I decided to give the crabs a break today. I heard of a little bite south of the whistle buoy so thought we’d go scout it out. The fish didn’t start to bite until late. We had lots of action but didn’t boat all of them. Some smaller fish but the one’s we landed were just fine! We were fishing in 200 to 240′ of water. Best action came on cut bait with a jailbird hoochie at 45 pulls with a 2 lb weight.

Picture; on the left is Chris Pedersen from Sac. and next to him is Abel Duren from SanJose. The fish rainged from 8 to 10 pounds.Fish-On!!

    Capt Randy

Did a crab/salmon combo today. Set our pots up north on Ten Mile Beach in 50 to 60 feet of water. Seas are calm, winds are light out of the north. Fished up north by the beach for a couple of hours with no avail. Went in and ran our crab pots and caught limits for my 8 anglers and a few for the crew. Cruised down by the buoy and fished for awhile. The conditions started to look good. We ended up getting three fish on (keepers) but didn’t boat any of them. Looks like crab for dinner tonight.

     Capt Randy

Ended up with a trip this afternoon. Ocean still flat. 7 anglers are trying their luck at capturing the infamous king salmon. Picked a double right away! Could it be an afternoon bite? Well, it turned out to be not too different from this mornings trip except we didn’t let as many fish get away. Ended up with 5 fish for 7 anglers and only lost 1. Fished the same area. The current is out of the north pretty strong. I hear there are some big fish up Shelter Cove way. Maybe this current will bring them our way. About the same grade as this morning too. Rex Parker from Janesville, Ca.(left), and Dennis Lawrence from Cobb Mtn are showing off their prize catch for the day. Dinner tonight!! Fish-On!

    Capt Randy

 a.m.– I thought we’d give the crabs a break today and just concentrate on the salmon. We had some action as well as most of the boats out on the water. Our problem was keeping them on the line long enough to put them in the boat. We fished north and south of the whistle buoy but not more than a mile. I stayed in about 200 to 240 ft of water. Nothing in particular was the hot ticket. Most everything we put in the water had some action. Our score was 5 fish in the boat and lost 7 and released 1 shaker. The ocean was flat and very enjoyable to be on. Local Dennis Barney won the fish pot with a 12 pound king. The smallest one weighed in at 9 lbs. Left to Right; regular Susie Copeland, Carrie Lees (local), Dennis Barney (local), Steve Heindl from Lakeport and Rusty Hays from Mendocino, Ca. Fun was had by all! Fish-On

     Capt Randy

Had 14 anglers on board today. 9 of them were interested in adding some crab to that as well. At first we went up north by our crab pots and fished for salmon with not much action. Bait looked good but nothing was interested in what we had to offer. I gave the 5 minute warning to go pull our crab pots and next thing you know, “Fish On!!” Then I heard “we have a double”. It turned into a triple of nice fish. We lost two and boated one. After many passes through the same spot, nothing. So we pulled 20 pots and scored 90 jumbo crabs without much effort and headed south to fish for about half an hour by the buoy before heading in. After about 10 minutes of fishing time, “fish on!”. Then, “we’ve got a double!” Landed them both!! Ended up with 3 salmon (biggest one weighing in at 14 lbs) caught by Ron Comstock out of Auburn Ca. Picture; left to right; Taylor Rowe/Sacramento, Ron Comstock, Spencer and Todd Comstock out of Elk Grove. Fish-On

     Capt Randy

Today is Jacqui Johnson’s birthday! What she wanted for her present was to go spend the day on the ocean and have her try at catching a salmon. Telstar* left the dock at noon and headed up to the crabbing grounds where we did our usual score of limits of nice big crabs. It took 15 pots to get the 70 crabs. A bit slower than the last couple of days, but certainly nothing to complain about. Then we headed back down towards the whistle buoy where I received a report of a couple of private boats that scored limits in the morning. The bait was there, and there was no lack of bird life, but the fish weren’t very hungry. However, the birthday girl was under the spotlight today. She ended up landing a nice one (only one on) weighing in at 12 pounds. A couple of other bites was the only other action we had. Happy birthday Jacqui!! Fish-On,

   Capt Randy

Telstar* went crabbing this morning with a family of 6. We left the dock shortly after 7:00 a.m. and reached the crabbing grounds around 45 minutes later on 10 mile beach where we set our pots yesterday afternoon. The ocean is flat and the sun is trying to break through the fog. We come up on our first pot in 30 ft of water.  9 keepers!! we pulled 17 pots to get 90 crabs for the total of 9 anglers on board. Back to the dock at 10:00 with the water boiling and waiting for the crabs to take the plunge. Fish-On!

      Capt Randy

Fished about 3 miles West Southwest of the buoy today in 315ft of water. Landed 2 nice salmon weighing in at 13 & 17 pounds. Keith Evans from Round Mt. Ca., and Dennis Nolan from Cottonwood, Ca. were the two lucky fisherman. Dennis landed the big one. We also lost one and had a couple of bites!! Fish-On!

    Capt Randy

April 8th, 2011;

Went out today after salmon. Decided to throw some crab pots in the water on our way to the fishing grounds. Found some nice bait and good water temperture but only ended up boating one salmon. Nice one though. Suzie Copeland from El Paso Tx was the lucky angler to land it. Weighing in at 12 pounds. Susie was fishng with a chartruese apex at 40 pulls with a 2 pound weight. Fish-On!!

 Capt Randy