The Bays:

The halibut
are back on
the bite
with both
the
California
Dawn and
Happy Hooker
putting in
over a fish
per rod on
Monday with
healthy
halibut
counts on
Monday 6-17.
The New Huck
Finn out of
Emeryville
Sport
Fishing went
on a live
bait potluck
trip on
Monday for a
total of 50
rockfish, 6
lings to
6-pounds,
and 5
halibut to
28-pounds
for 8
fishermen on
Monday.
Jason Russey
of Longfin
Sport
Fishing has
been posting
impressive
halibut
scores in
the
Southhampton
Shoals area
on recent
trolling
trips. They
have been
averaging
from 3 to 7
halibut per
trip with
his best
trip coming
on Sunday
with 12
hookups for
6 halibut in
the 8 to
15-pound
range.
Bay Tackle
in El
Cerrito
reported the
wind on the
Berkeley
Flats has
been forcing
halibut
fishermen to
seek more
protected
areas.
Sturgeon
fishing has
been best in
the Napa
River or in
the Delta
near
Benicia.

Art at Loch
Lomond Bait
and Tackle
in San
Rafael
reported
Sunday 6-16,
“There’s not
much
happening in
our area,
but a few
halibut have
been landed
in the
Paradise
area,”
adding, “The
weather
turned out
better on
Sunday than
anticipated
since it has
been blowing
hard for the
past several
days.”
Shiners are
plentiful,
but
bullheads
have been in
high demand.
Joel Sinkay
of Leonard’s
Bait and
Tackle
reported
continued
slow action
in San Pablo
Bay around
the Port
Sonoma area.
The harbor
will be
converted to
a wetlands
within the
next few
years, and
the harbor
will be
progressively
dismantled
over time as
the
transition
takes place.
Leonard’s
has plenty
of grass
shrimp and
pile worms
in the shop,
and Sinkay
said,
“Bullheads
are starting
to show up
more and
more as the
shrimp boats
are working
the Mare
Island
Straits
which is
‘Bullhead
Central.’”
He stopped
at Cuttings
Wharf on the
Napa River
on his way
home, and
there were
several boat
trailers in
the parking
lot despite
the
persistent
wind. On the
Napa River,
Sinkay
reported a
few sturgeon
and sturgeon
have been
landed, but
overall the
numbers are
low. He did
add, “I
still think
the Napa
River is the
best bet to
catch a
sturgeon
during the
month of
June.”
Leopard
sharks are
found in the
Petaluma
River, but
the action
is also slow
on both the
Petaluma
River and in
Sonoma
Creek. San
Pablo Bay is
hot for all
species of
shark.
Sinkay
added, “The
halibut
tides end
this
Wednesday,
and the next
series of
good halibut
tides starts
on June 29th
with the
next nine
days being
good for
anchoring.
In the south
bay, John
Akina of
Oyster Point
Bait,
Tackle, and
Deli in
South San
Francisco
reported one
boat
returned
from the
Brisbane
Tubes with
pair of
striped bass
in the 27 to
30-inch
range, but
this was the
only boat
with fish on
Sunday. The
wind was
blowing
hard, making
conditions
difficult. A
few halibut
were brought
in on
Saturday.
The
Sacramento
Bee
Editorial:
If BDCP were
science-based,
Delta flows
would be a
priority
By the
Editorial
Board
Originally
Published
Sunday, May.
12, 2013
For more
than a
decade, the
big farm and
urban
districts
that have
grown
dependent on
water from
the
Sacramento-San
Joaquin
Delta have
tried to
discredit
scientific
findings
that greater
Delta flows
are needed
to recover
endangered
species.
Asked which
stressors
were most
important in
the
degradation
of the Delta
ecosystem,
78 percent
of
scientists
included
flows in
their
top-two
list, with
77 percent
including
habitat
restoration.
By contrast,
water
exporters
ranked flows
the least
important,
putting a
high value
on improving
habitat and
reducing
discharges
and invasive
species,
according to
the report
"Scientist
and
Stakeholder
Views on the
Delta
Ecosystem."
This
editorial
board has
called on
Gov. Jerry
Brown not to
approve any
tunnel or
other
"conveyance"
project for
the Delta
until there
is a clear
understanding
among all
parties on
how much
water would
be available
for the
ecosystem,
and how much
is leftover
for water
exports. He
and his
aides want
to study
that
question
while the
tunnels are
built. That
is
unacceptable.
It doesn't
mesh with
sound
science. It
won't pass
legal
muster, and
if it is put
to a
statewide
vote, there
is a good
chance
Californians
will reject
it.
To read the
full
editorial,
click here:
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/12/5411951/if-bdcp-were-science-based-delta.html#storylink=cpy