These two halibut came pretty quick this morning. The big one went 24 pounds and did not fit in the net. They grabbed it by the gills and dragged it into the boat like men. This is why men often have bloody hands. They caught them just inside the bell buoy (TB) on tube jigs. Nice work, men. Don't forget to show off the scars. "Did I ever tell you how I got this scar?" "Yes, Dad. Please, don't tell me the story again." "There I was, on the Tomales Bar...."  

     You know what they say," The family that fishes together often curses in front of their children." Not so with the Padons. That's probably mostly because they catch a lot, and catching takes a lot of the edge off. Success will do that, I'm reliably informed. I believe that this is Mrs. Padon's first jig fish. Catching halibut is fun, but hooking one by working a jig in the correct manner and feeling that "thump", well, it can be addictive. They had three bites on the jigs today but this is the only one that stuck. It looks like a pretty good one though. The bar was kind of slow for most guys for the bulk of the day, but after 5 and the tide change an evening bite lit up again. I only had one bite, but I saw one boat land five fish while I was there (Nice work Loren Poncia and team on the Early Shirley.) and another had four (Team Dark Lord, way to holler at Gage). Cannon Brunkhorst jumped in with Gage this evening and they caught three. All on tube jigs and mostly Bigfoot Baits but there were some Redrums in the mix.

    Gage and Chris Brown caught and released several halibut this morning, looking for the right one. This 28 pounder was apparently the right one. I struggled to catch a wrong one, so please excuse my snark. Nice work, Gage. 

    Also, Cameron said to call out James Ludovina. James, I hear you're busy. Understood. But they're biting. Right. Now.