I need to check my email more often. Mike Mack sent me this report on Sunday: "2 halibut around hog on the outgoing tide 1 -7lb. 1-10lb. Few anchovies caught smelt ,shiners. Shiners caught the halibut. No hits on big smelt." As slow as the halibut fishing has been, this is like getting half limits in July. Very well done, gents.

   This picture is from today. Mike Miller swears that it's a salmon, and I can't disagree. The seemingly rare fish bit in 90 feet of water at the Keyholes. He said a nearby commercial boat landed four salmon for the day.  So, salmon fishing isn't dead, it's only mostly dead. Mike also picked up a halibut on McClure's. 

   In other news, the first results of domoic acid testing in Dungeness crab are in. Good news! The samples from Bodega Head and Point Reyes were below the action level. Only 15 more sets of samples to worry about. And whales. And turtles. Thank goodness there's nothing else to worry about.