We had ten launches today but most of those were clammers (they did well). I talked to two boaters that went fishing and crabbing in the bay (the only two that I pulled out) and they did pretty well. One had a halibut and one keeper Dungeness. The halibut came from Inverness and the crab from Marker 5. Similarly, the other boat caught in the same places but had an earlier start. Three halibut for Mr. Wertz (two from Inverness and one from Marshall(!)) and six (or eight? I forget) Dungeness around the Fiver. Mr. Wertz also found a top-to-bottom school of shiner perch at the weather (yellow) buoy. That's a pretty good sign. Not as good as the numbers of confirmed halibut being caught in San Francisco Bay (According to sportfishingreport.com, the Lovely Martha party boat has already landed 1191 halibut for this year. That's a number that can't be argued with.).
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Nice catches at Lawson's. I wonder if the SF Bay halibut can handle the present and up coming pressure (no salmon) on the old/"big" high producing females. Maybe smaller non-producing fish should be included/required in a limit. Even Alaska has recently instituted novel regulations to maintain "big" fish genes and the highly productive size/age groups. Time will tell.
SF is an absolute zoo and a lot less fun than it should be as a result.
Agree JRS. Need a traffic controller there.
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