The salmon bite has been pretty wide-open all week,” said Captain Jake Mitchell of Sea Hawk Sport Fishing. “On Sunday I had a light load and we got a late start due to the tide. By the time we got to where the salmon bite was that morning, it had completely died. So after trolling with no luck for a few hours, we took a gamble and ran 12 miles the other direction. It paid off and we got our limits in just a couple hours. On Tuesday, I only had three clients and we had our limits of salmon by 9:30. We also released over 15 silvers. The last few days we’ve been getting them up in the canyon. Prior to that, we were getting them at the lower end of the Banks below the Hat. The rockfish action has also been excellent. On Friday and Saturday we ran north and had limits of lings and blacks by noon. We also boated a 66-pound halibut on Saturday. We’ve been catching the rockfish just outside the whistle and on the Old Man.”