Sorry about the lack of posts and for "forgetting" these reports. I've been falling asleep at the computer, or in some cases, my dinner, so posting has been difficult. No fishing today, so I'm awake, and here's the report from last week from Chris DiTrani (apologies, Chris): "Hey Willy. I’m sure you’ll be flooded with salmon reports, but here’s mine! Both of these were caught within an hour of dropping the line on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. I suspect limits could have been had both days but I had reasons to head in early. I swear there were some 10 footers on Wednesday, so I wasn’t heartbroken… Both of these fish were 31-32 inches. 

Thanks as always. 

Chris"  Thanks for the report and sorry for my narcolepsy. Nice work on the salmon. I hope all of the build-up was worth it. Chris moved here from the East Coast and bought a boat, looking to catch salmon, right before they closed salmon for (functionally) three years. There is a short list of people that deserved a salmon more than Chris. Very short. 

       Here's a late (because of me...) report from Swampy from the 1st of July: "Evening Willy,

A wise man once told me to catch fish you have to fish where the fish are. Today I was not where they were. Easy perch bait, but no fish today. Kicker lost its pisser, I lost my wind sock and my radio was dead when I needed my trailer. Glad I got it all out (hopefully) on this trip. See you soon, Swampy." Get it out now, Swampy. The fish are here now, and more are coming. The good stuff for halibut is just getting going, and it is going pretty good. Not so much inside the bay, as that has been abused for the last few years, but some new fish are coming in from outside, and the folks that find them at the mouth before they can ,make their ways back inside, have done well. Today, very well. Good effort, Swampy, and better luck and mechanicals next time.

   Branden Mendoza sent over this report yesterday: "Hey Willy hope you had a good 4th. We spent the weekend chasing salmon. 7 fish in 2 days. It's nice to have the season open again. We trolled crippled anchovies 1 with a flasher 1 without. The bite was great both days." Branden ain't wrong. The weekend bite was good. Sunday was off the hook, as they say. Nice work Mendozas. The salmon weren't super easy. The offshore (in my opinion, over 200' of water) bite lit off and drew a lot of boats out to the deep for good catches. It also allowed the inshore bite to light back up, as Mike Mack and Spinner smacked their limits (4 fish in the boat for 9 fish on) pretty quick in the afternoon after trying for the reported bite offshore. That afternoon bite slowed but was still good enough for me, Cameron, and Nate Buck (local lifeguard/paramedic) to catch three (lost one broke off) and miss several bites in a few hours after work. Of course, Gage came out a little later and limited (released one) but the view in front of Bird was pretty epic with four kinds of birds feeding on the boiling anchovies in 40 to  60 feet of water. Epic fishing , really. From a visual standpoint. 

    

   There's a couple of yesterday photos from Vance Staplin. Vance has been working hard to try to get us some salmon to fish for and and this year he got it. Thanks for the fishing.

    Kerry Apgar sent me this photo of Frank Green with a pile of large halibut but no note. I think this means the halibut are biting again. Since a bunch of people caught halibut today on the bar and at Dillon Beach, I'm guessing yes.