Eddie Kim had the best report from local waters yesterday:"Nice to get limits of Hali, rock, & cockles:)" There was one other limit of halibut from South of Hog Island yesterday (trolled) but only sadness, boredom and jellyfish for the salmon fishermen that didn't venture South of Point Reyes. 

    For those of you following along at home, Gage tells me he's having a good time in Alaska.

        A last few photos from the weekend:

    Here's the dinosaur photo. Not what you'd expect when trolling. 

     Travis and Maddy are showing off what they did expect to catch while trolling. Not too bad a haul for having to release the largest fish of the day.

    Here's the other fish in the bay.:"Couple of striper we hit on the 'ol' halibut troll" I guess trolling works.

    I'm told that the only thing better than a striper is two stripers. I wouldn't know firsthand but a guy I know does. The second fish bit while the first was still in the landing net. How's that for a quick limit.

    Not wanting to stick to one kind of fish, these gents caught one of each back by Hog.

    Travis Barton and his fishing associate picked up three halibut yesterday after giving the salmon a try in the morning. The salmon didn't bite for them but the flatfish made up for it. I heard that Travis may have caught and released a rarely seen Tomales Bay dinosaur today. Maybe he'll send me a picture.

    Eddie Kim's dad wanted to catch some rockfish yesterday, so away they went. The pile of fish would likely have been taller if the water had been flatter, but it appears that the elder Kim caught enough for a smile. After the rockfish came a much calmer halibut mission in the bay.

    I snuck out for two hours of fishing with my wife's uncle on Thursday and these guys were fishing near us. Here they are showing me the fish I was supposed to catch. Thanks, guys.

   Here's the fish we did catch. The 14 pounder had some weird black mottling on its white side. A taste test later confirmed that it was still good eating.

    Thumbs sent me this picture yesterday. No message with it, just the photo. I'm going to guess that the blue VK Dying Minnow behind a green prism dodger ripped the heart from this salmon yesterday. 

    Mark van Loben Sels sent over this picture of a young fisherman and his catch on Monday:"Andrew's first halibut. Between Hog and the yellow can and the other marker. Where it falls from 8 feet to 12. 2:45pm. No other bites. Lots of various size bait. We used the biggest ones we caught." Looks like it worked. Nice job Andrew and Mark.

    Monday was also a good day for these fishermen. I think that they were near the yellow weather buoy as well. 

    Yesterday we won't talk about, but today the halibut decided to bite again and these fisherpeople were on the water early to take advantage of the halibuts' newly opened mouths. I believe that live anchovies were involved, as well as a jig. Early morning has been the been the good time for catching as the water is warmer near Hog Island at the bottom of the tide and the wind is lighter.

    Here's a nice Saturday fish. "Dottie the FISH Slayer, Tomales Bay, Lawson's Landing. 

36 inch 18 lb. California Halibut." The ocean water wasn't very nice or fishy for most fishermen. I heard of a few salmon caught, mostly out deeper. 15 and 5 (38º15'' by 123º05') had a few fish in about 200 feet of water and there were some taken out in 300 feet of water as well. A couple of straggler salmon were caught off of the Trees but the schools of bait to concentrate the salmon are hard to find now. We need a few nice days but we aren't forecast to get any in the near future. The Dottie crew gave it a whirl out front but came back into the bay for this flatty.

    This halibut ate a bullhead cast out from the shore in front of the Boathouse yesterday. It weighed about 12 pounds. 

    Michael Del Gallego got a ride from Gage (when he finally woke up) for a quick trip towards Hog Island for a morning halibut. They missed a few other bites before the incoming cold water chilled the action.