These guys deserved these fish. They deserved more, really, but these are the ones they caught at the 11th hour, as they say. Jesse Keilman and his crew fish up and down the California coast and generally do well, but they arrived here just in time for the slowest period of salmon fishing since the opener. Saturday, nothing. Sunday, nothing. Monday, nothing, until, at 2:00 PM, double. They finished with five up to, I think 28 pounds. They found them at Abbott's in 70 feet of water. Then they hauled butt to get back in time for the tractor pull out in some water that was not as nice as one would hope for. Please note Jesse's shirt, on the right. It looks wet, and it's not all nervous perspiration. I was almost as happy as they were when they came in with fish. Nice work, gentlemen, and good to see your effort rewarded.

    I don't have much information about this sixteen pound halibut but it was caught in the bay and landed by Margo Cooper of Roseville.  I would guess it came from Hog or points North of there, but Margo tends to catch bigger fish so it could even be a Marshall fish. But I doubt it. I caught one this evening not too far from home on a jig, not as large as Margo's fish but not too bad. It had white spots.

    Yes, it's that time again. Jim and Scott Alexander and Larry Varela worked the water near Bird for these three salmon weighing 20.5 to 28 pounds. It ain't limits, but they're here for a bit and pacing themselves. Not here for as long, not pacing themselves, and not pictured were the crew of Miller Time, who came in with three limits of salmon to 30 pounds (again!). The bait ball they were working was out a bit deeper than everybody else was fishing (120-150 feet) and moving around a bit. To be fair to the anchovies, they were hustling to avoid the salmon eating them, but if they had just held still the Miller Time boys would have helped them out quicker. Bottom line, the fishing ain't hot but there's possibilities.