Canada Fishing Info

You could almost hear the bagpipes as Brian Swayne of San Rafael told the tale about the big salmon at California City. To make a long story short about the luck of the Irish, the stunning 47-inch-long fish weighed in at a whopping 48 pounds, which, depending on the reliability of weigh-in proceedings at the San Rafael Yacht Club, would make it one of the biggest salmon caught off Tiburon in recent years. The two Dublin natives were drifting shiners for halibut at Paradise Cay without a lot of luck when they decided to switch rigs and troll for salmon off Tiburon at Cal City. He hooked a 24-pound salmon in the last minutes of the 67th annual Marin Yacht Club salmon derby off Stinson Beach on Saturday afternoon and collected a $3,000 jackpot. Endress is quick to say that buddies Ricky Ho and Bart Ribotta were pivotal in helping him snatch the top prize from Doving by getting the winning fish aboard by the derby deadline. read more

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