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Halibut Fever!?I got it!Well the transition back to work has gone ok. I’m back on mynormal work schedule.? WEEKENDS are outfor the time being. WENDSDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE THE ONLY DAYS I FISH. ?Sorry! ? ?I’m predicting an early halibut season thisyear. With the lack of rain and lots of clean San Francisco bay water, thechances are great that we may be successful before mid-March. ?The herring spawn was good the shrimpers arecatching the occasional halibut in San Pablo Bay and Outside… Read more

Every Trip Is Different: This week I challenged a few new customers.? On New Year’s Eve, Dave chartered the boat for 3 passengers and had limits for his crew(3 sturgeon)and (1 for the crew). Yesterday 2/4/2012 Dave put together another crew. This crew also included his wife, father and friend of the family. ? Dave’s wife, Crystal, put the whoop’ in on a 61 inch fish at the end of the day. The sturgeon fishing was very tough. The Local fish have been pounded by the derbies and boat… Read more

My Hip has healed fine. Now I’m nursing a prostate problem, I hope, goes away soon. I have been on disability for 2-1/2 months. Right now I’m ?getting back to the job that pays the bills at Genentech.? So stressful!? Anyhow , The sturgeon fishing should only get better with the rain this week.??To be quite honest, I’m kind of tired of sturgeon . We caught allot this fall and winter. If you have eaten all of your sturgeon and need another, I’ll get you out there for another go round. ? My major… Read more

Gus is pointing at his 2 fish as the others look . This has been an incredible summer.? The weather was challenging and the fishing was GOOD. We spent all of the summer outside on the North Bar AKA Potato Patch and the South Bar AKA Seal Rocks and further out to 3 mile line.? Fishing was good enough to keep the business rolling. Consistent scores of 5-15 halibut were common and the price for the halibut was equally satisfying.? 18 pounds of reel man meat? ? Commercial fishing for halibut has… Read more

Well I had a chance to get some rest this week. Wednesday was my day to relax. After a dropping josh off to get his wisdom teeth pulled, I was free to work on the boat and get ready for a commercial day and a salmon fishing trip with Moklumne river hatchery guys.Thursday was an awesome day; I had a guy who has been bugging me to fish commercially for close to 3 months.? His name is Sean a 30 something with a need to be a commercial fisherman.? He’s a financial advisor in the city but had… Read more