While I have yet to see a halibut here yet, I have heard of two being caught and another unintentionally released. Still a few dungeness crabs around, especially in the outer bay in front of Dillon Beach. Five weeks until rockfish opens and it is rumored that there is a new lower quota on blue rockfish. This means that the season is likely to close early, maybe even earlier than last year.
In national news, there is a possibility that an expensive federal permit may be required to operate your boat in the waters of the United States. Unless the Clean Boating Act of 2008 is passed soon recreational boat owners will need to pay for the same permits that ships need. For more information, go to http://www.boatblue.org/. This site has links to your elected officials to make it easy for you to encourage them to do the right thing. Please take a minute and help yourself continue boating.