Many boats fished for halibut by Marshall today. A few caught up to four. Many caught zero. Some had one to three, but the zeroes were in the plurality. Hog Island had a worse record. So, just to confuse things, after no fish at Marshall, Hog, and points in between, Chris Lawson and Gina Kindlespire fished near Marker Five for two fish to 17 pounds. The big one was caught by Gina, as if you didn't already know. Both fish landed and three fish lost were all caught on Bigfoot Baits tube jigs. In the words of

 Mr. Lawson, " I'll be Goddamned. They work."

    Gage looks good with this fish, and it bit a Redrum tube jig, but I caught this one and he gaffed it. For a change. We were trying for stripers this evening and failed. This made the failure much easier to accept. On the salmon front, there's rumors of salmon just above the MPA. There's even thinner rumors of fish in close near McClure's. The fish should be here, and may be here, but some pretty good fishermen have struck out recently and I haven't seen the fish, so I'm not dropping everything and running. They'll be here soon, probably. Maybe.