Yesterday Gage took his girlfriend's brother and his crew out for a bachelor party fishing trip. I didn't even know that was an option. I kinda wish I had one of those instead of what I had. These guys don't look emotionally scarred at all. Of course, this is also before they cleaned all those rockcod and four gallons of squid. They stumbled over another squid ball at McClure's and these guys cleaned squid while fish were also getting cleaned. Animals. Cleaning a squid is easy. Cleaning a hundred squid sucks. The reason why cleaned squid cost a lot more than whole squid at the grocery store is because it is totally worth it.  At any rate, these guys cleaned up on the rockfish and the squid. And Bryan, the Voglers wish you and Amanda all the best. 

    Joe Winn's crew landed a few halibut to 18 pounds today. They were kind enough to release the largest fish yesterday and today, so thanks, Joe (I think one of them hit my jig on the bar this evening. It was big but didn't stick. But for a second, holy crap). (Joe's a good guy, but they weren't actually releases.) I think that you can still hold your heads very high, as your body count for the last couple of days was quite high. The amount of bites they had was even higher. Is the halibut fishing hot? Not for the rest of us, but there's apparently a few fish out there and there's a chance for the rest of us. 

    Totals today were low, but Peter Kim and Mike Mack both had salmon (one each). There were a few boats besides Joe Winn that had halibut in the last few days, so halibut looks like the slightly better bet. Halibut were caught from the Yellow buoy to the Tomales Bar, and salmon, if you want to call it the hot spot, were caught at or near Abbott's Lagoon. The water has gotten pretty cold (54º or so) and clear and much of the bait has relocated. If you can find a spot of bait you'll probably also find the salmon.