Gage found a couple of stripers to 21 pounds on the bar today. The big one really loved the surf and spent most of his time there. Getting it in the net without rolling the boat was not easy. Exciting, yes. Hog Island also has stripers as well as halibut and amost no surf (pretty much just wakes). I heard of a striper and halibut yesterday and the same boat had at least two halibut and a striper this morning. There's been a few halibut caught near Inverness as well. Crabbing is okay even with the tides, but I expect the Dungeness to go crazy in about a week when the season closes. They're always easier to catch them when you can't keep them.

   Here's the fish I heard about. Ezra and the Carters put the hurt on them. Tom Carter sent over this report: "We have our grandson for a few days and Tuesday the wind was calmer than it has been in a while and Ezra caught an 8 pound halibut and Jerrie caught a 14 pound striper , and this morning the weather was even better and we all caught! 22 inch striper , 17 pound halibut, and 11 pound halibut ! Ezra brought us some good luck"  Nice report Tom. I think you need to take Ezra fishing more often.