Year 2000 Photos 

At 6:00am John and his friend Kim met me at my house. We launched out of Oyster Point at 7am and picked up bait at Pier 45. We then headed over to Point Bonita to try for Halibut. When we got there, there was a fleet already working the area. Alot of Party Boats and Private boaters. Weather was not too cold and a little breeze. On our 2nd Drift John hooks up to something hugh!! John says it was like lifting a truck tire but it was coming up slowly. My pole goes off on the other side of the boat only to realize john's fish had tangled with mine. The leader broke off and we never got to see what it was. We knew it was a Halibut by the way it was coming up. What a disapointment!! Well that's fishing, we drop our lines back in and make a few more drifts. John's pole goes off again, this time I reel up to get my gear out of the way (even though I'm on the other side of the boat), Kim does the same not wanting to get tangled either. Kim netted it on the first try, we have our first butt onboard for the morning. We work the area only being able to manage a few rockcods and scratch baits, everyone else seem to be hooking up to Bat Rays. The bite had died and decided to head over to Seal Rock but to no avail, a few nets went down but the bite died soon after. Tried Bakers Beach, Crissy Field on the way in and then called it a day at 4pm, the wind picked up and the Fog had started creeping back in and it was getting cold. Fun day, had a great time watching Kim who had brought his oatmeal in a ziplock bag and watching him eatting it was pretty funny. No spoon or straw...just squeeze!!!! Talked to Guy Gilchrist, Bruce on the "Cinnabar", Mike Aha "Jarhead" who was on Mt.Diablo with his Handheld, Ken on "Fishy Go Lure" and a few others. Was nice to hear eveyone on the water.