Just got an on the water report from some hearty soles who just wrapped up a 2 day halibut trip out of Neah Bay. The fishing was real slow and the fish were real small. There was a report of a 140# fish but most were what they called "chickens" and "chicklettes"..small fish. The weather sucked as usual and the better fishing was at Swiftsure and not Umatilla where I thought it would be a cake walk. Not so. The reopened area was pretty dead and had a ton of boats on it. Sounds like passing up this trip was not such a bad idea after all. We'll be out there on the 15th to give it a go. Gas is $2.00 a gallon and 20 -30 miles one way in heavy seas will suck lots of it. Halibut fillets are running about $300 a lb.