Mike Martin sent over this report this morning: "Thanks for the info Willy. Did what you said and stopped 5 miles short. Picked up a dozen sand dabs. Fished the North end of the reef with 10 other boats. Caught some nice lings and big rock fish. Had to send 2 big (10lb.) Yellow eyes back down. Tossed the Mad Macs out for about an hour trolled back up the out side of Cordell with no hits for the tuna." Nicely done. It's the run out and back that's the bad part. Maybe the cleaning, too. But the catching, well, that's good. For now.

    Scott Simpson sent over this report from the weekend: "Hi Willie, the kids and I had a great weekend at LL. I didn't personally catch anything but a buzz.  The grandkids had a pretty good weekend and I enjoyed being the deckhand working the net.  They were troopers grinding it out for 7 hours for three keepers.  I know there are at least 8 fish in the bay,  as we put them back with an inch or so to go.  They will be ready for us in a few weeks.  As always thanks for being great hosts and giving us a beautiful place to escape the valley heat." Good work getting those kids out on the water, and even better, great work putting them on some fish. Scott and crew were trolling near Marshall.

     The striper fishing is not wide open, but there are a few around, enough that even I can catch one. This was near the bar and the jig was a 12.5 oz. grape Redrum.