NPH Dry Dock Fishing!

[flyngby]

Finished some home chores with the wife and she asked if I was fishing on my weekend! Well honey since it is already noon and there is only a few hours of daylight left in the day I would love to! :Smile:

Loaded the gear and set off on the 75 mile adventure to my ol' stomping grounds. Arrived and gathered the gear and this is what I saw!

Was this high priced keel designed to withstand this pressure? Time to pay for a dredging of your little slice of heaven! :OMG!:
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I was suprised to not see any of my swim baits hanging in the boats under hardware as many of Spotties have used thier prowlness to rake me off on that sturdy piece of metal as I could have easily retrieved them. :whistle:

Started of throwing the usual swim bait for about 15 minutes and the felt the sudden urge to make a mother nature call! :Potty:

While dealing with my situation I decided that normal tactics were out the window and needed to change my routine to entice a bite in this situation. :Idea:

I reluctantly chose a curly tail swim bait as I have never had any luck on them on any previous harbor trip! The sun was going down and I hit faster than I would normally work the shore to cover some ground quickly!

Finally a curly tail sucess on the drop shot!
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and another
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and a YFC enjoyed it also!
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As darkness approaches, I went with another new bait in the White Bait fish flavor drop shotted!
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and the last before challenging the traffic for the return adventure to make it home before curfew!
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Thankfully some little guys came out to play for my short session! This colder weather will get the grumpies into action soon!

Anybody know a good doctor as I spent 4 1/2 hours fighting traffic to spend 2 hours looking for a cure for my "Spotted Fever" :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:

Steve http://planetsmilies.net/person-smiley-1122.gif.

[Jaysuuun]

Nice goin Steve. Looks like you made the most out of your short session. I've got my eyes set on doin more harbor fishing instead of surf since the cold weather kicked in. Can't wait for the larger grumpies to show.

[Wingnut]

Nice solo session Captain. :Big Grin: Water temp dropping, strange weather and full moon cycle... making fishing conditions tough. It is what it is, let's see what we can coerce into biting this weekend. :Wink: See ya soon.

[murrieta angler]

Nice job Steve!
I'm right there with you, when it comes to the long trek for a few hours of fun..:Smile:
It's approximately 59 miles to get to San "O" from my house. My wife says I'm crazy, she may be right..:Neener Neener:
All in all, a nice productive 2 hours..:Wink:
Take Care,
Robert
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[Swank909]

Nice job Steve, I know that boat!
I was out there today, didnt last 3 hours in the water. Neoprene waders, sweats, sweater, windbreaker, the whole shabang, didnt help lol. Glad you did better than I did though, just got 1 fish (14" halibut) to show for my time on the water.....I spent alot of the time floating around looking for swimbaits too, I think someone beat us to it lol.

[troutdog]

75 miles for a couple hours of fishing, you got the fever and got it bad! Good to see you had some willing biters, wtg!


TD

[HESBROS]

Hmm, just checked my phone, no missed calls?

Well good job getting the fish to come out and play in the low tide conditions. Good job on trying something different too.

I hope to see the "Spotted Fever" back in action soon. I miss those cold early mornings with the motor running and my hot cup of joe.

[BrandonFish]

nice job on the spots 4 hours of traffic and totaly worth it = ) i was on the tube last week over there on a super low tide and found a sunken boat after my friend broke off on a fish right by it pretty crazy

[klocked]

Like pulling rabbits out of hats, you always make it work for you there Steve!!