.:LOLLY:.
06-20-2011, 08:29 AM
My buddy wanted to go fishing but had no idea where he wanted to go so I told him that we'll float tube NPH. He was reluctant to go because he didn't like the tide hours but I dragged him along anyway.
I was at his house by 545 and on the water by 630ish. This was my first time float tubing in the salt and second time in a tube. The weather was great to be out on a float tube. It was cloudy with slight sprinkles in the early morning. We had cloud cover for 95% of the time on the water.
We started off casting into the docks picking spotties here and there but not consistently. My buddy was drop shotting and I was throwing 4" swimbaits with a 3/8oz lead head.
At about 8am I hear this noise behind me that sounded like a boil. I turned as fast as I could and it wasn't a boil at all. Well it was, but it wasn't a fish LOL. That boil was a sea lion and it was about oh 15ft away. It scared the crap out of me. It just poked his head out, said hello, and left. If it was any closer I would've picked up my tube and ran on top of the water. There were quite a few Sea Lions on the boat docks so we decided to head for deeper water.
That's when the bite got good. Most of my fish came from under the boats and buoys. They were staying close to the bottom and hitting like there was no tomorrow. I almost wanted to hook into a ray just so I can get the scenic tour of the harbor but they never came.
All in all I got:
1 small halibut
1yellow fin croaker
3 sandbass
and about 15 spotties
My buddy got:
1 minnow sized halibut
4 sandbass
and about 10 spotties
I was at his house by 545 and on the water by 630ish. This was my first time float tubing in the salt and second time in a tube. The weather was great to be out on a float tube. It was cloudy with slight sprinkles in the early morning. We had cloud cover for 95% of the time on the water.
We started off casting into the docks picking spotties here and there but not consistently. My buddy was drop shotting and I was throwing 4" swimbaits with a 3/8oz lead head.
At about 8am I hear this noise behind me that sounded like a boil. I turned as fast as I could and it wasn't a boil at all. Well it was, but it wasn't a fish LOL. That boil was a sea lion and it was about oh 15ft away. It scared the crap out of me. It just poked his head out, said hello, and left. If it was any closer I would've picked up my tube and ran on top of the water. There were quite a few Sea Lions on the boat docks so we decided to head for deeper water.
That's when the bite got good. Most of my fish came from under the boats and buoys. They were staying close to the bottom and hitting like there was no tomorrow. I almost wanted to hook into a ray just so I can get the scenic tour of the harbor but they never came.
All in all I got:
1 small halibut
1yellow fin croaker
3 sandbass
and about 15 spotties
My buddy got:
1 minnow sized halibut
4 sandbass
and about 10 spotties