Not much to report from the rentals – we only had one out and he didn’t even get a bite. He was fishing out around the mile reef.

Kurtis technically has the highliner spot for the day as he caught a 26 inch halibut fishing New Brighton trolling a hoochie behind a dodger. Photos, however, are a bit too pedestrian for our man Kurtis. And while we have a great deal of heartfelt sympathy for Kurtis after the Butters bannana nut bread incident, we’re gonna give it to Rui here; it’s a very nice lingcod.

We had some more striper sightings on the wharf today, though nobody landed one. A sea lion was spotted with a nice 12 pounder right next to the beach around noon today, and there was someone who was casting a plug off the beach who lost one when it came off the hook.

Also – finally! – we had some people catching sardines on and off from the wharf. They’re nice 5-6 inchers, and in the late morning there were some 8-10 inch mackerel in there as well.

So – things continue waking up. You should probably start planning that first outing pretty soon.