Finally, a fishing report! Better, a catching report. Gage says the halibut are biting! Actually, Gage says this halibut bit, but no others in a few hours of trolling way back in the bay. So the one friendly one is gone. It is still early, and based upon the bite in San Francisco Bay, our good bite is still four to six weeks away, but there's hope! Just not much hope. It bodes well for May halibut fishing, though. 

     Salmon season has officially been settled by the PFMC. The first line of the press release: "The Pacific Fishery Management Council has adopted recommendations for ocean salmon fishing along the Pacific west coast in 2024. The seasons provide recreational and commercial opportunities in northern areas of the coast but include significant reductions and closures in southern portions of the coast to achieve conservation goals for goals for both Chinook and coho salmon stocks." The "significant reductions and closures" in the case of California is just closure. It gives a bit more meaning to a single  halibut caught in the bay, as that is our future this year, it seems. And rockfish, and stripers, and bluefin, maybe, when the time is right. So maybe next year for salmon, if enough waster was allowed to flow in the rivers at the right time to allow enough smolts to make it to San Francisco Bay. So, maybe 2025?