The weekend fishermen did pretty well with most boats picking up at least one salmon. Trolling is starting to edge out mooching in overall success. The jellies are still bad in a lot of places but not everywhere. Shallower water from 60 to 80 feet, from Bird to the Keyholes, and down near the bottom seems to be where the fish are (Did you ever notice that the guys that sell tackle always say the fish are by the bottom? On the rocks? Why is that?). Halibut action was good for divers and slow for fishermen on the bar. FYI, there have been a few sightings of the "man in the gray suit" by Bird Rock and Tomales Point and at least one diver on the bar saw something that caused him to get back in the boat in a rush.
One final note: Alec Bennett finally found a halibut in front of his speargun. You know, a man gets tired of fishing and not catching, and sometimes he gets fed up and takes a gun in his hands. I don't condone it, but I understand it. Nice shooting, Alec.
Thanks Willy. Wasn't exactly a smooth spearing: I saw him way off to the side of my drift and swam over and pulled the trigger, whereupon absolutely nothing happened. Turns out my safety was just a little bit engaged. So I drifted away while fixing it and cursing into my snorkel then swam back up the current and thankfully got a second shot. A little luck never hurts out there.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes on the man in the grey suit. On Monday one breached right next to our boat in about 90 feet of water a bit south of the trees. I only saw the landing splash but Paul saw the jump. And about a half hour later someone off McClure's reported watching one eating what he said was a baby dolphin.
But of course the real danger is from all those sunfish that are suddenly out there...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish