Oyster Point Tue

Let's see- bad news first....i launched from OP around 8am which was just about high tide there.  the goal was to target halibut but i couldn't get any bait. ive have never seen the bay this empty of bait at this time of year. i was only able to meter tiny bits of bait every few hundred yards or so and could not hook up.  i ended up trolling/drifting frozen bait for nada.

The wind was calm so i stayed out for a few hours. i saw a handful of private boats with no luck either.  eventually i come across this boil about 1/3 of mile offshore. im a few hours into the low tide so im thinking the outgoing current is lifting up off of a shoal and causing the boil. right as i approach it i start metering really thick bait and i get all excited thinking stripers will be all over this. then, the wind puffs and i realize this ain't your average boil and that its infact a city shit pipe- smelled like tertiary treatment at the least!  the moral of the story is: don't buy your bait at the oyster point shop because your own 24/7 live bait store is just offshore! on several dips of the sabiki i caught jacksmelt, shiners, and herring. it was totally bustin' loose with bait on every dip!  the preferred method is to dip your sabiki slightly upcurrent/upwind of the boil- it smells better that way.

...Must be the stool flakes and warm water. nonetheless the fish love it and its basically a fish buffet in an area that is currently an ecological desert. unfortunatly the wind came up so i only got a few minutes to use the live bait. as soon as i left though several private boaters crowed in on the spot.

Directions:  paddle east off of the oysterpoint pier and align the wooden triangle piling (the one with the green square) right inbetween the two pastel green roofed buildings back on shore. go out a 1/4 to a 1/3 of a mile. the boil is about 15 feet across in about 22 feet of water (on approx 0 tide). just add "hep A shot" to your equipment list, keep your mouth closed to avoid reel spit, and forget about ceviche!

Jeff... thanks for that report and directions.  It's good to know you found a hotspot in the bay to make bait... but bad if you planned on eating that next halibut or striper you catch in the bay