First salmon of the season at Lawson's Landing today (to be fair, not a lot of competition). This 15 pounder bit a white hootchy behind an 11" Hot Spot flasher at 20 pulls (30 feet down on the fishfinder). We were in a small fleet of 20 boats in ~160 feet of water in front of Bird Rock. We had one other bite during our four hours of trolling and Gage's fish wasn't quite big enough. The water was cold but had a touch of color (brownish-green) and there was scattered bait. We watched a small thresher shark attempt several times and finally succeed at bashing an injured anchovy on the surface with its tail. If Gage can get the video to upload I'll post it. It was pretty cool to watch. Two bites in four hours is far from the bite we all want, but 160 feet of water in front of Bird is close enough to be real interesting. Probably not interesting enough to want to get a ticket and go court (you'll probably win, eventually, but how much is your time worth?) but worth watching. Good times are coming. Or at least, pretty good masked times are.
There's been a few other halibut caught in the bay. None of the ones I have heard about have been large or even medium, but for those of you that are fans of veal (with no boxes) or you're not allowed to live near schools, the fishing near Marconi is pretty good.
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Thanks for the report. Any and all information is appreciated.
2nd what Capn Al said. Hope we are able to come visit soon.
From today's IJ
that will remain closed to motorized access include:
Point Reyes National Seashore
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (including Muir Woods National Monument)
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Tomales Bay State Park
Samuel P Taylor State Park
Chicken Ranch Beach (along Tomales Bay)
Miller Park (along Tomales Bay)
White House Pool Park in Point Reyes Station
Bolinas Lagoon Open Space Preserve (including Bolinas County Park)
all Marin Municipal Water District lands
all beaches
Looks like the entire coastal area is not part of stage 2 re opening.
And they have started actually ticketing at Marconi :(
The list of closures is an abuse of power plain and simple. Beaches are open in Southern California, in Northern California, but not here? This is asinine. To say there's no safe way to socially distance in those open spaces is patently false. I can go to Costco and grab a cart that 20 people used before me that day and shop with 100 others, but can't use a boat launch with a mask? This is a gross overstep of power. We own those lands and should be able to access them safely. I've wrote the Marin Health Advisor and the Sonoma County Health Advisor. I strongly suggest you all do the same.
Please forward officals email addresses.
I think respectful request would work best.
TRIPE,
Good post. Thanks.
great post OAS!bunch of BS
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