Kristen Hutson sent these pictures of two of the Memorial Day salmon and the men that caught them. If you have pictures of fish and fishermen you'd like to see here, send them to lawsonslanding@gmail.com and I'll try to get them posted.

Great weather on the beach last weekend but the fishing wasn't as good. No keeper salmon landed here and only a couple halibut from the bay. The rockfish bite was slow on Sunday except for one boat who went to Fort Ross and did well. The crabbing was pretty good when the current was slow. More wind predicted for this week so there probably won't be any fish reports.

A few salmon yesterday in 180 to 240 feet of water, 0 to 4 fish per boat, and best numbers north (Salmon Creek/Carmet area) and deep (240 feet of water, 100 feet down). Biggest salmon landed by Ron Johnson at 21 pounds. One halibut caught and two lost by fishermen jigging at Hog Island yesterday. The best numbers of dungeness crab are coming from right around the pier now. On Friday a boater soaked four pots for five hours in the outer bay for five crab, then soaked four pots for a half hour just off the pier for ten crab. Some people are limiting out on the pier during the week. One gentleman even landed a 15# bat ray that bit his crab snare. 24 more days until dungeness crab closes and a week until rockfish opens.

One salmon landed today and quite a few crabs from the outer bay. A little slower crabbing on the pier due to the fast currents with the low tides. Yesterday a halibut came in, probably from McClure's Beach but I can't confirm. The divers said the water was clear today but the surge made the diving difficult. The forecast is for some wind this weekend but hopefully the mornings will be good like today was.

The dungeness have moved in to the bay today. Two limits of nice, clean, sport-legal crab were caught off the pier before noon. One crabber dropped his gear in the water at 7:00 AM and had 9 dungeness by 8:00 AM. That's my kind of crabbing. Too bad it won't last long.