More halibut from the bar today. One boat caught two and missed five bites. Divers speared a few as well. The weather looks good for the weekend with light wind and small seas forecast for the area.

Nancy Burgenger caught her first halibut today while fishing with Denny Rhodes. It bit a live jacksmelt. There were five halibut caught on the bar today and two from Hog Island, all on live smelt but one. The loner hit a white bucktail jig.

There's a big, dangerous sea outside today, but that's okay, because the halibut were in the deep hole inside the bar, and they were hungry. Two boats fished there with three fishermen and landed eight halibut, four on live smelt and four on jigs.

Three divers tried the bar today and top shot was Dr. Steve Werlin with an 18 pound halibut. There were five halibut speared on the bar yesterday. Actually, four were speared and one was stunned by a shot that did not penetrate the skin. Dave Cerini, the failed shooter, grabbed the stunned halibut by the gills and brought him to the boat, all while free diving.  

Pius Kuhn of Lodi caught this 34 pound salmon off of Bird Rock today. This was his only bite. So far, the radio report from Ten Mile sounds slow.