Here's a yesterday photo. The Shrimp Boat plus Doug limited early at the Trees. Your results may differ, as there were quite a few boats in the same area unable to duplicate what they were witnessing. ZI am not positve about what was used but I'm pretty sure (knowing the captain) that VK heads and anchovies were likely involved. Speaking of VK heads,

...we limited out twice today with most of the fish caught on VK heads, no flashers. We went out with three people, limited, came back in, picked up three people from a broke-down boat and eventually limited with them. The first six and last six fish each came in a hour. The three and a half hours in between were brutal, watching every other boat hook fish while we couldn't buy a bite. The only humor we had was watching Eddy Kim lose his net over the side and eventually gaff his fish. It turns out I enjoy a good drama. I heard applause from several boats in the area, so I'm not the only one. We had one barely keeper and the rest ran from 12 to 25 pounds. Where did this happen, you may ask? Outer bay, just inside Buoy 02 (The whistle to us old farts, even though it's a bell now). Apparently everybody else's gear looks way better than mine because we only caught when we were the only boat around. We called in a select a few and then couldn't catch until they limited and left. Just like at the singles bar, when all the better looking ones were gone it was game on for Willy.

  Teo Lally caught this 23 pound salmon right out from under me. Be careful who you tell about your hot bite. He looks like a nice guy, but... Honestly, he is a good kid, but I'm thinking twice about telling Eddie Parsons about a good bite when Teo is in town. It has been a year since Teo last fished the salt but I hear he worked that fish like a boss.

   Eddie Kim shows off the fish (23 pounds) that tossed his net over the side. You gotta like a guy that laughs at himself and learns from his mistakes. Eddie was whooping it up as he gaffed that bigger fish. He's been meaning to practice his gaffing, anyhow. What a fantastic opportunity with appropriate incentives. It was the last day of his stay here and he finished with not only a bang but with a laugh.

    I guess now we have scary boat reports reports as well as fishing reports:"In case part of your retirement planning includes a coffee table book of f****d boaters of Tomales Bay.  Not all of them put in at Lawsons...see photos

Your highly modified "Klamath" boat was putting in at Nick's on Tuesday. He had removed most of his modifications..but was have motor trouble with one of his 'twins'.

One the subject of fishing..all those halibut caught last week were the dumb ones. Its been a slow few days. Any idea when some more dumb fish are going to move in?

Anonymous.." I have a couple of hopes. There's a lot of bait in the Outer Bay and some will likely enter the bay (bringing in other fish?) if the water cools some. Wind tomorrow, so maybe soon? Also, separately, the halibut bite seemed to peak around the weakest of tides on the quarter moon. So maybe next week will be better. Let that be your bay halibut report, by the way. Slow. When Jigger John, a man not only known for but in fact named for his halibut jigging proficiency, gives up and goes salmon fishing, the halibut bite is slow. Yes, he was Trolling John today. Caught his limit, though, in the Outer Bay. Also, please don't do what is shown in these three photos. As a man who has sunk a boat, let me say from experience, don't. The only good that can come from it is knowledge and I will share that freely.