Here's a report I missed from Sunday. According to John Wertz, "Hey Willy,

We spent 10 hours chasing rockfish and Lings  from Bird Rock to north of the closed areas today with Jigs,(lost a few [as is usual], squid, and prayers. We only boated two brown rockfish. We heard of one 24” Lingcod caught off of Bird Rock in shallow water. Boats were moving around as if to say “We’re not having any luck here.  Let’s move.” Beautiful conditions today and as I always say; “It could have been worse; I could have been working.”" I'm glad you feel that way. My worst days fishing are when I'm sitting there, not catching, thinking that I could be painting my house. I guess John is still happy. Good for you, John, that's probably a healthier mental state than I maintain. If it makes you feel any better, John, from all the reports I heard from over the weekend, the rockfishing was really slow for everyone that didn't run offshore for the deep water. The deeps were good, but the shallows were belly up. Actually, John is probably mentally well enough to not feel schadenfreude, but for the rest of you fishermen that didn't do well on the rockfish over the weekend, you had good company.

\    Trisha Cumbra caught this eleven pound halibut yesterday near Marker 5. It bit a live jacksmelt. Trisha has been trying for this fish for a while and it finally happened. I'll bet it tasted pretty darn good.