So I whined about no halibut yesterday. Zach Liddle and his girlfriend weighed in an 18 pound halibut today. It ain't red hot, but there's fish being caught. Zach's fish bit a live (but probably unhappy) freshwater minnow he bought from Bodega Tackle. Another boat in the Hog Island area reported no fish for them but they caught an anchovy and a couple herring for bait and saw two halibut and a striper landed on other boats. The fish are coming and a few are already here, it seems. Terns were working the clam island on the incoming tide today which would indicate some smaller baitfish entering the bay. All this goes to show that whining gets results.

    Also today, a gentleman and his wife limited on Dungeness on a one hour soak with four pots in the Outer Bay near the Tomales Bay "TB" buoy. The story is that they threw back more keepers than they kept. Crab, like fish, move in schools, so those crab may have moved on before you get there, but it seems like a good place to drop gear. I'm hoping for a few "full pot" pictures for tomorrow.

    In response to the "no anchor" zone comment from the yesterday's whiny post, yes, there are many areas where anchoring is not allowed in order to protect the eelgrass. Here's a link to the map: https://nmsfarallones.blob.core.windows.net/farallones-prod/media/archive/eco/tomales/pdf/seagrass_maps.pdf    There's quite a bit of fishable area outside of the no-anchor zones that one could drop a "crappy anchor" for a slow drift. If you are trying to drift over the eelgrass to catch halibut you should probably try a different spot. Halibut are colored like sand and not grass for a pretty good reason.