Steve Werlin, AKA the Dark Lord, caught this 29 pound halibut on a jig this morning. No other halibut bites, but with that fish, he didn't need any. He caught it close enough to the Boathouse that he was looking to see if we saw him do it. For the record, Steve, if we had glimpsed it, we would have looked away.

   For more dependable halibut action, the waters near Marshall had a lot of shorts and a few keepers for the boats that trolled there today. Robert Rath took out these seasoned fisherpeople for four keeper halibut and an indeterminate number of "not yets". Another boat from here had two keepers and returned quite a few of next year's fish (and a few of the year after's, too). The water temps have come up a bit with a couple of day's break from the wind, but the forecast isn't great for continued warming. 

    I received this cryptic email this afternoon: "Some sizeable fish were convinced to hit topwater plugs on a foggy sunset in the surf. It was awesome." Myself and two worked about a third other fishermen worked about a quarter of the beach last night trying for stripers and catching perch. We were straight out from the tent sites path. This mysterious gentleman was not there. I will be out on a different portion of beach tonight. Here's a picture of last night's catch:

    When the surfperch are hitting the 3-ounce Hopkins (I caught two) they're probably hitting everything.