Years of experience and local knowledge tell me that the halibut should be coming into the bay now. The angle of the sun, the first few flocks of pelicans flying by and the water color help. Those things, and the fact that I just saw a picture of a 20 pound-ish halibut caught less than hour ago about 200-300 yards from our pier. Probably the photo was the most helpful. Almost a year ago Sean Bottomley caught a 33 pound halibut in the same place. Coincidence? I think not. Seems like they might be moving into Bodega Harbor, too. A few boats have been trying near Hog the last couple of days for no fish that I am aware of, but it appears that a few are on their way there now. Here's the picture:

     The surfperch have been slow but the big sandcrab molt should be coming soon and it should bring in the perch and stripers on the beach. Dungeness has been slow but there's still some around to be caught. And for anyone that was worried, the wayward BBML buoy has been reunited with its loved ones.