Dale Fortner of Sacramento caught this 25 pound halibut off of Dillon Beach on Wednesday. There were a few other halibut from there and the bar but the bite slowed yesterday. I only heard of three salmon and two halibut landed yesterday. There were saury jumping in 100 feet of water and schools of them in starting in 140 feet. The wind is forecast to cool things down this weekend but hopefully it will stay far offshore. Ten more days for salmon.

Ari and Mayer Goldberg of Oakland with their first fish, two halibut weighing a combined 23 pounds.
Ed Parsons of Lodi with this year's only landed white seabass, a 38 pounder he caught on a jig off of Dillon Beach. Ed also had two halibut in the box. Bob Lapp of Rio Vista caught two salmon to 26 pounds out in front of the outer red "2" buoy.

It turns out that there were some fish down on Ten Mile. One boat had six salmon, all caught on a 100 yard long tack that they fished so much they got dizzy from the turns. Another boat had a salmon and a halibut from the beach. Their ride home was not as pleasant as the ride down and the forecast for today doesn't sound too good for Ten Mile runs.

I heard of a grand total of 7 salmon landed here yesterday out of 28 launches. Even less halibut. I would suggest abalone diving except for the "bigger than the boat" shark that chased a couple boatloads of divers in from behind Bird. The rockfishing has been pretty good at least.

Colder, clearer water has pushed in, slowing down the salmon bite and nearly stopping the halibut. The Keyholes and the north end of Ten Mile had a few salmon today. The rockfish bite was good even though the current was strong and it was hard to keep the lines near the bottom. Maybe a halibut story tomorrow.