Not a lot of salmon or halibut to report for today, but good news for the surfcasters. This is one of two stripers caught off of the beach this morning. Both fish were liking his ghost shrimp for bait.

    I need to go back to Labor Day to find a salmon picture, but Kelley Roy was kind enough to send in a report with a photo:"Willy-  Still out here at the 250 foot line south of Russian river. Not real hot fishing but got this guy and a few bites.  Kelley" A few bites sounds pretty good right now. There's a huge school of bait at the Keyholes and more scattered down Ten Mile but not too many fish in there eating all of those anchovies. I think I'm going to go chase ghost fish tomorrow and run after stories of albacore. Probably stories is all they are, but this will keep my gasoline from from spoiling.