Arrived at the pier around 1:00 after doing some work just down the road.
I checked my tide book and saw that the high was at 3:44, Perfect!
I brought 2 rod and reel combo's.
The first being my 7'6" Seeker rod, rated 8-15# with an old Corsair reel. I was using #4 hooks, 3oz lead and squid for bait.
The other rod was an Ugly Stick rated 15-30#, with a cheapie Penn 320 reel. The line was 30#, I put on a 5/0 hook with 5oz pyramid lead and let it soak with a huge anchovie. Hopefully for a big halibut.
After getting all set up, I was looking up and down the pier and saw alot of people getting YFC's and SFC's like it was a trout farm...
Cool, I would have fun catching and releasing till my departure time of 6:00.
Well after an hour of nothing, I decided to take a look at what others were fishing with and noticed that they were using these tiny mussels, still in the shell, and tying them on with a piece of string to the hooks....
Now even though I'm half Mexican, I don't speak the language, with the exception of the cuss words....
So I asked this elderly gentleman if I could buy some from him and he immediately proceeded to hand over some for nothing in return... He even gave me some of the string!
I tied it on to a 1/0 hook, after changing my set-up to a reverse dropper loop, and was hit within 5 minutes.... A nice 2-3# SFC.
As I was getting ready to throw it back, the elderly gentleman asked if he could have it. He says he feeds his family with the fish he catches there. WELL OF COURSE HE COULD HAVE IT!!!! Along with the other fish I caught for the afternoon.
Well, 6:00 came pretty quick and I started to pack up, when this young couple came up to me and asked for some pointers, I immediately gave them the 411 and the left over bait I had and wished them Good Luck.
Take Care All,
Robert