Last night Gage caught his personal best California halibut. It weighed 27 pounds. He went out after work with his buddy, Tanner Carrick. They caught four halibut and a striper, all told. I went out last night, too, and caught nothing. I watched Ed Parsons catch a couple of halibut on jigs while I wasted my time casting for striper. Gage's halibut is the largest on the big fish board. Or, was...

     I guess Tanner has fished here before but never caught a halibut here (He's definitely caught a lot of halibut before, but here ain't other places). Today he caught he first one here. His second one weighed 45 pounds. Sorry, Gage, I guess you were king for almost a day. Besides limits of halibut, the boys also limited on stripers. They fished from the mouth to Hog. Seems like a pretty good day. When I got invited to go with them tomorrow, I said yes. Seems legit.

    Reverend Ron Sayed from Reno came out for a visit and a fishing trip. He had success on both. A bit of a slow start on the catching, but after a bit of effort, things got figured out, and two halibut yesterday became three for the crew today. Today's three fish bit a shiner perch, an anchovy, and jacksmelt, all live, and all by Hog Island. Nice job, Rev Ron and crew.

    My wife saw the 45 pounder and the rest of the fish. So she said we're going fishing. She reeled in an eleven pound halibut on the bar and a 23 pound halibut off of the seawall. There was quite a crowd watching for the gaffing of this fish. Other people did well today, mostly, with Hog being okay but most fish coming from Number 5 to the bar. Fresh fish coming in? Probably. This fish of Nicki's bit a Bigfoot Baits jig. Twice. The second time it stuck. There may have been some cursing between bites one and two. It all got better after the fish was in the boat. It usually does.