These guys caught four halibut to 28 pounds today. Excuse me, these folks. Will Moore caught the big one. It bit an underspin swimbait. One ate a live jacksmelt. The other two (and one short) bit jigs. All fish north of Tom's Point (barely). I heard of one other halibut caught today, also in the same area. There's been a few others caught around Hog Island and Marshall. Hopefully these fish are indicators of fresh fish entering the bay. I don't know that it's true, but I hope that it's the case.

    The wind is blowing, so getting out to where the salmon are lusting for your baits is very hard. Not impossible, but distance times gasoline price times wind in knots equals a big, bad number. Something close to no way. Close enough that very few are going. The wind today was not quite as bad as forecast but it sure was a long way from good. Soon enough the wind will drop, and soon thereafter there will be close fish.

    Probably.

    If you follow this website regularly, you probably are aware that even more than water temperature and clarity, I favor my theory that gas prices are a leading indicator of albacore. Today I learned that a couple of commercial boats running out of San Diego and heading north searching for albacore found... albacore. Off of southern and central California. 40 fish a day, mostly, with a 200 fish day off of Half Moon Bay. It's June. It's way more than they've seen in the last several years. We may have tuna this year, it seems. Game on.