Sunday 4/10 Brickyard (SP bay)

Launched from LochLomond about 11ish.  Paddled to the west marin island for one 24", tide was moving in, so turned and made my way down between bird rock and the start of the breakwater.  There were fish and bait busting all over.  Stopped and started casting.  Got five 22-26" in short order.

Interesting thing was that all the fish I got only one was on the troll.  The rest were caught casting.  I had to really slow my retreive, and stay on top of the bait.
Wind came up, and it slowed the bite-- got three more over the next hour- including a super dink (6").  
I did confirm what they are eating-- top smelt -- they are about 4" long.  I managed skewer one on my rapala...

Hi Steve:

Me and a buddy launched from Loch Lomond Marina at about 10AM.  I hadn't fished with him before but he's a strong guy and I needed some horsepower to power my new Hobie Mirage Tandem.  We trolled all the way to San Quentin, back to the pilings, the pier, the islands pulling a lot of hardware, including 3" big hammers, broken back rap, krocodiles, and an assortment of spoons, shallow running cranks, and plugs.  Needed some more intel the area, as we just could not find them.

On a better note, the boat flies.  It's very fast, but a little on the wet side.  Even in 1' windwaves, I had water come over the bow and sides on me plenty of times.  I thought it would be drier.  It's a decent fishing platform though and stable enough.  Buddy stood up when we were on the leeward side of the islands, and he's 6'3".  Freaked me out, but we didn't end up in the drink!

Good weather conditions initially, off the wate @ 2:30 when it started whitecapping.

good work steve, glad to hear you are picking up where i left off, early season stripers are a real treat. i really miss kayak striper fishing, i will have shoulder surgery soon. after last years fantastic scores, this year is starting as a real drag. anyway we caught a bunch of sharks and rays from the mothership yesterday, including a seven gill which was delicious.  i think they may be the best tasting fish ever.

hey yakuza-- would love to share knowledge with you...just drop me a PM and I can try to brain dump, or let's go fishing!
i think I saw you paddling by the islands.  There was also a couple of other guys in singles....??
I have to admit that i worked a bit harder this weekend than last...

CP-- sorry to hear you are not on the water- maybe that's why I'm getting so many fish they haven't all already been nailed by you!