New targets in New Year
Finally got the 2021 license and felt like putting it to work immediately. Found a nice window between the swells and the winds with warm sunshine and wetsuit-tolerable water temps and paddled out on my longboard to a kelp patch with a different game plan than in previous sessions. I normally just through plastics for bass and halis and whatever else gets interested but this time I diligently cut some squid and set the dropper loop.
It took a while but I found a spot that had biters and after releasing a couple I decided to keep a whitefish. For all the parts of surfboard fishing I figured this needs most work. Lets just say there are a lot of moving parts in it: 1) ocean and kelp around me, 2) fish that is not always patiently waiting to be put on a stringer and 3) well, the stringer attached to leash loop that I can not reach unless I get in the water + the rod I like to keep on the board (as opposed to sinking to bottom) while I’m putting fish on the stringer. So, almost always I make immediate decision to release fish when on-board. But the one I kept was worth it and delicious and I’ll work on more efishnet setup.
Caught undersized calico and a sandy too and watched a whale blow a fountain on the opposite side of kelp patch, it looked like moving north, is it expecting spring already? IN March-April that area turns into whale highway, and big bass wake up too, just gotta watch that weather.
Have fun out there.
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