A few halibut and some limits of rockfish over the weekend. The halibut came from the bar and off of Dillon Beach, the rockfish from reefs off of Ten Mile and 150'+ of water in front of Bird. Good weather forecast for the next few days which hopefully will warm the water by another degree or two. Lots of what will be sport legal dungeness crab being caught and returned. Let's hope they stick around for the opener.

Yesterday there were two halibut caught on the troll near Millerton Point and two caught off of Dillon Beach on live bait. Nothing for the divers on the bar.

There were a few salmon caught over Labor Day weekend but most fishermen went without. Halibut fishing was good until the cold, clear water moved in on the bar. The divers are still seeing and shooting some but the fish are buried in. The forecast calls for some better weather this week which should warm up the water and hopefully the bite as well. Rockfishing is good if you can find a rock that hasn't been hit repeatedly in the last few months. For success, go farther. A school of white seabass was reported near Marshall but none have been caught that I'm aware of.

Steve Nordall of Vacaville caught this 25 pound salmon yesterday. His was not the only fish, as there were a few caught off Tomales Point (50 feet of water near the bottom and 210 feet of water 100 feet down) and some caught on Ten Mile. The Ten Mile fish were accompanied by a few halibut as well. There was an 8+ foot thresher shark caught near the north parking lot. Rockfishing was slow for most people but good if you could find an overlooked rockpile that hadn't been fished for a while.

There's been a few halibut just south of Hog Island off Pelican Point. Live bait has been the key to catching. The weather has been bad offshore since last weekend so there's not much else to report. Five more days to fish for salmon. With luck, the offshore winds have messed up the easy eating offshore and sent a few of the salmon in to the beach. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.