It looks like there's some herring getting ready to spawn in Tomales Bay. The deep holes have schools of fish in them and there's birds and seals working on bait in the middle of the bay off of Cyprus Point. I tried for them with sabikis and a throw net (I watched a Youtube video and actually got my net to open this time) and caught somewhere between zero and none (I lost count). They're here, they're just somebody else's fish. 

    So, last post I whined about the loss of our weather buoys and the fact that nobody seems to able to fix the things that we've inherited from our forefathers. I guess I was assuming that only my family was having issues navigating the regulatory jungle that is modern life, but now I see that even regulators have difficulty with each other. The American Challenger, the vessel aground north of Dillon Beach, has been approved for removal, ten months later. "The Unified Command (UC) including the Office of Spill Prevention and Response, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Marin County, and the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary continues to engage in the ongoing response to the 90-foot vessel that has been grounded within the rocky shoreline north of Dillon Beach in Marin County since March 5, 2021. Good afternoon, we are happy to report that the American Challenger removal/destruction plan has been approved by the Coast Guard Commandant. The Unified Command is continuing to assess the vessel and will monitor weather and sea state conditions to determine when operations can safely be conducted. The next Liaison update will be sent when it is determined that operations can move forward, or if there are new developments to report. " "Ongoing response", indeed. Ten months to agree on a plan for something that they all want. And they haven't even started the actual doing. Imagine if it was something even slightly contentious. We're doomed.

     One of our longtime fishermen at Lawson's has passed away. Bob Young probably wasn't responsible for salmon and halibut numbers dropping off, but he sure didn't help them, either. I kid, but I did have the opportunity to fish with him once and the rods hardly stopped pumping with fish. He was almost as good a Ten Mile troller as Herb Hansen (I have to say this in case Herb reads this).