Last Sunday Mike Mack and Spinner caught three halibut to 14 pounds. They were at Hog Island and caught the fish on live jacksmelt at the turn of the low tide. I was going to announce that the halibut had finally arrived but I waited to see if it was actually true. Sadly, it would appear that Mike and Spinner happened to bump into only a small school of halibut entering the bay, not the tsunami of fish we're all waiting for. The Wet Dream boys were also here for the holiday weekend and picked up solo halibut on Saturday and Monday, making them the halibut leaders for those days as no other halibut were caught that I heard of. Their fish came from further in the bay than Hog by a mile or two. Five fish caught over three days does not indicate a bay full of halibut. But, there's a chance. I should also mention that there were a few anchovies caught on Sunday morning by the yellow buoy, and a white sea bass and green lingcod caught there on Monday. 

     The Coastodian picked up another halibut today and missed a second bite. Live bait, not at Hog but not all the way back, either. I assume somewhere kinda Marshall-y. 

     Crabbing has been surprisingly decent from shore with most people catching a few crab and a few folks catching more. Boaters did okay but a few shore snarers actually did better than a few of the boaters. Go figure. This week has some very high and low tides so the extreme currents will likely drop the crab catch. Next week will be milder tides.