I spoke with two salmon fishermen today that had bites but no fish. The fleet was off of Bodega Head in 180' of water and a few boats had caught. The weather was far better than the forecast had allowed.

Updated weather forecast for the weekend: wind. That just means the salmon will be that much bigger when you do go fishing. Pretty good low tides this weekend, not quite good enough for rockpicking abalone but definitely plenty for clams or cockles. The water in the bay has warmed up to the high fifties near Marshall so there may be some halibut willing to bite back by the red ball (Tomasini Point) in 6 to 8 feet of water. A few small to medium surfperch on the beach. No recent leopard shark reports.

Monday saw a few more salmon come in. Four boats went out and returned with numbers ranging from 0 to 3. Windy today, but supposedly good days tomorrow and Saturday. The crabs are still in the bay with another decent catch coming in from the main channel.

Pete Stathos, fishing with Tom Brodsky, caught this year's first bragger's board fish, this 21.5 pound salmon. He had one other salmon and lost two. All action straight out front of Tomales Point in 170 feet of water on bait.

The wind quit blowing so the salmon started biting. Nice and close, too. The fish today were in 150 to 180 feet of water off of Tomales Point. I heard a few reports of fish at 30' down but most came deeper. Lots of lost fish. One boat reported a double and a triple with only two fish landed out of the five hooked. If you go, you may want to drop a pot in the outer bay. Saturday a local landed 24 Dungeness from 5 pots on an 8 hour soak. No boat? The surfperch are biting off the beach again, not big ones, but tasty.