Report for Jul 10, 2007

[leftyhands]

New to this site. FYI, alot of bass out at the wedge - harbor side. Just the other day alone in the morning from 0600-0900, I'm serious too, caught a total of 9 fish and lost 1 huge halibut (at least 22in). I brought it up to the rocks and fish got unhooked. This was a solo trip too! Ended up 6 bass that morning. Even caught a kelp bass and sand bass less than 5 ft from where i was standing.

1 - halibut, 7in (released)
1 - sand bass (kept - 12in)
2 - spotted bass (both under & released)
5 - calico bass, (2 under released)(kept 3 at 12.5in)

Later in the evening with 2 of my buddies from 1900-2130 caught over 20+ bass, 1 sculpin. No joke either.

Literally toss back 6 bass and a mean looking sculpin.

Kept 18 bass for our family and relatives. Same place out at the wedge. If you were there that evening you probably saw us reel 'em in one after another. Probably hit a school because majority of the fish were all the same size 11.5 to 12.5in. Most were kelp bass, a couple of sand and spotted bay.

Will be out there this morning if I can wake up. Looking to catch that halibut I loss. Holler if you see me.. I'm the dude fishing in the Cortez.

Setup: 12lb p-line, 1 ounce egg sinker, bead, swivel, 5in lead with #1 hayabusa octopus or circle hk.

Bait: Nasty *** oily anchovy you get at 7-11 on the way there.

Cast n feel the weight hit the ground, keep a tight line, feel the bite, wait... slowly reel to make it nail the bait... game over... now just reel that sucker in. Been like this all week long.

[leftyhands]

All I can say is that there is a **** load of bass right now. Yesterdays report from two of my buddies. From 1700-2100

Caught a total of 8 bass. All but one under. 4 came in at 11in, 3 at 8.5in, and 1 keeper at 14in. See photo below.

[SwisherFisher]

what are those numbers (1700-2000) u keep typing in?????
some kind of gps location code or sumthin?????????

[TARHEEL15]

THAT'S AWESOME. GOOD JOB! I'LL HAVE TO CHECK THAT SPOT OUT SOON.

[leftyhands]

its the time when your going off a 24hour clock. my bad, im in the military man... i fished early that morning right around 6am and came back in the evening at 7pm to 9pm to fish with my buddies cuz **** was hot.

probably head out once the tackle shop is open. ill be sure to post pictures of my daily catch. till then

lates

[one_leg]

leftyhands, welcome to the FN message boards.

Sounds like you are onto something!!!

Keep posting the fish porn!

One_Leg

[Fish Dog]

Nice fish...WTG!

what are those numbers (1700-2000) u keep typing in?????
some kind of gps location code or sumthin?????????

For all you non-military types, I see this here and there in posts so here's a quick lesson.

24 hour time - 1 am = 0100 - 7 am = 0700 noon = 1200 (here's where it varies from "regular time" - instead of going back to 1 o'clock you just keep counting, so to speak) - 1 pm = 1300 6 pm = 1800 10 pm = 2200.

This was developed so that when the Lt. wants to tell his troops to start the attack at 1 o'clock they don't have to ask am or pm?

[jplee3]

nice job!!!! so you were fishing off the jetty i presume? i've only fished off there once and didn't get much - alotta kelp close to the harbor. i did feel a tick on a little grub i threw out with a squid strip. didn't get it though. this was a long time ago. i should check it out again. i wonder how the night-bite is.

[boxl0bster]

good job on the bass! what and where is the wedge? :)

[vanillagurilla]

the wedge is a jetty on neport at the mouth of balboa harbor.