It is salmon season, so let's roll out the salmon pictures!

   This week Lou Zanardi discovered that his boat steering didn't work. Luckily, Fred Fritz in Petaluma had a bleeder tool he let Lou borrow to get the air out of his helm. It worked, and he caught today off of the Head. Not a lot, but not zero, either.

    The Coastodian found a keeper off of the Head today as well. There weren't a lot of bites to be had in our area so every one (and for most there was only one) was critical. This 15 pounder stuck. Others had fish that didn't stick. They will be thinking about those fish until the next salmon opportunity.

       Kaare Johnson was fishing with Chris Lawson and they caught two salmon about ten miles apart. This one weighed 27 pounds and was caught near Point Reyes. The other was half its size but was also half the distance from here. Most of the fish were being caught on bait without flashers or dodgers, but these two fish bit a hootchy and a spoon. I only heard of three other salmon out of the Landing today although I didn't talk to a lot of boats so I'm sure I missed some. Not many, though. As expected, the best bite was well south of here. Many boats fishing from Morro Bay to the Farallones got limits of salmon today. You can assume that tomorrow is the last day for salmon until September. 

      Mike Mack and crew gave up on the slow salmon and caught the turn of the tide by Hog Island this afternoon for five halibut, three of which weighed 23, 21 and 21 pounds. Who needs those salmon, anyway? Most of the other boats fishing in the same area did not have these gentlemen's luck. I heard of one other halibut caught and that was Gage's fish. Gage finished with a salmon and a halibut for the day. There were a couple of stripers caught from the beach this morning, so there's something else to look forward to in the salmon postseason.