Here's the photographic proof of Harvest Time's good day yesterday, sent in by Steve Wisniewski. "Erin Rice, Dave Alexander and I collected these today on the beach at McClure's. We also demolished superstition by eating bananas out there.  Harvest Time!" There may be a few boats working that area today. Also, we are now selling bananas in the bait shop.

     

     Here's Doug's halibut from Wednesday. This fish was caught with some help from Steve Towne. Also with Steve's boat and rigging. And driving. Steve may have hooked the fish, too. And reeled it up. It bit a smelt near Hog Island. Go Doug!

     Yesterday the clear, cold ocean water and the gusty South wind combined to make catching fish on the ocean very difficult. A slow bite got slower. Jake Showaker wisely headed for Hog Island and put a couple halibut in the boat, including this 25 pounder. 

      These guys dialed in the halibut bite ate Hog today. Six halibut on live jacksmelt. They bit steadily throughout the morning for John Rosasco and Frank Green. They seem pretty happy. 

      Also today, a bit of slightly warmer, slightly dirtier water slid in towards the North end of Ten Mile and in it were some salmon. The Harvest Time ended up with four salmon and nine halibut for their persistence. They weren't the only guys with some fish from down that way but they were the guys to figure them out the best, at least as far as I heard. Nice work, gents. I am jealous.

The salmon bite was red hot!!! Naah, I wish. The salmon bite sucked today. Cold, clear water slowed down a slow bite. I heard of one salmon witnessed being caught in 60 feet of water off of Tomales Point. A few halibut from Ten Mile, a few more from Hog Island, a few scattered rockfish picked up on the salmon troll, and that's the report.

     Jesse Keilman of South Lake Tahoe got out into the ocean before the wind came up to get this 20 pound salmon from 60 feet of water off of Tomales Point. 

     Scott Alexander from Rocklin caught this 35 pound white sea bass south of Hog Island today. He was trolling for halibut with Johnny Sandbar and local legend Gerard Fitzgerald. They did not catch any (keeper) halibut today but the WSB seemed to be a pretty good consolation prize. They also boated two thresher sharks. They may want to think about having the drags in their reels checked.

     After last night's wind it was definitely a bay day. That worked out well for quite a few folks, including Mr. Mosby who caught this nice 24 pound halibut. Mosby's boat returned with full limits of halibut from Hog Island. Most fishermen didn't do as well but still mostly came back with fish.

      Sarah King caught this 13 pound striper in the bay while trolling for halibut with Nick Bauer. They also caught three halibut, all on lures South of Hog Island.