HMB 11/23

Heading out tomorrow, plan to launch around 7AM from HMB kayaks. Planning to stay inside the jaws and try my luck with rock crabs (and maybe a dungie or two) and bait fish as I get more comfortable out on the water.

I'll be on a red Hobie. Hope to see you out there!

Great plan, let us know how you do

I'm hoping to head out there sometime in the next few days, not tomorrow though. I'd love to hear how it goes

Good luck tomorrow Steeeeve.

Gave it a look this morning -- went about a quarter of the way to the green can and turned back without dropping any gear. Winds were fine, but it was a very confused sea state with a decent sized roller every now and then.

Cheers,
Brad

Gave it a look this morning -- went about a quarter of the way to the green can and turned back without dropping any gear. Winds were fine, but it was a very confused sea state with a decent sized roller every now and then.

Cheers,
Brad

Thanks for the report Brad, looking at the forecast now the combinations of steep NW and SW swells must be mess.

Only spots I can see with protection today are the harbors, the Bay and Tomales.

The last couple of open days for rockfish are looking decent for HMB, or Sonoma coast on the long range forecast. Might give it a shot if the weather holds.

Overall a pretty slow day. I ended up launching closer to 8. The harbor was full of sea lions and seals, gave me a few good scares popping up next to my boat.

I dropped my crab net in a few places adjacent to the inner rock wall and also out in the sandy area west of the marina. Only pulled up some dinks. Next time I think I would place towards the outer wall.

I trolled / drifted a sabiki with anchovy bits for a few hours and only hooked up on one fish. It was a juvenile coho, which I was not prepared for. Lesson learned, I'll always bring a net even even if I'm just using US size 3 / Japan size 12 hooks. I unhooked and released him as gently as I could and it took off. Hoping he still had the energy to evade the sea lions!

Better luck next time on crabbing and thank you for the report 

Thank you for the report!