gman444
06-20-2009, 03:32 PM
Went over to MDR today to try and get some halibut. Tried pretty much everywhere for no luck on hardbaits or dropshot. Talked to some guys on the bridge over the LA River/Ballona Creek mouth and they said it was pretty consistent on live anchovies but that plastics werent getting bit, I tried there for a while and then gave up and fished bass. I caught several dink calicos dropshotting little freshwater bass jerkshads.
This was the average fish
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/001-2.jpg
I walked to a spot i never tried before and was messing around with some crankbaits when I saw a bass boil on some little tiny smelt. I tied on my little jerkshad again and tossed it to the same spot. I twitched twice and felt a little tick, twitched again and went BENDO. I knew this was a nice fish, I thought it might be a sand bass but when I got it to color i saw it was a big spottie. I thought MDR only had Calico's and Sandie's?? :Confused: I quickly weighed it before releasing it and it went 3 lbs. 6 oz. on my digital scale. My PB Spottie :Envious:
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/002-2.jpg
It was a pretty fun quick session. I wish i had a little boat cause I talked to some kayakers and they said it was pretty Wide Open at the outer breakwall for bass and halibut. I still am yet to catch a halibut in MDR but at least the bass have been kind :Big Grin:
Greg
This was the average fish
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/001-2.jpg
I walked to a spot i never tried before and was messing around with some crankbaits when I saw a bass boil on some little tiny smelt. I tied on my little jerkshad again and tossed it to the same spot. I twitched twice and felt a little tick, twitched again and went BENDO. I knew this was a nice fish, I thought it might be a sand bass but when I got it to color i saw it was a big spottie. I thought MDR only had Calico's and Sandie's?? :Confused: I quickly weighed it before releasing it and it went 3 lbs. 6 oz. on my digital scale. My PB Spottie :Envious:
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/gman444/002-2.jpg
It was a pretty fun quick session. I wish i had a little boat cause I talked to some kayakers and they said it was pretty Wide Open at the outer breakwall for bass and halibut. I still am yet to catch a halibut in MDR but at least the bass have been kind :Big Grin:
Greg