Sorry, I got distracted. I've been telling my wife that I need to fish, and she acted like I was just being dramatic. Well, Thursday is my day off, and last Thursday I had jury duty. I'm at the Marin Civic Center doing my civic duty (that's where you do it here) and my wife decided that that was the day she felt up to going fishing. While trying to take the tarp off of the boat, she slipped off of the boat trailer fender and fell to the ground, breaking her leg, foot, and ankle in multiple places. She just spent over two days in the hospital. That's why I haven't been posting. But, it does prove that things are better when I get to go fishing. When I can't go, who knows what'll happen? Bad things, it seems. This will be my argument going forward.

   Gage sent me this picture at about noon today: "John Flynn st Helena. 26 lb halibut on a smelt near the bar 30 ft" The Saint Helena boys put the hurt on the halibut today.  John caught the largest one, but every boat came in with fish today. Good work, John and crew. 

   And then there's these guys. Normally when we have a picture of Vance Staplin he's holding a fish weighing over thirty pounds. Today he took a break and he and Tom Brodsky peaked with a 21 and 24 pounder. They had a couple others to fill out their 2023 halibut limits. It sounds like they caught off of  Dillon Beach proper. Live smelt were their weapons. Way to relax, Vance and Tom.