Marty Smith of Santa Rosa and Lou Zanardi of Penngrove nailed limits of salmon to 20 pounds yesterday while fishing off of Tomales Point. The fish were on the bite in the mid- to late morning but not sticking particularly well, probably because the salmon are so full of krill. Their stomachs are so stretched out that they look like they would bust open if they ate one more thing. I guess that it's lucky for us fishermen that they're gluttons.

Today's weather was good enough for fishing in the morning and luckily the salmon were game. A little slow at the start but the fish warmed up by mid-morning and most boats were catching. Again, anchovies, herring and the watermelon Apex worked well. The best fishing moved a little deeper, from 160 to 210 feet of water, but the fish were still biting up high.

Chase Tabuso of Idaho caught this 24.5 pound salmon today, as well as another six. The boat limit law allowed him to hurt everyone else's feelings by catching almost all the fish. Mike Stahl drove the boat today and put Chase over the fish. Mike would like to suggest that everyone check their downrigger mounts, as Mike's Cannon Mag 15 broke off while they were fighting a fish with the ball up. He said it made a little popping sound and then disappeared. My guess is that Mike made a louder sound immediately after. Check your base for cracks. It may save you a lot of money.

Halibut and salmon for team Fitzgerald today. A. J. Masters and Lucas Boden (in orange) landed a 20 and 21 pound salmon, respectively. All told they boated six salmon and two halibut. The halibut came from the south side of Marshall and are being modeled by Cameron Vogler. All fish were trolled up on bait.

Kyle Fogal and AJ Masters caught these 20 pound salmon today while fishing with Gerard Fitzgerald. Judging by AJ's expression, his fish is either very heavy or he's holding it out very far. Either way, nice fish. The wind is up now but the morning could still be fishable.