I got this photo in a text a little after 9:00 this morning with the message "2 good ones." Well, there's really no bad ones in the ocean (not for long. The crabs eat them) but these are especially good as they're big, October salmon. Here's another view of one:

   I think we can all agree that this photo is much more flattering than the first and does the same job of making me feel like I missed out. The message with this photo: "Heather Staplin with her 21 lb King caught on an Anchovy straight bait off Kehoe Beach in 75 feet of water" It probably doesn't hurt to have Vance Staplin driving the boat. Nature, nurture, whatever, that's a really nice fish, Heather. I'm guessing you probably could have caught it without the old man but it was nice to let him participate. As an old man, I can say that we appreciate it.

   Well, I'm sure that by now most people have seen The Matrix and watched Keanu Reeves dodge bullets. This is a photo of Gage dodging a bullet, as he finally put his girlfriend, Amanda Rocha, on the fish this evening, where she caught this nice 15 pounder. Nice job Amanda and way to save your yourself, Gage. The salmon bit a straight anchovy at 25 pulls in 90 feet of water about a mile South of Keyhoe Beach. 

    Mason Lessard took one his sons, Owen, fishing today (Nolan had to work). They limited to 20 pounds (gutted). We gave Nolan a break to get a photo with the fish and his brother. For the record, Owen caught the big one, but Nolan would have us know that it's only because he was working. The Lessard's total for the day was, I think, four fish for seven hookups. That's a lot of bites for October. They weren't the only ones getting bit, either. I heard of quite a few boats catching and a few others limiting, one by 9:30. There's some fish from McClure's to the first parking lot on Ten Mile. It won't last (it can't last) so get 'em while you can. The bartender is saying "last call!" 

    Speaking of last call, maybe Swampy did catch all of the halibut. I heard of two landed over the weekend. So he didn't catch them all, only almost all of them. Or, maybe the cold water from the blow this week has them not feeling like eating. Either way, the halibut fishing is not as good as the salmon fishing. By a lot.