Ten Mile had salmon and halibut but not a lot of either. Numbers ran 1 to 3 fish per boat. One fisherman limited quickly on salmon, then spent three hours trying for halibut, while two others caught halibut but couldn't catch a salmon. The best action was on the bar in the Carters' boat, where they caught four halibut to 23 pounds and a salmon. The rockfish cooperated for all that tried for them.

A salmon and a halibut from the bar today, and a couple of lingcod from off the point. The salmon was trolled up and the halibut bit a bucktail (hawg raiser) jig. The south wind prevented anyone from going down to Ten Mile, so no report from there until tomorrow. Good weather forecast for tomorrow and Saturday.

   Greg Ladner caught this 24.5 pound salmon off of the Towers yesterday. There were two other salmon in the boat as well, all caught in 50 feet of water (because sometimes the waves broke in 40 feet). There was a huge swell on Ten Mile but the bar was just periodically lethal. A 25 pound halibut was caught on dead bait across the bay from the pier by Kathy Larson. The ocean is way happier today and there is at least one boat fishing the Towers, so perhaps a good report will be available later.
   On another note, California DFG just started a new mobile website so that you can check up on MPA fishing areas and closures from your Apple or Android smartphone. The website is: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/m/MPA .

Two halibut from the bar today, both on jigs. Another boat tried trolling by Marshall but no bites. Big swell today, so nobody went outside to play. Maybe tomorrow.

A good fisherman tried the bar and caught a salmon and two halibut, plus lost another halibut, all at the turn of the tide. Another good fisherman tried out McLure's today with no success. My guess is that there will be a few more boats on the bar tomorrow.