Marty Medin of Inverness shows off the halibut that he and his buddy Bob caught. The 25.5 pounder had both of their baits and hooks in her mouth. Luckily there's plenty to share. They had one other halibut and caught them all near Abbot's Lagoon while drifting live jacksmelt.

For the halibut divers, I hear that the halibut were on the bar on Sunday. The fishermen couldn't get them to bite though. No brown water yet. Some halibut were still biting on Ten Mile and McLures Beach, the biggest weighed here being a 23 pounder caught by Tom Treadway of Sacramento. The fish counter said that on Friday he checked 48 boats at Bodega Bay and counted 36 salmon. No white seabass yet but I heard a two more "I got spooled!" stories today. The spooling seems to be happening on the north part of Ten Mile. A 5 foot thresher shark was caught and released near Hog Island on Sunday.

John Rosasco of Stockton with a nice 25# halibut he jigged up off of Ten Mile.
Blair Farnham of Woodland with his first salmon. It weighed 22.5 pounds and was caught just below Bird. A 23# salmon was caught there yesterday by Don Dailey of Elk Grove. The salmon fishing isn't great but there's enough out there to make it interesting. Halibut is the better bet. For every salmon brought in there has been around ten halibut. Rockfishing is slow, especially with strong current and lots of jellyfish in the deeper water.

Thursday was a bad day to be a halibut but a good day to fish for them. Many halibut limits from Ten Mile and a few salmon thrown in besides. Friday saw more boats on the beach fishing but a lot less catching. High boats had around four 'buts. Salmon from the beach, McLure's and off of Bird Rock, not many but enough to keep the boats from leaving. Rumors of white sea bass on the beach. No sardines yet.

Jerry Knedel caught this 23# halibut at McLure's Beach yesterday on a live jacksmelt. A few other halibut were caught there yesterday, but the best halibut bite was off the towers on Ten Mile. One salmon was released from there as well.