Ed Parsons was trying his luck for stripers last night. No surf stripers for him but he found a barred perch that took his popper. 

    Here's a perch preparation suggestion. I'm told it was delicious.

   Here's another picture from the past with a pretty good story:"So my son buys this striper boat, motor blows up, he can’t afford to fix it and it sits

So I tow it home and being the nice dad I am I spend thousands and fix the boat in our driveway

So I ask the wife who had never been in the pacific ocean to lets go for a test run

I had only been on charter boats and with a buddy couple times

Boat running good and we drop some lead balls with hoochies and we proceed to limit off bird rock

Awesome day and we are now hooked, hopefully we have some salmon & season this year

Went to Tomales schools with Mike & Chris Lawson

Rick Pozzi"

    As far as other fresh reports, the Dungeness is picking up a bit inside the bay. It's not quite good, but the guys fishing snares have been catching a few from Sand Point. Further inside the bay the surface water has crept up over 60ºF and as that warmth starts to soak in the halibut should be picking up. 

     I guess everyone was really tired of seeing Gage's hands. Scott from Auburn sent in this photo:"Hi Willy, saw you are looking for fish pictures? Here is one of my dad( far left) back in 1952, that's my grandad's boat in the back ground. This was taken in point pleasant nj, and the fish are blue fish, mean fighting fish! Lost my dad last month at 95, he taught me my love for fishing. His best friend (centered) they fished together into their late 70's." Sorry to hear about your dad's passing on, Scott, but maybe this photo and story will get somebody else out fishing with their dad. Or mom, brother, cousin, aunt/uncle, whoever. Just do it.

    Richard Baratta sent in this photo:"Hey Willy

Here is striper a caught a while ago on the beach at the entrance to Lawson's Landing, just in case everyone forgot what they look like" I have almost forgotten. That fishing spot is where Gage has been catching the perch lately.

    Everybody is tired of looking at Gage. This picture was sent in by Gage's mom. That's Gage's great-grandfather and Uncle Dean. His fishing genetics run deep on both sides. 

    Over this weekend the perch fishing slowed down quite a bit, probably from a mix of larger seas and bright skies. The crabbing was okay for a few but mostly there were more crabbers than crabs. The water temp by Marshall looks like it's pushing up around 58 degrees and should be about ready for bit of early halibut action in the next few weeks.

     Finally, someone else's hand with a perch. Alex Eaton says "I got these fish when I was fishing with Gage In January at the landing! And here’s a guitarfish Gage and I got in late December"

    In the freshwater category we have these pictures from "Local Legend" Gerard Fitzgerald, who apparently is fishing for crappie while waiting for the salmon and halibut to get going. It looks like he may have figured out how to catch 'em.

    In the junior division we have "Eight year old Teo Lally with a 21 pounder.  Still the biggest of his young 9 year career.  He doesn't mention it came on grandmas ( Marla Parsons )pink rod and reel!"

    Flashing back to 2015, Ed Parsons submits this:"Old picture but worth a thousand words.  Two blue fin in one day.  Still the landing record! " It's a new year, though, Ed. All records are made to be broken.

    And finally, how about this picture :"Hello Willy, This is Captain Mike Harbarth from Bodega Bay (also known as "Masons Dad") I'm an old washed up Party boat owner gone recreational. We own the "Miss Maddi" out of Spud Point. Attached is a pic of a WSB We caught at the lower bathrooms along 10 mile while trying for a halibut last Aug. We were rigged with normal halibut gear and 25 lb. test. It was an over hour battle with 3 trips around the boat. The Fish ended up being 70 lbs! By far the largest fish I have ever reeled in!! 

The reason I'm sending you this pic is the fact that we were losing hope that the WSB had left us since the big bite we all had at Elephant Rock the previous year.  This fish was a big surprise for us and it gave us hope that these fish had to adapt to the changing environment. Since there really wasn't a big squid spawn in 2017, These fish were in the area and had to adapt. 

My theory for these monsters is that they are an eating machine. They have to eat so much per day that they had to find a new food source and must have discovered the plentiful needle fish and bait fish that get caught in the surf line currents along 10 Mile Beach. Something to give us a fishery to look forward to for 2018. Let keep our fingers crossed and don't be afraid to try along the beaches for these magnificent and very tasty fish. " That is a beauty sir, and I'm keeping all of my fingers and a few other things crossed.

    If anybody wants, I've got more pictures of Gage's hand with perch in it if you want. He had a "personal best" day on Sunday with him and a friend catching and releasing 70 perch. If anyone has any pictures of fish please send them this way. Please. Last year's fish, fish caught in Hawaii, a drawing of a fish, whatever. 

    On the Dungeness front, things are a bit slow as usual, but they're still catching some. A shorecaster snared six keepers this morning right in front of the store, so there's still a good chance of success.

    Just a quick post about the clams. We sent in a sample of four clams to the California Department of Public Health yesterday and got the results back today. The sample was seven times higher than the warning level for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxin.  I think I'll pass on the clams for now.