Jerrie and Tom Carter got a mooching lesson today from Jerry Knedel. I'm going to have to get one of those, too, I think. Jerrie's fish weighed 28 pounds and Tom's weighed 32. Yeah, I know. I don't think Tom believed it, either. Both fish were caught just below the Trees. 

 

     Mike Lincoln hooked this 35 pounder North of the Trees in 80 feet of water, 45 feet on the wire. It bit a charteuse Krippled Anchovy behind a small flasher and was half of a double before it was a single again. 

     Chad McLaughlin caught this salmon (14 pounds, I think I heard?) in the Trees/McClure's area. He was fishing with Dimitri Fogal. The Fogal name was on the lips of many today, but unfortunately for Dimitri it was Kevin Fogal's name and the story of his 42 pound salmon. Kevin was fishing the same area and had quite the audience admiring him. I requested photos:

   I had three guys come in the store looking for purple haze hootchies because some guy with a huge salmon caught on one, so I'm guessing that was Kevin's weapon. 

    Nick Nichols sent over this report from yesterday: "Hey Willie, Nick here.

Went out of Westside yesterday with Scott. Got four nice fish.
10, 18, 21 and 23 lbs
From Bodega it was at the beginning of ten mile, 30-40 foot of water, 25-30 on the downrigger. Bite was early afternoon and was done by 3:00.
All on Spoon again. (My rod but that's a secret - haha)

Hope all is well.

Nick" Apparently Nick and Kevin share not just the knack for salmon killing but also the ability to share information on what is working for them. Thanks, gents. Also, when you see Scott Mason fishing in shorts it must be some pretty darn nice weather. 

    Here's a report from Mike Weese: "Hey Willy,

Hammered the fish on Friday. Caught 4 by the trees by 7:30.  27,25,24,17 pounds. We almost released the 17 lber calling it small. Not many boats out. Lots of action. Saturday was a different story in the same area. We caught 2 by 9:30. 28 lbs and 17. Lots of boats. The fish seemed to have moved south, but there were lots of boats hooking up early by the trees.

Mike on the FisherKing"  Sorry about all of the boats. What kind of year are you having when you're considering releasing a 17 pounder, thinking that you could do better? The fishing does seem to be more consistent down on the beach and you've got to love that bouncing the sandy bottom, not knowing if you'll catch a salmon or a halibut. The sand bottom is also hugely more forgiving than the rocks at the Trees. There must piles of cannon balls down there. Nice job, Mike. Now Gage and I feel like slackers for taking so long to catch our limits on Thursday. 

    Speaking of trolling the beach for a mixed bag, Mike Mack sent a report: "4 kings today no toads but caught 23lb halibut on the lawsons scale. South of elephant. Beautiful day to be on the ocean perfect weather and fishing. Many thanks for awesome place to fish out of." The Trees was too crowded for Mike, so he hit the beach. I'm thinking it was a good call.