Quick update:  Don Lindsey of Esparto landed a 32# halibut at Hog Island. There were 4 other halibut in the boat with Don and his fishing partner. Maybe Hog Island would be a good place to try?

The sardines and mackerel are scattered throughout the bay. A pretty good number of greedy halibut are still getting hooked despite their gorging on baitfish. Another bass appearance, this one a 12# striper from the Marshall. Ten Mile beach handed one boat five halibut this morning, so the bay isn't the only option for flatties. The rockfish have also been biting pretty well with some boats limiting in an hour or two. The wind is forecast to blow but the bay should be fishable for most of this weekend.

And the bass retake the lead on the big fish board at Lawson's Landing. Carl Perrigo landed a 26# white sea bass on Thursday. Aside from the fact that it bit a Zoom fluke and was caught in the bay, the only other information from Carl was that it tasted real good. The halibut have been biting off and on near Marshall. If you find the schools of sardines and mackerel then the halibut (and maybe seabass?) aren't too far away. From the weather forecast, the bay looks like the best (or only) bet.

Lawson's Landing's first tuna of the season were landed here on Sunday. The boats went to the Gumdrop seamount. Another boat landed five tuna a bit closer, 16 miles below Cordell. The wind came up and is keeping the rest of the tuna safe for now. The rockfishing was good with a 15 pound ling landed here on Sunday. Halibut fishing was hit-and-miss as was the surfperch bite. The halibut divers have been spearing a few on the bar. There aren't many halibut there but the few that are coming in have been twenty pounds or more.

The halibut bite in the mouth of the bay is finally starting. It's not red hot yet, and the divers aren't seeing any, but yesterday the Carters landed a 23 and 26 pound halibut there. Better numbers of  halibut are coming from further in the bay, mostly south of Pelican Point to Marshall, but the bar fish are larger on average. A few halibut were caught at McClures Beach and on Ten Mile Beach as well. Fair to good rockfish action outside with some nice vermillion and coppers showing.