Reed Backer of Novato went fishing in one of our rental boats with his brother Tony and he caught the second largest California halibut that I've seen here. 48 inches long and 45 pounds, it bit a live jacksmelt in the channel by Hog Island. It broke his landing net, but not enough to get away. Nice work, gentlemen!

   There's still bait and salmon in the outer bay but not as much as there was a few days ago. The one thing there's more of is seaweed. Most of the salmon are pretty small, but as few salmon as have been around this year I'd find it difficult to release a keeper. Most of the fish came from just east of Buoy "2" and scattered all over the water column from top to bottom.