Brian is still working the 50 to 80 fathom curve along the south edge of the Canyon and off the Soldier's Club. The fish are holding deep with most biting working baits at 120 to 200 pulls. Brain says the bait is scattered and he is finding most of his action just dropping down on fish marking on the meter not on the bait. Private boaters are seeing up to a fish per rod and a few others are switching over to Halibut and landing a few large fish off Marina beach, the Soldiers Club and Pajaro in 30 to 80 feet of water. The weather is flat and foggy and the forecast looks great for at least the next couple of days.
Private boaters HAVE to keep in mind that there are lots of silvers showing in the local waters.
They usually don't migrate this far south and it has been several years since we have seen this many cohos inside Monterey Bay. While we don't have any hard numbers it sounds like many private boats have been written up for possession of silvers. Nothing worse than returning to the launch ramp and having dinner confiscated being handed a ticket for killing an endangered species. Many of these silvers are nice chunky fish ranging in size from 5 to 12 pounds a simple way to identify them is by the gum line at the base of the teeth. Silver Salmon have white gums while kings have black gums.