The big salmon from McClure's yesterday does (or did) exist. Ira McKern landed this 41.3 pound king on a green RSK in 50 feet of water. Your mileage may (will almost surely) vary. That is a pig, though. 

   Here's a picture of a Saturday fish I lost in my email. "My  friend Beau caught this salmon yesterday off of bird rock with George on the SandyAnne 

Richard"  Thank you for the picture, Richard. So there are a few salmon being caught. Today there were some fish caught down on the beach. It sounded like Abbott's or the first Parking lot. A few guys did well. That is a kind of typical statement, I guess, but that statement is also kind of typical of fishing in general. Whether the fish stay there or decide to bite tomorrow is anybody's guess. Tomales Point to Elephant has had just enough fish caught there for us to know that there is still a possibility of catching a salmon there, just not a good possibility. But like Lloyd Christmas said, "So you're telling me there's a chance. Yeah!"

   Well, this just firms it up. Now there's no more halibut left in the bay. Gage caught these halibut right by Hog Island in about 20 minutes. It took him over two hours of fishing to find the school and get his first bite, but he quickly kept going back over the spot with biting fish. Incredibly, he landed three and lost two others. So, there's at least two other halibut in the bay. These halibut liked live anchovies. Gage caught his bait just outside of the mouth of the bay but other people today caught some 'chovies near the yellow buoy, so options exist. Either some fresh fish moved in or Gage can catch the fish that nobody else can. I have to believe in the fresh fish theory. I think, from his smile, that he believes the other.