Jaysuuun
09-20-2009, 09:56 PM
Hello everyone! It's been awhile since I've last posted. Ever since school started I've been having fishing withdrawls, so I finally found some time to get out there on Saturday. I wanted try some place other than NPH, so I thought we would try Huntington Harbor for some spottie action. :Smile:
We started the morning launching near the boat ramps and headed straight for the Simple Green area. I've always seen this place from PCH and wondered what the fishing was like there.
..but before we got to Simple Green we decided to stop by some fishy-looking docks. :Wink:
First fish of the morning for Tesserz.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH1.jpg
While she was working the drop shot, I was working the BH Spottie Special for nada. I switch up to a DS and immediately hook up with a short flattie (not pictured because it was half the size of Tesserz LOL). I cast into the docks again and I feel some solid weight.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH3.jpg
I thought maybe I had a nicer grade flattie until I see this guy thrashing around and getting all tangled up in my line.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH4.jpg
My first WSB! SWEEEET! :Big Grin:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH5.jpg
So after a few more casts we headed over to the Simple Green area while the tide was still up. The sun came out so we switched up to our "sunnytime colors" lures as tesserz calls them.
Good call! She scores with this turd roller. It was our first time seeing a sandie live up to its nickname. This guy twisted himself up in her line.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH6.jpg
We continued to work the area and we each caught one short flattie before eventually catching our first Huntington spottie.
Success! LOL
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH7.jpg
Things were starting to slow down so we got out of there and headed for more docks. Tesserz hooks up again with another flat boy.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH8.jpg
By this time it was hot, sunny and not much goin on. For the next three hours we worked the docks and other fishy areas with each of us landing just one more flattie. One of which was the smallest fish of the day caught by Tesserz. :ROFL: And I caught the last fish of the day.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH9.jpg
Total Fish Count
Jaysuuun
4 Short Halis
1 WSB
1 Spottie
Tesserz
4 Short Halis
1 Turd Roller
We orginally came to Huntington for spotties, but caught more flatties than anything else instead. There were quite a few yakkers and tubers in the simple green area. On our way back we ran into one of the yakkers who had only caught one bay bass. He was surprised when we told him we had caught quite a few halis. I guess Tesserz's sunnytime colors really paid off. :Wink:
It wasn't a bad day of fishing for our first time out. We will definitely be back to explore other areas. If anybody has any tips on this harbor, they are very much appreciated. :Cool:
Later that day...
We were at an asian supermarket buying some korean bbq ribs and something catches my eye. :Shocked:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/ZH3.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/ZH2.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/ZH4.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/ZH1-1.jpg
A tank full of halis! I have never seen live halis in a store before, so I made tesserz take these pics on her camera phone. Not sure if they are the same fish that we love to catch in our local waters. I couldn't help but keep staring at them ( I wanted to throw in my drop shot :LOL:). Not sure if they were true halis or some kind of farm-raised flounder, but they definitely looked like halis. They had the same mug and teeth as any other flattie i've seen. We didn't have a tape measure, but they all appeared to be slightly undersize. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
We started the morning launching near the boat ramps and headed straight for the Simple Green area. I've always seen this place from PCH and wondered what the fishing was like there.
..but before we got to Simple Green we decided to stop by some fishy-looking docks. :Wink:
First fish of the morning for Tesserz.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH1.jpg
While she was working the drop shot, I was working the BH Spottie Special for nada. I switch up to a DS and immediately hook up with a short flattie (not pictured because it was half the size of Tesserz LOL). I cast into the docks again and I feel some solid weight.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH3.jpg
I thought maybe I had a nicer grade flattie until I see this guy thrashing around and getting all tangled up in my line.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH4.jpg
My first WSB! SWEEEET! :Big Grin:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH5.jpg
So after a few more casts we headed over to the Simple Green area while the tide was still up. The sun came out so we switched up to our "sunnytime colors" lures as tesserz calls them.
Good call! She scores with this turd roller. It was our first time seeing a sandie live up to its nickname. This guy twisted himself up in her line.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH6.jpg
We continued to work the area and we each caught one short flattie before eventually catching our first Huntington spottie.
Success! LOL
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH7.jpg
Things were starting to slow down so we got out of there and headed for more docks. Tesserz hooks up again with another flat boy.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH8.jpg
By this time it was hot, sunny and not much goin on. For the next three hours we worked the docks and other fishy areas with each of us landing just one more flattie. One of which was the smallest fish of the day caught by Tesserz. :ROFL: And I caught the last fish of the day.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/HH9.jpg
Total Fish Count
Jaysuuun
4 Short Halis
1 WSB
1 Spottie
Tesserz
4 Short Halis
1 Turd Roller
We orginally came to Huntington for spotties, but caught more flatties than anything else instead. There were quite a few yakkers and tubers in the simple green area. On our way back we ran into one of the yakkers who had only caught one bay bass. He was surprised when we told him we had caught quite a few halis. I guess Tesserz's sunnytime colors really paid off. :Wink:
It wasn't a bad day of fishing for our first time out. We will definitely be back to explore other areas. If anybody has any tips on this harbor, they are very much appreciated. :Cool:
Later that day...
We were at an asian supermarket buying some korean bbq ribs and something catches my eye. :Shocked:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/ZH3.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/ZH2.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/ZH4.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss284/Jaysuuun/ZH1-1.jpg
A tank full of halis! I have never seen live halis in a store before, so I made tesserz take these pics on her camera phone. Not sure if they are the same fish that we love to catch in our local waters. I couldn't help but keep staring at them ( I wanted to throw in my drop shot :LOL:). Not sure if they were true halis or some kind of farm-raised flounder, but they definitely looked like halis. They had the same mug and teeth as any other flattie i've seen. We didn't have a tape measure, but they all appeared to be slightly undersize. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?