There are slightly more than no salmon out there. This 25 pounder was caught by Ethan Warmkessel at the Trees today. He barely stayed in the boat, as the morning was kinda.....rough. Not the word he used, but you get the point. It calmed a bit later, I'm told. I did hear a rumor of a party boat catching salmon limits somewhere on Ten Mile in 60 feet of water today. It sounds too good to be true, but maybe....

    Who need salmon when you can catch 30 pound halibut? Not these guys. Jeremy Nichol of Auburn (and Scott, who is a good gaffer) caught this one on a live jacksmelt. The fish had scars from two earlier gaffing attempts, one you can see in the photo. The other was maybe a week old on gill plate of the colored side. So, these guys caught the fish that not only the rest of couldn't catch, we couldn't even get it in the boat when it was hooked. The rest of suck, I guess. 

     Ezra Rock caught the 18 pound halibut on the left. It, too, has an old gaff scar. More guys catching the fish you and I couldn't. Dillon Beatty caught a keeper and knows how to take a fish photo. It isn't how big your fish is, it's how big it looks. Ezra, your fish is impressive. Dillon, nice forced perspective. Gentlemen, nice fish. There weren't a lot caught out of here today, and most of the ones landed were barely keepers. Hopefully the salmon rumor is a fact. Otherwise the rockfish will be very unhappy.