An important thing to remember when reading this report is that the guys that didn't catch don't get their pictures taken. The halibut fishing has been bad. If you catch one, you're ahead of the curve. That being said, these guys got a good one and made it look easy: "Mike Cordova, Matt Stockwell, Brayden Davis and Cole Mikita from Stockton with a 29 lb halibut and a 16 lb lingcod" was the message I received. There have been very few halibut hanging from this scale this year, so this is very good to see. Very fine work, gents, and I love that the lingcod is a green one. I think that those are the best for eating. The texture of the flesh seems more delicate. But maybe I just like cooking up green meat for guests just to watch their expressions. 

   Dean caught this 10 pound striper in the tertiary channel in the middle of the bay today. He caught it from his kayak on a Nomad Squidtrex. Nice fish, Dean. I hear those Squidtrex are doing the work on halibut too (probably why Dean was jigging one) but in the absence of good halibut fishing it's nice to see the stripers stepping up here as well as San Francisco Bay. I guess immigrants do work harder. Rockfishing has been mostly slow but the lingcod action has picked up, likely as the spawners come in to the shallows to do their work. I heard of a few around 20 pounds from Bird Rock this weekend but no photos found their way to me, only stories. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.