The way back bay is still giving up halibut. No really big ones landed but a few boats are catching four or five fish in as little as three feet of water. Divers speared two halibut over 20 pounds on the bar but saw no other fish. The rockfish bite is still on the slow side but limits are possible for the patient.

Our first fish on the big fish board! Jason Robertson landed a 24 pound halibut at Hog Island on a bucktail jig. Another legal fish was also taken. Farther back in the bay has been better for numbers of halibut when the bite is on. The problem is that the bite is sporadic and the fish are mixed legal and not legal yet. The rockfish bite has been slow the past few days. Most boats are catching fish, just not quickly.

A couple halibut this week from way back in the bay and one from Pelican Point. The Pelican Point fish was in the teens. The water is still cold out front, around 50 degrees. Rockfishing is pretty good when the wind is off. At least the fog moved in yesterday and got rid of the smoke.

I spoke to some divers yesterday. They took a look on the bar to see if the halibut were in. The report is good visibility, water on the cold side but better than it's been, no halibut but more needlefish (pacific sandlance) than these divers have seen on the bar in close to a decade. So, they're not there now but it looks good when the water warms a little more.

Finally some nice weather on a weekend. Almost everyone that went out for rockfish caught limits with the better fishing being further from the mouth of the bay. The bite was a bit slow but steady once fish were located. A few boats tried for halibut in the bay but I didn't hear of any legal ones landed. The surfperch, while not biting for everyone, provided those fishermen in the right places with a tasty dinner. The bite seems to be better nearer the rocks.