This is a really frustrating time of year. The forecast some days is right at that teetering point where it could be a fine day for fishing or we could be going back to bed, and unfortunately there's really no way of knowing for sure until we arrive at the harbor in the morning to see which way the teeter totter will bounce. Today was one of those kind of days. This morning it was blowing enough at the harbor when we arrived that we had to wait until we had enough light and could drive a few miles north of the harbor to Montara to take a peak at what the ocean was doing. Didn't take Bob long to make the call: cancel. No second guessing needed when you rely on someone with his kind of experience. The forecast is calling for conditions to calm a tad over the next several days, which is all we need to get back on the water and get another shot at catching some rockfish. Which brings me to my next point: Don't be deceived: Boats that want to make the run to fish south of Pigeon Point can continue to rockfish through the end of November. The average run to Pigeon Point for us takes about an hour and a half, a good 45 minutes less than it would take to get out to the Farallones (which is now closed to rockfishing for the rest of the year anyway). As far as catching quality fish along the coastline, the customers onboard the Queen of Hearts this season have caught a combined total of right about 1,000 of the "big three": lingcod, cabezon and halibut...which is more than ANY other vessel in California south of the Golden Gate Bridge. These fish were all caught by our customers, not by any member of our crew, as we rarely include the few crew fish we take home for dinner in our reports. Those were ALL coastal trips, most of them fishing shallow water and using light gear we truly enjoy using, and a lot of them fishing around the Pigeon Point area. No one knows that area better than Bob who has been running charter boats out of Half Moon Bay for over 25 years, and if he didn't think he could take care of his customers, he wouldn't do it. Bob's record on any boat he's run all of those years is impeccable and unparalleled for safety, legality and catch. So, there you have it...want to go rockfishing? The Queen of Hearts will be running, weather and interest permitting, through the end of the season which closes on November 30.