Rick Powers reported easy limits fishing south at Pt Reyes each day this weekend. Ling counts are still only 0 to 2 fish per day but they had 30 limits on Sunday 6-28 and 36 limits of all quality on Saturday. Private boats working the local reefs are seeing limits of rockfish with the best quality being from the Russian River north. The weather was much better than the forecasters were expecting but overall the weatherheads have been doing a fantastic job in their predictions. Along the coast the weather buoys are reporting NW winds of 10 to 17 knots over a 6 to 8 foot swell with a 9 second average period. The forecast calls for NW winds of 15 to 25 knots north of Pt Reyes on Monday but calmer weather south with 5 to 15 knots of winds from Pt Reyes to Pigeon Pt. Mid week looks to be calmer along most of the coast.

Rick on the New Sea Angler took 26 anglers down to Pt Reyes on Friday 6-26 where they got early limits of mostly reds, coppers and browns. No lings were boated but sacks still ran 35 to 40 pounds. They are scheduling trips this weekend and Rick says that the weather should not be a problem for the 65 foot Angler. We are currently seeing light winds but slightly swelly conditions along the coast. The weather buoys are reporting (4:PM) winds ranging from 6 knots at San Francisco to 13 knots at Bodega Bay. Swells are ranging from 9 to 11 feet with an average period of 11 seconds. The weekend forecast calls for light winds south of Pt Reyes in the nearshore waters with swells of 6 to 8 feet.
North of Pt Reyes we will see higher winds of 15 to 25 knots highest in the outer waters. Check the forecast and be sure to check the buoy conditions before you head to the coast.

The weather has just been howling over the past week but we are starting to see a break and it looks like we will see good conditions for at least the bigger boats the next three days. On Tuesday 6-23 Rick on the New Sea Angler took 17 anglers to Pt Reyes where they scored limits of all quality rockfish. The sacks were made up of mostly big browns, coppers and vermilions and the boat was back in early. Ling cod are still scarce and it looks like we will see another slow year on the toothy monsters. The weather was fine for the 65 foot angler with 10 to 15 knots of breeze along the beach and slightly higher winds at the buoy. The forecast for the next few days is posted below and larger boats won't have a problem making it out. These recent winds are actually good news. Water temps have dropped at the Bodega buoy from 58 to 49 degrees and we are seeing brown water and favorable feeding conditions for salmon along the coast. While we don't have a salmon season this year we could still lose next if we do see a big influx of warm water / El Nino type conditions this year. Rick has lots of room this week as does Vince on the Miss Anita. If you are going to fish Bodega Bay you may as well fish with the best.

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