Big fish of the day goes to David Gonzales of Stockton with this 29 pound halibut from the Hog Island area. David fished with his brother aboard Don Mosby's boat and they had eight bites which turned into about half as many fish. This one broke his rod on the hook set but he still landed it.

     Here's brothers Marque and Ben Mouton from Louisiana. Kevin Fogal sent them over here to catch a halibut, and so they did. This was their first, and it weighed 14 pounds and bit a swim bait North of Hog Island.

     Kayak fisherman Michael Weese sent in this photo and email: "Caught this nice Thresher south of Hog Island on Saturday in a kayak. Great battle. It didn't seem like it would live; therefore, it turned into dinner. Sad but Delicious!" Great battle probably didn't do it justice; these fish can swim fast. I'll bet Michael went for a little "Nantucket sleigh ride" and got towed around by the thresher. One question, Michael, is you're reading, did you hook it in the mouth or tail? The threshers I've hooked have been about 50/50.

     Mike Martin emailed this Sunday report: "Vic Holmsted caught and released one 4ft. leopard shark and  Adam Evans put this 13lb. striper in the box. Caught it in between the boat launch and hog island drifting smelt." I guess everything likes smelt. Must be why the halibut fishermen call the 6" jacksmelt "candy bars." Nice striper, gents.

     One other thing. Did anyone else notice the water that just moved in off of the Farallones? 61º and clear, next to green water? There should be albacore in that water. Too bad the weather forecast says we can't go there.