Swampy sent over this report Wednesday evening: "Evening,

Came down for a quick trip, I was net boy today. Shiner and big eye perch bait worked great at the bar till it got too nasty. Ended up with 3 to 18 pounds for a good day.



Looking for at least one more trip before duck season.

Swampy" I had always been told that those walleye perch were no good for halibut but my experience has been similar to yours, Swampy. I just wish that I could catch them reliably. Actually, I wish that I could catch any bait reliably. Nice work on the fish (including the baitfish). Those halibut will likely stick around a bit longer. I didn't hear of any other fish but that could be due more to a lack of fishermen than a lack of fish. 

 

    Gage sent me this report today:" 

The Goligowski’s with their two halibut from across the bay, to 20 lbs" Nice work Goligowskis! They were just planning on drifting some dead anchovies and not trying for any live bait. Well done. Only other news is that Mike Mack and Spinner limited on salmon again on Sunday.

    I have been informed now, after first posting, that of the three boats that launched from here today, all caught two halibut. Ed Parsons limited by himself and the other boat caught a pair. The Goligowski's 20 pounder was by far the largest, though.

 

      Here's a report from yesterday from Swampy's second day of fishing: "Gave it the old college try today but didn’t get any Bluefin. Ended up with 3 butts to 15 pounds. Al did a great job with the net. Caught a few shakers with most caught on the bar. See y’all next week.

Swampy" I guess Al's good netting means Swampy did the hooking. Team effort. Good work, gents. Today there were a few more halibut caught with Team Porterfield catching four on the bar. Mike Mack and Spinner made the run down to Point Reyes and the open salmon area and caught their limits of salmon in about an hour. The year is winding down but it ain't over yet. Then again, neither is the wind. 

 

    These aren't bluefin, which is what Gage and I were looking for yesterday. We trolled about ten miles south from the edge of the shelf just below Rittenburg, then turned back toward Noonday Rock and as we came up onto the shelf below Fanny Shoal we saw some birds feeding in 450 feet of water. We hooked up on both MadMacs on bonito, then stopped and threw jigs at them for 45 minutes. We kept ten and released at least as many. They ran about eight to ten pounds gutted and gilled. We then ran about two miles out back over the edge to try for bluefin again and immediately hooked another bonito, so we called it a day as reeling in MadMacs from 450' out for bonito you're going to release anyway isn't fun. Stopped at Fanny for a few rockfish for dinner. The limit on bonito is 10 over 24" fork length but ten was more than plenty for the two of us. They bit everything we threw at them, metal jigs, surface iron, RedRum tube, etc., and they pull hard. The lights out bonito were at 37º 46' by 123º 12'.

    A report from way closer to home yesterday from Swampy: "Afternoon,

Been a while since we have been down but got into them today. Al and I were done by 1:00 with good fish. Tough bait but little shiners work. Will hit them again tomorrow. On the bar." That's the best report on halibut since last weekend. Mostly it's been sadness. Lots of anchovies in the bay but I've only heard of a few halibut and a thresher shark by Hog. There's been a few shiners on the bottom right at the yellow buoy but those anchovies might work on the bar too if you can catch any big enough to support your hook.  

 

 

    Todd Gentry and Jason Morrell caught these halibut today. 27 pounds for Todd and 21 pounds for Jason.  Limits for the boys, but these are the bigger ones. Yesterday was sadness for the same fishermen but limits for Mike Mack and Spinner. Today no halibut for Mike Mack and Spinner.  Fish are complicated. Mike and Spinner limited yesterday but today only landed a salmon (on a sabiki) and a striper. And limits of ling cod for Doug, but Doug fish don't count.  Nice work today Todd and Jason.