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http://www.hmbfishing.comThe drizzle stopped just after we got underway, and after the fog burned off it was an absolutely gorgeous day on the ocean with absolutely flat calm, sunny, t-shirt conditions. The rockfish continue to chomp, with limits of mostly browns, reds, and a few olives and blues thrown in. Congrats to Bernie for catching his personal best 11 pound cabezon. I think that's the biggest cab landed so far this season. Nine lingcod were also landed, too, but I didn't get the report on the size. Albacore update: Yes, albacore are being caught. I believe the report is that they are about 45 miles away outside the 601 area. Looks like we might just be in for some good tuna fishing real soon. Bob and I are going on our 13th annual five-day long range on the Royal Polaris out of San Diego from July 30 to August 4, so any albacore trips onboard the Queen of Hearts will have to wait until we get back. While we're away the Queen of Hearts will continue to run with Capt. Randy Bankord at the wheel, the second half of our "A Team", with Heather and Jimmy on the deck as normal.
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The Fishing Fools gang was on the prowl for salmon again. There were some salmon caught during the weekdays last week between Point Reyes and Tomales Bay, but by the weekend the bite was over. So, with no hot bite to run to, we started our day around Pedro Point and tried spots from Pedro all the way up to Duxbury. The guys got to refresh their memories on what a real salmon looks like when they actually had a......
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The kids with the San Mateo Police Activity League joined us for their second trip of the season. Capt. Randy was at the helm and I haven't touched base with him yet, so I don't have much in the way of details about the day. But for those of you looking for my blow by blow daily updates, figured I had to put something down for you to read.......