This halibut was caught very close to the launch at Lawson's today. It bit a P-Line Laser Minnow. Does this mean that halibut season on the North end of the bay is now open? Well....... let's just say your chances of success are probably better but are still far, far from good. Farther back, near Inverness, a few boats this weekend caught a few, but many boats didn't get a fish. Three gents in a Defiance boat had three halibut on Sunday, the boys in the Wet Dream had two, and a couple of boats had one each. Almost everyone said that if they wanted lots of fish they would have gone to San Francisco Bay, but that fishing on Tomales Bay was much more peaceful. Even the fish weren't bothering them very much.

     Branden Mendoza got a little bothered on Sunday: "Hey willy. Just wanna start off with thanks for the reports you do they are always very helpful and much appreciated.  We headed to Inverness today and trolled for about 3hrs in 10-14ft of water and managed 2 shakers and a 26in keeper. Over all we had a blast. Again thanks for always making great reports " I don't make the reports, Branden, I just write them down. Thanks, though. Nice job on the keeper.

    The surfperch fishing has been pretty good, not for everyone, but for many people. Not so much limits, mostly, but some good dinners. I snagged a couple of soft-shelled sand crabs recently, so it may be that the molt is on a bit early. The perch fishing has been much better than the Dungeness crabbing with most crabbers only getting a few if they're lucky. Even the few guys that went to the outer bay found it slow. It should pick back up, as the end of the season is only a month away and usually the crabbing picks up at the end of the season. Let's hope the crab know that, too, and follow through.