Jules Rodrigues of Patterson CA, on her first ever saltwater fishing trip, showed the boys how to catch a sea bass. Hooked this guy around 10:30 south of Hog in about 30' of water trolling a dead, "very old" anchovy, and landed him after a 10 minute fight. Nice work on your 38 pounder, Jules. It's generally not that easy.

    Mike Nursement found an almost keeper halibut closer to Marker 5 than Hog Island last Monday. It bit a frozen anchovy as the jacksmelt wouldn't bite for him. No keeper for him, but a halibut of any size north of Hog in April is pretty exciting.

    The Coastodian picks up a lot of trash along the coast, and while tossing some of his collection  at Miller Park he spied these halibut carcasses in the dumpster. That's a hopeful sign as well. Then he called me an hour or so later to ask how big a white seabass needed to be. Unfortunately his was 27" and the minimum size is 28".  This fish also bit a frozen anchovy. I detect a pattern.... He also caught a few jacksmelt and mackerel which didn't work as good as that frozen anchovy.