Not from here, but not much happened here today, so here's friend of the report, Richard Baratta, with a report sent to me at 4:30 this morning: "Hey Willy
Night one 3:00am fish on! Just sayin, my shirt looking better than Gage’s shirt tonight…." Richard is fishing aboard the Polaris Supreme out of Seaforth Sportfishing in San Diego. Nice fish Richard. but just know that Gage has two trips booked this year and he's coming for your fish. And, it should be said, the weather forecast has shifted and it looks like there will be some bluefin opportunities locally in the near future. A few boats will be searching for them tomorrow. It may take a few days post-hurricane for the water to lay down and let the bait school up. the water warm up, and the bluefin to really show up. But it seems likely that by this weekend there will be happy tuna dudes here, too. 

    The halibut fishing has been a bit better here, but with the offshore winds finally dropping the nearshore winds felt the need to step up and wreck things. After the fog slid out this morning it decided to return and blew hard from the south for a good part of the day before the fog finally slid in and the wind dropped. The wind caused most fishermen to cut their day short at least, and at least two boats sank at the launch while trying to get out of the water. One filled with water while parked on the beach for a minute; the other swamped and rolled over while backing off of the beach after dropping off their passengers. Nobody was hurt, thankfully, but at least one halibut was lost out of the boat when it rolled. Insult to injury, as they say. One third of all the halibut I heard of today ended up back on the bottom of the bay. The ocean should be opening up as the water lays down, so rockfish and Ten Mile halibut may be in reach soon. 

   Finally.