I know it may not look like it, or sound like it phonetically, but, in fact, the letters S M A L L C R A F T A D V I S O R Y spells "salmon opener." It is supposed to be unpleasant early and then get less fun later. Of course, the guys that fish salmon for money have tried a few places and found that the best bite is pretty far out in 300 feet or more. If I was heading out tomorrow I'd probably make that my first plan. The second, backup plan would be to fish closer. The water looks right in 100 to 200 feet; brown and baity. A few have been reported as caught and released on rockfish gear in 150 feet of water, so it could happen. There's always Bodega Reef, too. And halibut. Not very good halibut fishing (the folks that I spoke to that tried today didn't think the halibut were quite flooding into the bay. They were more of the opinion that all seven that tried to enter got caught yesterday) but a few were taken near Hog. It looks like we may be going back to the conditions of a few weeks back but with a "but the salmon are out there and hungry" kicker. Aahh, good times. Good thing we sell kites and fishing tackle.
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fished off the head (2 rods) started at 270'. nothing till i got in closer to 220-230 feet. 7 coho and 2 king. fished 630-1130. dropped one pot in 40 feet of water for 5 keeper males. So many anchovies all depths, at times it looked like it was raining on the surface.
Same report here but with out the kings.
8 silvers a couple real big ones, I would think a 13 plus looking salmon was a king but it was not!
The majority of the kings I hear back at land came from Salmon creek and north in the 300 and out depth.
Good luck boys, looks like better weather for ya all next weekend.
That pacific was a awesome thing to see. Way to go !
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