Robert Rath and his crew went back out today and were able to connect to, maybe not the one that got away a few days back, but one that looked a lot like it. The salmon went 36 pounds on his scale right after landing it and 35 on ours a few hours later. 

     Mike Lincoln went solo today and ended up with this 32 pound salmon from Bird Rock. He lost another fish as well. Landing a salmon by yourself is pretty tough, and doing it successfully in sloppy weather with the large, hot fish that are here this year takes luck and skill. Mike had both going on today.

    Blake caught these two salmon to 33 pounds today by the Trees, I'm told by Kapulani. They had their four at the end of the day. Blake is dedicating these fish to local legend Gerard Fitzgerald. "It's all the things that you said to me that that made these fish possible, and also made fishing without you so much sweeter."

     Branden Mendoza sent over this photo and report: "Hey Willy. Had another good day for us. We fished between bird and elephant all-day today in about 60feet of water 45 on the wire. We managed 1 nice 25lb salmon. " It was a tough day out there today with a lot of guys coming in with nothing more than a whupping from the stiff South wind. The fish that did bite were damn nice, but it would have been nicer if there were a few more to go around. 

    The Fish Raider II boys spent about an hour out in the slop before they realized they had enough salmon and didn't need any more whupping. They caught some jacksmelt and eventually turned those jacksmelt into halibut, a magic trick that has been pretty hard to perform lately. These fish came from North of Hog Island and another couple of halibut I heard of were caught right near the yellow buoy. There were also a lot of boats going home without flatfish today.