling crab in on the dock. So enjoyable. We crabbed for 2 hours and likely caught between 75 and 100 crabs. We kept 3 which we took back to shore where the team confirmed they were legal catches, and within 20 minutes they were steamed. The store sells a variety of beverages including beer and hard seltzer, butter and a variety of other optional gear for crabbing or oysters. We bought butter and drinks. Kelly's provides crackers, napkins, knives and forks. The lunch was awesome - enjoying the catch from earlier that morning. Again, Very Fun, Affordable and Professional. Highly recommended!