Judy Stahl of Elk Grove caught a 30 pounder today while fishing aboard the Teacher's Pet driven by Mike Stahl. It, and all their other salmon, were caught mooching off of the Trees.

This 40.5 pound salmon was caught by Herman Rinkel. It was also taken on the mooch at the Trees. The bite there was best early and the fish were right on the bottom. Trollers were also picking them there. McClure's and Elephant/Keyholes were very active as well. On the halibut front, some guys did well on the bar today (7 halibut in one boat) and some others did not. If you want to catch 5 foot or larger spiny dogfish sharks you should definitely fish the bar with bait. 

Fishing spot names, revisited

Some of you readers are new, so I finally found the maps I made a couple years ago and copied them back here. I am unfamiliar with fishing north of Bodega Bay, so no maps for up there. Rockfishermen, take note: check out the reefs that Google Earth shows. All my favorite spots are laid bare.  

Captain Longhair and crew filled the boat with salmon today. They were back in time for lunch.

Gary Mezzanares caught this 23 pound salmon today and his son, Mike, caught this 20.5 pounder. 

     The mooching bite was pretty good for most today and the trollers still did OK. The Trees was the hot mooch spot. The bar gave up some more halibut today with about a 2 fish average from the guys I talked to. Jigging caught the majority of flatfish.

Three boats returned already today with limits of salmon mooched at the Trees/Bird Rock reef. Flat water and no wind, perfect mooching conditions.

Sacramento boys Greg Rothhaupt and Nick Nichols put three salmon in the box weighing 31, 17 (Greg), and 15 (Nick) pounds today. There were quite a few salmon brought in today even though we had less boats than usual venturing out. The south wind and west swell made for, let's say, less than ideal conditions, but even with the somewhat confused seas most fishermen were able to put some big fish in the boxes. There was also a decent halibut bite on the bar near the bottom of the tide with 15 or more halibut boated. There was even an 8 pound striper in the catch from the bar. Lots of squid just outside the bar, so one would expect a few salmon or seabass to be found there as well. Also, I heard a report of a couple of schools of sardines down on Ten Mile beach.