A break in the wind the last few days (it only blew hard in the afternoon/evening) has provided a few fishermen the chance to catch a few halibut. No big ones, but a few keepers around Hog Island and at least one caught in the clam channel today. Fishing the clam channel during these low tides is kind of like parking on the freeway, but someone made it work. The successful guys that I spoke with used live anchovies and jacksmelt. Out on the beach the surfperch have been biting pretty well, especially at twilight. Last evening the guys that stayed longer were hooking up steady, some on the Berkley Gulp! sandworms and some on sand crabs that they plucked from the surf. No stripers, but the strong currents should have a couple biting. A halfway decent weather forecast for Sunday means we may see a few salmon landed on the opener.