smokehound
07-01-2010, 12:34 PM
Well yesterday was my birthday, so i decided to fish the living hell out of the harbor.
I checked out every little street alll the way to the wedge. Nada.
But then i made a little turn down a street to a cool dock, lots of sea-lettuce, and TONS of bass.
The dock was crowded with about 10 people, but they were all awesome. Unlike the pier-combat fishing, this was complete courtesy. Everyone made sure everyone could get a fair cast. LOVED seeing that.
After the frying in the sun for a while, the marine layer gained influence, and the bite wayy WFO.
I didnt catch much because i decided to take only softshell sandcrabs =P
Someone on the left corner managed a 24 inch hali, thing was FAT. A few people managed some really nice spotties. I caught the first spottie--- around ten inches, gave me a good run. I also Caught a small Calico bass.
I should have dug for huge sandcrabs, I would have had a pig for sure! Well I'm coming back to this spot, its a good calico spot!
The fish were all in the eelgrass, making the casts a bit annoying, but worth it.
I got sick of using softshells only to have monster bass rip them off the hook, so I bummed a squid from someone.
I finally got what I was pursuing-- A nice little YFC, that thing was a good fighter, seemed to be mimicking the bass with all those headshakes. That was the only keeper for me.
I DO have pics, but it will be a while til i can post em.
yellowfin croaker are beautiful fish. Always a pleasure to catch those.
I checked out every little street alll the way to the wedge. Nada.
But then i made a little turn down a street to a cool dock, lots of sea-lettuce, and TONS of bass.
The dock was crowded with about 10 people, but they were all awesome. Unlike the pier-combat fishing, this was complete courtesy. Everyone made sure everyone could get a fair cast. LOVED seeing that.
After the frying in the sun for a while, the marine layer gained influence, and the bite wayy WFO.
I didnt catch much because i decided to take only softshell sandcrabs =P
Someone on the left corner managed a 24 inch hali, thing was FAT. A few people managed some really nice spotties. I caught the first spottie--- around ten inches, gave me a good run. I also Caught a small Calico bass.
I should have dug for huge sandcrabs, I would have had a pig for sure! Well I'm coming back to this spot, its a good calico spot!
The fish were all in the eelgrass, making the casts a bit annoying, but worth it.
I got sick of using softshells only to have monster bass rip them off the hook, so I bummed a squid from someone.
I finally got what I was pursuing-- A nice little YFC, that thing was a good fighter, seemed to be mimicking the bass with all those headshakes. That was the only keeper for me.
I DO have pics, but it will be a while til i can post em.
yellowfin croaker are beautiful fish. Always a pleasure to catch those.