Eddie Kim took his friends Craig and Chris out for halibut yesterday. "Really windy today blowing up to 20kts + worked the bait and scraped 3 Hali up to 15 lbs. before getting off by 1pm. " The only thing higher than the wind the last couple of days was the surf. It was definitely up, though.

     Here's the Coast Guard practicing on the Tomales Bar on Friday, courtesy of Wrybread. A couple of guys flipped their boat and ended up on the rocks near Stemple Creek/Estero de San Antonio Friday night and are pretty lucky to be alive. While there were some halibut caught in the bay over the last week it wasn't that good. I think the Coast Guard had more fun. They definitely had more fun than anyone that went salmon fishing. There have been rumors of a fish or two in the outer bay but I haven't seen any bodies. 

     On the Dungeness crab front, new rules are coming. You can get a sneak preview here. The proposed adoption date is December 9, 2020, so I think that means they will go into effect at the beginning of next year. A short summary is that you will need an additional Recreational Crab Trap Validation on your license ($2.25) and an additional "marker buoy" (3" x 5" red buoy) trailing the main buoy by no more than three feet to indicate that it's a trap (a picture of Admiral Ackbar is optional). You can't run more than ten of your traps but you can run an additional ten of somebody else's gear with their written permission. You have to run your gear "at intervals not to exceed nine days".  And if there's too many whales or turtles around the season could be delayed or closed entirely. I may switch to ring nets.