There were a bunch of birds working bait entering the bay yesterday. A couple of stripers were caught in the mouth of the bay. My guess is that bait entering the bay was anchovies, as pinhead anchovies were pretty thick around the yellow weather buoy this evening. I dropped a sabiki in the schools three times and caught six anchovies each time. I couldn't catch a halibut in my 40 minutes of trying but the water temp was not the worst and the bait is there. Low tide will probably equal a fish or two. It seems. Sardines in Inverness, mackerel in Marshall, and anchovies at Hog Island. The ocean is kinda short on baitfish and as it cools in the windiest and coolest time of year a portion of the baitfish move into the    bay. Good for us. The fish follow. Probably. Time will tell.