The ocean was pretty flat today, finally, so I obviously stayed in the bay. I took the Dark Lord, Dr. Steve Werlin himself, out for a bit of live bait fishing for halibut. Of course, Steve tried to screw it up by hooking the first halibut on a jig, but immediately after, we we hooked a second fish on a jacksmelt. After a second, no biter drift over the same water we wen to the other side of the bay where we had four bites, two of which stayed connected. We launched at 8:30 this morning and were back on the trailer with limits by 11:00. Other people caught fish today as well, but not quite as quick and not quite as many. Steve thinks I really know my halibut fishing. I know that we were pretty damn lucky to happen to drift over biting fish. There's some skill in catching bait quickly (Cough! Chum. Cough!) and some skill in choosing the places to fish, but drifting over biting fish is pure luck. Having multiple live-baited lines in the water when you finally drift over a biting school is just common sense. 

Gage took his girlfriend out to breakfast this morning and launched his boat for some halibut fishing at 11:00. He and Amanda finished their day with a double, one of which made its way to the boat. They had two fish and missed ten or more bites. There's fish out there if you can stick them.