The salmon fishing was better today. I know this for two reasons. One, Mike Mack told me so. Two, Mike and Spinner are holding three fish in this picture, one more than yesterday. They lost several in the morning as well. Jesse Keilman and his crew landed four salmon, none after noon. Both boats were in a small fleet of vessels between the Trees and McClure's in 70 to 140 feet of water. Some of the fishing was chasing birds. The fish are here again and biting. For now.

      The halibut fishing in the bay was mostly tragic this weekend, but Howard Law and crew caught four halibut today, two on bait and two on jigs. Yesterday our Tim Woerner and Christine had three halibut, a striper and a sand sole on the bar, also about 50/50 bait/jig. I heard that the Wet Dream crew landed a halibut today. There's a few fish around. It ain't good, but there's a chance.

   I know, it's not here, but friend of the report Eddie Kim scored a personal best today out of San Diego on the Poseidon. He landed two bluefin over 200 pounds in a day. One is serious work. Two? No wonder fish fear him.