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How a group of crabbing baddies became SF’s most unexpected support group
Two laid-off friends built a 7,000-follower crabbing community for women and non-binary people to learn how to catch crab.
Photos and text by Giselle Garza Lerma
Published Jul. 13, 2026 at 6:00am
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You may have seen videos circulating on Instagram and TikTok of a group of baddies at Torpedo Wharf casting reels, slamming beers, and somehow still managing to catch crabs.
The club was founded by two friends, Lissa Koelzer and Hannah Gomez Faria, who lost their jobs in 2025 and were looking for a hobby to make the best of their free time.
On Christmas Eve, Koelzer asked Faria if she wanted to try out crabbing.
They filmed a TikTok of them testing the waters, and next thing you know, the Baddies Who Crab was born.
They gained over 7,000 followers on Instagram in a span of four months, acquired over 500 WhatsApp members, and garnered waitlists hundreds of names long on Partiful for their meetups.
A drop net set with a salmon head and canned fish as bait.
Koelzer and Faria host crabbing get-togethers at Torpedo Wharf, helping women and non-binary folks of all backgrounds learn how to crab fish.
It’s free to join; no experience is needed.
“What we do is we make a safe place to make mistakes,” Koelzer said “Hannah and I are not guides by any means.
We’re all figuring it out together, and I think because of that, it’s way less intimidating.”
While Baddies Who Crab is a community ranging from beginners to experienced crab-catchers, respecting the fishing community is a top priority.
Before they officially begin crabbing, they remind the attendees of the rules and regulations of the water, what crabs to keep, fishing etiquette, and end with a Crabby Baddie chant and drink.
Baddies Who Crab founders Lissa Koelzer, left, and Hannah Gomez Farias unwittingly found themselves presiding over a community of hundreds of crab-catchers.
Gomez Farias shows a curious family the rock crab she caught at Torpedo Wharf this past weekend.
The founders have said they’re open to criticism and feedback.
They were told by the fishing community that they had too many people on the dock, so they narrowed it down from 30 to 20 participants, hence the Partiful RSVP list.
They have also drawn some detractors online, with people accusing them of breaking the law or not following Fish and Wildlife regulations.
On the contrary, when The Standard joined a meetup on Saturday, a Fish and Game Warden patrolling the dock commended the Baddies Who Crab for introducing people “into a different sporting world, particularly communities that have not been properly represented in the past.”
Gomez Farias holds Nikita Siahaan’s catch of the day on Sunday.
As the Crabby Baddies expands, the group has introduced captains to lead chapters outside San Francisco.
“I started getting messages like, ‘I have been in the bay for years and I’ve really struggled to find my kind of people, and I finally found it.
Thank you for creating this space,’” Koelzer said.
“The loneliness epidemic is so real, and the fact that Hannah and I are actually making an impact — I think that’s what we’ve been surprised by above all else,” she added.
Koelzer and event participants share a laugh on Torpedo Wharf on Sunday.
Nikita Siahaan teaches a participant how to cast a rod.
So how can you become a Crabby Baddie?
Meetup announcements are made on Instagram, at @crabbybaddiessf (opens in new tab) , where there’s a link to a form to sign up for the WhatsApp group.
The WhatsApp chat, meanwhile, includes 14 channels
As far as gear, the group has a bring-your-own-equipment policy — so come prepared.
Faria recommended going to the woman-owned Gus’ Discount Fishing Tackle shop on Balboa Street in the Outer Richmond, where Faria bought her first rod and snare Faria describes the proprietor, Stephanie Ernst-Scott, as the “O.G.
Crabby Baddie.”
Thu Do catches crabs with her drop net.
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