This striper was caught across the bay from the Landing by the green can today. I heard a rumor (and saw a picture)of a 20+ pound striper caught in the surf yesterday evening. There's not a lot of them around but enough to possibly make things interesting. The salmon bite slowed a bit today with some guys getting their limits and others not so much. The 300 foot mark from Point Reyes to at least Bodega Head had scattered fish but not much metered bait. A 1.5 knot north current is inexorably pushing everything uphill, so the Russian River/Stewarts Point area may be ticket in the next day or two. From the radio, successful tactics today were straight bait and watermelon Apex at 80 to 150 feet OTW. Gage had a lot of action and a few keepers trolling hootchies behind flashers at 3.5 to 4 knots at 30 to 50 pulls. It pains me to say it, but I had to copy him to get my fish. Yes, there's lots of silvers, but after your third or fourth one in an hour you get pretty good at spotting them early. The whale show off of Bodega Head puts Marine World/Sea World to shame. Leaping orcas are cool but an airborne humpback is something else entirely. It's like watching an airliner ditch at sea.