The water warms up a little and look who shows up. This striper was landed this morning and a 29 incher was caught yesterday morning. The pictured one ate squid. I heard that there was another one on that broke off after a long fight. Gage's striper count was low but he had a couple of photos from the past few days:

   Yes, the second photo is a mini-mud-marlin and perch "double". Not quite what he was looking for, but action nonetheless. As I write this the Tomales Bay water temp is 62 degrees. I tried to get my test fisherman to go jig it but he's got striper on the brain. He's probably right to skip it, as the warmer bay water also happens to be a bit more on the brackish side. Click on "Plots" on this page to see the inverse relation between the temp and salt in the bay now. If the rain ever pauses long enough for the bay to salt up a bit the halibut bite should be start in the way back soon after. I'm not sure how much salt makes a halibut happy, but 21-23 PSU is significantly less than the 30-32 PSU in Horseshoe Cove. 

   Tomorrow is our rockfish opener. If you don't mind a little rain the weather looks pretty good. Remember, this year you're allowed only one ling (22" minimum) in possession and ten rockfish. Of those ten rockfish, three can be blacks, three can be cabazon (15"minimum) and two can be canaries. No yelloweye or cowcod allowed, and gentlemen, if you don't know a yelloweye from a vermillion, learn it. It's too expensive to be ignorant.