The water out front is cold and clear and to the best of my knowledge held no salmon for the boats that were able to get out there in the last couple of days. There were salmon caught further south out of the Gate and some of them were damn nice fish for so early in the season. The rockcod took a bit of a beating as dreams of fresh local salmon turned to the reality of fresh rockfish (not a bad substitute). The water inside Tomales Bay continues to warm up as does the halibut fishing. It ain't great yet but there's a little better action every week. Gage picked up one back by Marshall on Saturday and there were several others caught by the few other boats around Hog. The anchovies have yet to flow into the bay and bring in some fresh flatfish but the pelicans and Gage are all watching very intently for it to happen.

    Since I have no photos of salmon from this year, how about these, submitted by Michael Kelly: "Last year fishing off the head"  Someday....