I took Giuseppi out fishing today and for five hours in three locations (outer bay, McClure's, Abbott's) we got no bites. I friendly fisherman swung by us in 35 feet of water at Abbott's and signaled that he was catching a few salmon up high a little deeper. So out to 60 feet we went with two lines at 20 pulls with one pound balls and anchovy specials with no flashers. No love for us still but a guy that passed us trolling the same way hooked and landed a fish, so I sped up to 2 knots. Boom, fish on. Ten minutes later, boom, fish off. Shortly after, another hookup and loss. Finally, at almost 2:00 PM, one in the box, the pictured, 22 pound salmon. By 3:40 we had limits. The second and third fish came at 15 pulls and the final fish bit at 10 pulls. We also caught a vermillion rockfish in 55 feet of water at the Towers at 15 pulls, plus three jacksmelt hooked on salmon gear. There were several other boats in the area catching fish as well, and the anchovies were thick at the surface from Abbott's Lagoon to the almost the first parking lot in 50 to 70 feet of water, so I'm going to guess that salmon catching may not be over yet. The outer bay and McClure's looked super fishy; the Towers area looked super-duper fishy and we limited. It may not last but it probably isn't over tomorrow. 

    Another thing not over is the halibut. "Morning Willy,

Went solo today and caught a limit north of hog. Surprised at the lack of boats and the rain (RAIN?) I experienced. I didn’t know it still did that in Ca. Thumbs up to your crew there, always good attitudes.

Swampy" This was a Tuesday morning report. Since that submission Swampy was joined by a team (cast of characters? rogue's gallery?) to assist him in more halibut catching. The wind on Tuesday should have kept them from catching but it didn't. They also did well on Thursday. Not limits, but with four guys you can catch quite a few and not limit. The halibut and salmon haven't heard that they're done biting. Don't tell them. When the fleet consists of ten boats stretching over two miles, life is good. October fishing is the best.