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The campgrounds are expected to be filled at both Westside Landing and Doran Beach County Park for the opening weekend of salmon season, and interested anglers need to make reservations as soon as possible.

- Dave Hurley

below Pigeon Point before the local season opens on April 15th.

From the beaches, the annual Monterey Bay Salmon and Steelhead Fundraiser, the Sand Crab Classic Surf Perch Derby, will be held out of Santa Cruz on March 8th, and surf anglers can come up the coast as far as Half Moon Bay as long as they make the weigh in time.

Ed Liu of Bay Tackle in El Cerrito said,“ The wind has been the limiting factor for surf perch, and you have to have heavy gear to fight the 25 knot winds that have been the norm. The surf has been rough as well.”

- Dave Hurley

MARTINEZ

Cold Water Slows Action

MARTINEZ- Chris Smith of

The sturgeon bite has been awesome in San Pablo Bay. This beautiful fish was brought aboard the Happy Hooker on February 19.

Photo courtesy of HAPPY HOOKER SPORTFISHING, Martinez.

HALF MOON BAY

Pillar Point Harbor on Hold Until Rockfish Opens South of Pigeon Point April 1

EL GRANADA- There are a few weeks left before the ocean salmon season is expected to open on April 7th with rockfish south of Pigeon Point on April 1st. The local rockfish season above Pigeon Point will open on April 15th.

At the present time, party boats including the Queen of Hearts and Riptide out of the Half Moon Bay Sportfishing Center are conducting maintenance in preparation for the upcoming seasons.

Captain Tom Mattusch of the Huli Cat has been taking the occasional crab-only or sanddab / crab trip until the rockfish opener, and he along with Captain Bob Ingles of the Queen of Hearts out of Half Moon Bay Sport are willing to make the long 18-mile run south

Ross Corbett took an exploratory halibut fishing trip on San Francisco Bay recently and landed several fish including this quality keeper.

Photo courtesy of ROSS CORBETT, FishSniffer. Com

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