The salmon bite at the Russian River fizzled out. A very few fish were caught there and on down to Carmet, but for the most part it was a bunch of guys in boats driving around watching other guys in boats watch them, everybody hoping to see a net fly and signal the start of the bite. Unfortunately, there was no green flag. By 10:00 you had to wait your turn to drift Fort Ross reef due to all the boats queued up to rockfish. There were a couple of salmon caught at 14 and 4 and a few halibut caught in the bay, and that's about it. Today there's a few boats out searching to the south. I hope that they find more than jellyfish.

Our friend Marty Medin passed away this week. Here's his picture from 2012 with a 24 pound ling that broke his rod. We'll miss you Marty, but the fish are relieved.