Mike McKnight of Bent N Ballistic Outdoors came by yesterday to see if this salmon bite was real. I'm not sure if he brought the wind with him but it was definitely here. Mike and crew caught these four salmon (or the fish were washed into the boat by an angry sea) before noon. Either way the fish came, these guys got 'em in some tough conditions. The weather forecast for the next couple of days is less than ideal but looks like it will change for the better by Saturday. Maybe.

   Then again, who cares what the ocean conditions are when you can just cast out from the beach and catch a nice striper? I say "you" because I sure can't seem to this year. This striper bit a clown-colored Daiwa SP Minnow. Don't use the mime-colored ones. Stripers don't like mimes either.