Here's a late report (my fault) from Lou Zanardi about Friday's fishing: "Hi Willy,  yesterdays bite was pretty slow but Joe Withers and Wyatt Zanardi didn't mind the wait as they managed to hook and land this double which turned out to be the only legal fish of the day.   Many silvers and shorty's were returned to swim with the whales." After this season, "Silvers and Shorties" would be the name of my cow-punk themed Primus cover band if I were musically inclined. Everybody has had their days of nothing but cohos and next year's keepers. It's especially great when you can't find tray anchovies (I heard Bodega Tackle may have scored a few) and the wrong kind of salmon keep gobbling up the last of your stash. At least you guys had your double.

    Tom Brodsky and John Bresnahan limited on Saturday at approximately 14 by 6. The bite there didn't last through Sunday but it lasted long enough for these guys to get 'em. 

    Here's on on-the-water report from Rokefin from yesterday: "Hey Willy

Started 14/8 had several hits in a flurry and landed this salmon around mid teens. Caught a few shorts.  Made our way north and landed another low teen salmon. Had a double silver hookup and a couple scratched baits so still grinding it out.

2 in box" I'm not sure how he and Herman Rinkel finished but two salmon by mid-day was probably a lot better than what a lot of guys were doing. I believe that Shrimp Boat had limits as well as a few other boats, but a lot of guys had trouble scoring even one. A common feature of the catchers was going deep on the wire, 180' to 220" on the wire or more. You'd better have some Spectra on your reel to keep them hooked at that depth. No stretch.

    On another note, this week's lovely weather let the water warm up to halibut happiness level and a batch of fresh volunteers have entered the bay. From the bar to Pelican Point there are some very nice halibut being caught and even more lost. I heard a long-time halibut fisherman call last weekend "the most frustrating fishing I've done in the last few years," and he's fished for bluefin with me, so he knows frustrated. The trick to sticking them when they bite? I don't know, as I'm having the same problem, but I did seem to keep more connected with smaller baits. Not all of them, but one 15 pounder on the bar last night.