It's been a while, but I think that the things these guys have are fish. The weather has decided to give us a break and Harvest Time jumped on it today. In his words, "We plowed out for ling limits and 2/3 rockfish limits before getting blown off, took a beating but overall a great kick off. " Very nice. Excellent lings and I'm super jealous of your chilipeppers. Those are the best but you usually can't find them in less than 400 feet of water. That depth and 30+ miles of lumpy water makes 'em taste even better if you can stay awake long enough. The weather looks good for offshore fishing for a good part of this week, at least until the forecast changes again. Perhaps more of these so-called fish things may be pictured here soon.

      The wind has blown in some sand and structure (bars, basically) on the oceanfront beach and the surfperch are starting to show. I heard of at least a few caught from Sand Point all the way up to the rocks. The best bars close to shore look to be on the northern part of the beach but a good surf fisherman should always be prepared to do a bit of walking.

       Crabbing was the usual today, mostly bad. There were a few caught from shore, mostly reds but a couple of Dungeness as well. Dungeness should start to slowly improve as the clutch and molting finishes up. It probably won't be good, as there just aren't that many keeper-sized crab out there, but the little ones are growing and fortunes will change.