Elijah Blockman caught this 22 pound halibut on the Tomales Bay Bar on Sunday. The big flatty bit a properly presented jig.

    Here's Joel S. and Brian Underwood of Santa Rosa showing off a couple of nice salmon they caught yesterday. 

    Mike Jones sent in this report from this weekend:"Went through 3 trays, but finally hit the 30 lb class along with a couple of other nice fatties. Trolling in 100' of water. This was David's first salmon!" Please note the camera angle this shot was taken from, as it not only makes the fish more impressive but also was the only angle that wouldn't show boats as far as the eye could see.

    Tim Nelson sent in this report from the weekend:"Sunday July 22 

Limited out @9:01am on salmon then headed back into the bay to try for Halibut only coming up with about 10 Short's... So much for our grand slam dreams... Only our second time salmon fishing but with all the wisdom and help from Willie, Gage and the guys from the fleet we got our limit Sunday and 3 nice fish Saturday... Thanks everyone... " Thanks for the picture and shout-out. Now, if you thought was fun, Tim, wait until the albacore come in...

    Mike McKnight sorted out a nice limit of salmon from the swarm of small fish down on the beach. 

    These smiling guys caught their limits yesterday and at one point had all four rods hooked on salmon at once. 

    Kelley Roy sent these pictures in today:"Willy

Just a great salmon weekend – even with all the boats!

With the crowd south of Elephant, I think we were all doing same thing, saw nets flying at times….was surprised that some came home emptyL"  If you look to the left of Kelley you can sort of see a small yellow blob that is several crab pot floats tangled together. There's a couple of those in this area below Elephant, so beware.

   Now, with all those nice pictures and great stories, here's the news so far today: "Where'd the fish go?" Somebody flipped the wrong switch and the bite and bait disappeared. There have been a few salmon caught today, but mostly the guys that bought a bunch of bait came back with most of it. Guess who came back? If you guessed jellyfish, you win. Not as bad as they were, but it was sure nicer without them. Looks like it's over... 

   ...and then these 22 pound salmon came in just before closing. Looks like it's not over, it's just slower.