I have some folks who would like to add some crabs to the menu today so crab and salmon it is. Fished up north in my usual place. Fish not very hungry though. Sounds like there were some fish caught down by the buoy early. After crabbing first thing we tried for some salmon with no avail. Hoping maybe that there will be a late bite, I decided to go in and run our crab pots again. Our second run was better giving us a grand total of 92 crabs for 11 anglers. Then I decided to run down to the buoy and do some last minute fishing. As I was passing by my previous hot spot I noticed all kinds of birds. Pelican’s, murre’s, commorant’s, seagulls and the like. It looked good. I couldn’t pass it up so I stopped and chucked my lines in. At 1:00 we put our first salmon in and by the time we pulled our lines in at 3;30 we had landed a total of 8 kings!!! Good call! Fish-On!

   Capt Randy

The wind picked up today but that didn’t keep the fish from biting. Went back up north where I had fish two days ago. The water looks great with birds working everywhere and bait jumping out of the water. The fish were still there. We landed 11 fish for 11 anglers and released a couple of shakers. We lost 3 or 4 nice fish too. In the end, everyone (just about everyone) had a great time. The ride home was comfortable with the seas on our stern. Biggest fish landed was 16 pounds caught by Luis Hernandez out of Napa. Cheers!

    Capt Randy

May 4th, 2011– Went back up north and put my crab pots in 55 feet of water off Ten Mile Beach. Headed offshore till the salmon gear was ready to fish. Put the gear in the water in 200 feet of water and trolled around trying not to lose any gear on all the crab pots that are scattered all over the place. Managed to clear them and saw some birds outside of us working the water. Nothing there that is interested in what I am offering.  Started trolling in towards the reef where I had a triple header several days ago. My crew is changing gear and depths and throwing everything but the kitchen sink at them. Finally, it happens. “Hook-up port side”. “We have a double”. Lost them both. That was about 11:30. Time is running out. Pretty soon we have run our crabpots. “Hook-up”. “Double”. “Triple!”. “We have 4 hanging”. I found one little spot in 140 feet of water off the reef and every time I went over it we hooked up. By 1:00 we had limits of salmon for 6 passengers and my deckhand and myself!! Richard Shupack from San Francisco landed to two biggest at 21 and 24 pounds. Awesome fishing! It’s about time. Went in and ran our crabpots and ended up with 67 crabs. Limits for the customers and a few left over for the crew. The current has definitely changed. Not so strong out of the north. Maybe some fish our going to be here for awhile. Picture port to starboard; Jon Ward from Paradise, Richard Shupack from San Francisco, David Williams from Denver Co., Bill Riley from S.F., Dan Marsh from Novato, and local Wayne Giannini. Nice job by everyone. Fish-On!!

    Capt Randy

On Sat. we did a crab combo. Good thing too. Fished up north by the reef and got one bite. Thank goodness for crabbing. Ended up with 7 crabs per person for 15 anglers. Nice grade of crabs too! On Sunday, we fished down south looking for some action. I had a light load (4 anglers) hoping to find some fish and get all you fisherpeople out there excited and charter my boat. I’ve got to be honest with you, We had one bite again. Conditions were really good with bait showing and nice rips in the water. This time of year can be that way. The current is still strong out of the north. Fish-On

    Capt Randy