SeapointFlyGuy
11-09-2013, 12:18 PM
Launched my Malibu Mini-X from the Coast Guard Station at about 8:30 Friday morning and fished around the harbor entrance area until noon. What a wonderful sunny So-Cal November day. (There was actually more of a wind than was forecast, but it never increased so was very manageable). Bite was on the slow side but the fish I did find were mostly quality.
Equipment:
• TFO Ticr-x 8-weight rod + Rio Striper 300-grain line
• About 8 feet of leader including several feet 8-pound Maxima for tippet
• Olive/red clouser tied on Mustad 34011 size 6 hooks, small dark 5/32 barbell eyes (only fly used)
I can cast this line far from the kayak. The method used was to let it sink a good 20+ seconds after casting and then slowly twitch the fly along the bottom. This is what’s been working for me lately in the local bays (especially Huntington Harbor and Alamitos Bay, but for much smaller average fish). Moving from one spot to another I would simply troll the fly behind me after letting the line sink. I actually caught a hard-pulling mackerel and one pig of a spottie on the troll.
I worked the area out by the bait barge on both sides of the channel, the flats out in front of the Coast Guard station, and across from the CGS between the boat docks and moored boats – which was the most productive area. Brought a total of seven fish to hand, including the mack and a couple baby sandies -- but four nice bass in the mix. A couple of them seriously nice. The two biggest fish were caught in the flats in front of the CGS. Here’s the evidence:
This was the pig of the session and was quite a battle:
http://s10.postimg.org/6ouu26wtl/gdbsmyay_002.jpg
Decent sandie:
http://s24.postimg.org/jjqu1rbw5/gdbsmyay_003.jpg
Nice spottie taken behind the boat docks on the peninsula:
http://s24.postimg.org/7qt0xjfg5/gdbsmyay_004.jpg
Last chance drift results in a dandie of a sandie:
http://s13.postimg.org/j5ua7ywtj/gdbsmyay_005.jpg
Stuck my camera underwater to try and get a pic of a baitfish school:
http://s8.postimg.org/iobb1rb9x/gdbsmyay_006.jpg
Equipment:
• TFO Ticr-x 8-weight rod + Rio Striper 300-grain line
• About 8 feet of leader including several feet 8-pound Maxima for tippet
• Olive/red clouser tied on Mustad 34011 size 6 hooks, small dark 5/32 barbell eyes (only fly used)
I can cast this line far from the kayak. The method used was to let it sink a good 20+ seconds after casting and then slowly twitch the fly along the bottom. This is what’s been working for me lately in the local bays (especially Huntington Harbor and Alamitos Bay, but for much smaller average fish). Moving from one spot to another I would simply troll the fly behind me after letting the line sink. I actually caught a hard-pulling mackerel and one pig of a spottie on the troll.
I worked the area out by the bait barge on both sides of the channel, the flats out in front of the Coast Guard station, and across from the CGS between the boat docks and moored boats – which was the most productive area. Brought a total of seven fish to hand, including the mack and a couple baby sandies -- but four nice bass in the mix. A couple of them seriously nice. The two biggest fish were caught in the flats in front of the CGS. Here’s the evidence:
This was the pig of the session and was quite a battle:
http://s10.postimg.org/6ouu26wtl/gdbsmyay_002.jpg
Decent sandie:
http://s24.postimg.org/jjqu1rbw5/gdbsmyay_003.jpg
Nice spottie taken behind the boat docks on the peninsula:
http://s24.postimg.org/7qt0xjfg5/gdbsmyay_004.jpg
Last chance drift results in a dandie of a sandie:
http://s13.postimg.org/j5ua7ywtj/gdbsmyay_005.jpg
Stuck my camera underwater to try and get a pic of a baitfish school:
http://s8.postimg.org/iobb1rb9x/gdbsmyay_006.jpg