After several months of
hammering big halibut and
bass counts inside the bays party boats are
starting to push their noses
out the Gate sniffing around
for fresh areas to work and
other fisheries to lure
customers back out for a day
on the water. The hot action
out the Gate remains best
for those working the north
and south bars and lower
Marin beaches for halibut
and for stripers, surf
casters along the southern
beaches and rockfishing at
the Islands and upper Marin
Coast.
Bob Wright, second skipper
of the Happy Hooker, went
outside the Golden Gate on
Wednesday 8-13 for 21
halibut to 33-pounds, 62
rockfish, and 3 lings for 23
anglers. Several of the fish
were in the 20's. The big
fish was landed by Sue
Atkinson of Sacramento.
Rockfishing remains best at
the Islands and there has
been a steady scratch bite
and limits for those putting
in the time fishing the
Marin Coast. The marine
weather looks great
Friday 8-15 morning. We
are seeing high fog along
the entire coast. At 8AM
there is 4 knots of wind at
the Bodega Bay buoy, 4 knots
at SF, Half Moon Bay is a
touch breezy at 12 knots and
the Monterey weather buoy is
reporting 10 knots. Swell
heights are running at 6 to
7 feet with a 15 second
average period. The forecast
calls for calm weather this
weekend.
The Superfish, New Seeker
and New Huck Finn out of
Emeryville went to the
Farallons Saturday 8-9
with 62 anglers for limits
of rockfish and 19 lings.
For the first time this
season ling counts are
improving. They all stopped
back outside the Gate for 19
bonus halibut to a whopping
34-pounds.
Jim Smith of the Happy
Hooker went outside the Gate
on Sunday 8-10 and
turned south to investigate
the beaches and a few high
spots. They didn't find any
halibut down there, but put
in rockies and lings before
running north for 20 big
halibut on the bar.
James Smith on the Cal Dawn
ran out the Gate today and
then back into the Bay for a
final tally of 26 halibut to
22 pounds, 20 rockfish, one
ling and a leopard shark.
Most of the halibut and
rockfish were taken from
Rodeo to Stinson beach with
a couple of bigger fish also
found at Treasure Island
(TI). On Saturday James ran
to the Islands and reported
the best ling count that I
have heard of anywhere this
season. James 27 anglers
boated limits of rockfish,
33 lings to 21 pounds, 2
halibut, 3 cabs and a couple
of dozen seatrout. The
weather was good on Saturday
with just 13 knots of wind
filling into the SF weather
buoy here on Sunday
afternoon.
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