The wind blew like crazy today which kept everyone off the water. Except for a few hours in the morning when a few people like Tom Treadway and his family darted out to the outer bay for some limits of really nice salmon. Why, even the guy who said "fishing is hard" yesterday stuck his head in the office to say "fishing is easy" today. I'm not sure what to believe, but I am pretty sure it will blow again tomorrow and that the water will be cooling off, possibly sending the schools of bait to wherever they disappear to after a blow with the salmon following them. It seems like there's quite a few fish around, though, so maybe a few stragglers will stick around. The halibut fishing was still good over the weekend. although the bait catching was difficult yesterday. Current thinking is that the anchovies do less eating when they're concerned with not getting eaten. Poor little fishies have been getting abused by bass and 'buts. It may not be a bad idea to have a lure or dead bait at the ready when the anchovies aren't biting because there's a good chance that something else is biting.

     Here's a picture from last week with the Carter clan's most fresh-faced fisherman, Ezra, somehow making some pretty good sized stripers look a little larger. I may need to borrow him if I catch a fish.