As this, the last major low tide of the year, passes into history, we look back at the people that, through serendipity or plain old good luck, didn't end up killing themselves in tiny, overloaded boats without life jackets. Well, next season is closer than you think.

Vince Howe of Lincoln caught this 24 pound halibut in 70 feet of water today. As you can imagine from the depth, he wasn't trying to catch halibut, but Vince still seems okay with it. The beaches had some halibut today (I heard of up to 6 by 11:00 AM for one legendary fisherman) as did Hog Island. Salmon action was slow for most, again. I spoke with one boat with three salmon (Rob Sereni) and heard of a few singles but mostly people were returning with rockfish.