Just a quick post. Not much to report, as usual, lately, but today there was a halibut caught off the beach in front of the store. On camera, even. It wasn't a legal halibut, but it was a flat fish from the shore. The water at low tide registered 54.5 degrees according to the $20 infrared temp gun I used to check, for whatever that's worth (probably not the $20 I spent). The Gage is twitching with anticipation and planning on fishing this week. I think he may be a bit premature. There's still a few Dungeness coming in from the bay, not many, but a few. The outer bay has been better but still not good enough for me to limit, not by a long shot. Things will only get better as the year progresses. That ain't false promises, it's just knowledge that the days are lengthening, the water is slowly warming, and the West wind, which is only just starting, will just as surely end, and when it does (it won't be soon enough) the ocean halibut will bite. There may be a reduction in the halibut limit to two this year (because salmon didn't keep up their end of the deal), so larger ocean halibut would especially be welcome.