Gage wants everyone to know that the rumors of bluefin near Cordell are false. Nothing to see here. They're not biting Madmacs. Stick with crab. 

 

Tom Brodsky and Gage also wish to report that bluefin number two is even more misinformation.  Looks tasty, though.

 

    Final tally for our boys today was the two bluefin. One went 87 pounds and the other went 100. Both fish bit a 200 Nomad Madmac in sardine with a 4/0 5X Owner treble hook at the tail. Neither fish took longer than 15 minutes to boat. There's lots of fish out there, but almost all of them aren't biting. I heard a couple of other reports and they were about 50:50 for success. This was Gage's fifth or sixth try for NorCal BFT and close to that number of trips for Tom. Way to wear 'em down, boys. 

   That's all the good news for today. In other news, the Dungeness crabbing wasn't very good in Tomales Bay and the outer bay was completely belly, even for the guys that did well there the day before. Our Tomales Outlaw had a good day in the outer bay yesterday but today, after no crab to two runs through the gear, he was forced to bail and run up to Salmon Creek to catch his crab today. They are not a sure thing there but there are more of them.

   

   I forgot to get pictures of the big lingcod last weekend. Sorry, guys. But I did get this photo of an 18 pounder today. The lings are here and closer and bitier than those snobbish bluefin. They taste better (cooked) too, depending on who you ask.