Gage's buddy Casey from Humbug Outdoors Fishing caught three Dungeness while snare fishing from shore yesterday afternoon/this morning, so there's a few Dungeness left after the two guys Casey talked to yesterday afternoon left with their limits of Dungeness. The shore crabbing hasn't been very good lately, but a fresh batch of crab must have moved in (or those guys were very, very skilled). Kinda crappy weather for the weekend so the beach probably won't be too crowded. 

    Speaking of guys with Youtube channels, friend of report Chris Pfish caught a halibut in San Francisco Bay last week. There have been quite a few early season halibut coming from the big bay in the last couple of weeks. I've heard of one keeper from Tomales Bay in the last couple of months, but that should change soon. Tomales Bay catching usually starts four to six weeks after SF and usually goes back to front as the water warms. Gage and I caught four on a trip back to Inverness on April 16 last year, so catching may start even sooner, especially without fresh water to chase them out of the shallows.

   The salmon forecast for this season is for about 277,000 fish. That's only 200,000 salmon less than last year. The start of the salmon season has been changed to TBD. There will likely be a season of some kind in the San  Francisco zone (our friends further North will likely suffer a worse season than us) but the dates and particulars have yet to be determined. Rockfish will open on April 1 out to a line approximating 300 feet of depth. While I'd like to hook a salmon, fresh rockcod sounds pretty good, too. The fact that they're generally catchable when the weather doesn't suck makes fish tacos even more of a soon-to-be.