I heard of a salmon caught today but I don't have any information on where or what caught it. Halibut and rockfish were the main catch again, although the rockfish bite wasn't as good as the rock fishermen would have liked  (Although, when is it ever, really?). The bar and McClure's were marginally the top producers but Hog Island gave up a few as well. Jack Ellis mentioned that he saw some salmon jumping near Bird Rock but couldn't get one to bite. Maybe the water was just so hot they were trying to get out of it, like crabs in the boiling pot.

EDIT: The salmon was caught off the Trees by Greg Gartrell while mooching. There are a lot of boats trolling the Jingle Bells for rumored salmon and maybe a few real ones.

Jack Ellis caught 25 pounds of halibut in these two fish. They bit tray anchovy  on the bar on the incoming tide.

So, with the striper bite slowing down (but not stopping) the halibut have stepped in to fill the gap again (I'm looking at you, salmon). Two were landed and a striper was lost by one of the surf fishermen today. Another halibut was caught from shore yesterday, as well as a large striper. Halibut also came from Hog, the bar, McClure's, the Keyholes, and Ten Mile, so basically if there's sand there you've got a shot. There were a couple of salmon caught today by a gentleman who declined to mention his location, only that he almost ran out of bait shaking short lingcod to get his salmon. Sounds like he was bouncing rocks.

How about a 33 pound halibut from the green can across the bay from the boathouse? Jess King just caught it on red label herring.

Keeping with the bass theme, we now bring you white sea bass. The top one, caught by Nate Smith, weighed 49 pounds. Pete Sequeira caught the "little" 37 pounder. They were mooching for salmon and caught these instead. The feelings of disappointment have passed. These fellows are entered in the All Season Salmon and White Sea Bass Derby, but the entry deadline has passed. I'm sure a lot of people want to jump in to compete with a 49 pound contender, but I'm sorry, that ship has sailed.

This 22 pound halibut was caught today by Stephan Schampp of Woodland. Halibut and rockfish were the catch for most of the successful fishermen, although it required a bit more work today to get them. Even the reefs at Point Reyes were a bit stingy for the guys I spoke with. Halibut came from Hog Island and the beaches outside. Doran Beach had a few as well. The water temp is 61º F close to shore and it will probably get warmer in the next week if the forecast is correct. Lots of squid around, enough that the commercial squid boats are back and making wraps again.