My fist Butt Hunt...

I've been doing Lake Beryessa lately. Averaging 12 LMB and SMB per trip. Nothing spectacular though... 1 pound class. For me, the good thing is I nail them all on my fly rod. The bad thing is the weekend crowd, PBs, and jet skis. That's why I go out on my Monday day-offs. The lake is all for myself. Today, I am staying at home to building up my WAF account (for all of you who don't have one to maintain, lucky you!, that is... on the WAF-sense).


With practically no winds, I was out at the SF Bay San Leandro/Oakland Airport area yesterday (~7am) for my first butt hunt. The weather was fine early morning but the tide (ebb) wasn't that good. Water was too murky too; could be due to the previous windy days. Anyway, I got 4 sharks, 2 rays, and 2 juvenile butt. Though I don't keep them, it's fun catching the sharks and rays. They fight hard! My arms were sored. I got them drifting with frozen anchovies. No luck on trolling swim baits and X-Raps. Called it a-day around 11am.

LL

Sounds like exciting fishing with lots of hookups.  Thanks for posting.   

Way to go Lee

Way to go, putting in your time and having a fun day catching, not *just* fishing!  You might want to fix the tittle though   Seems a lil' x-rated!

Hey LL

You did better than my last t butt hunts. BTW, you can catch them with a fly rod, sink tip line and a clouser. Used to fish them from the shore when I when I lived in SCAL.

scott

You might want to fix the tittle

Now THAT sounds x-rated!!!  

Way to give it a go. Glad you had some decent conditions instead of the pounding wind that has all but shut down the rockfishing.

You might want to fix the tittle

Now THAT sounds x-rated!!!  

  D'OH!  Well, better than "fist butt hunt" 

Now THAT sounds x-rated!!!   [/quote]  D'OH!  Well, better than "fist butt hunt" 
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"fist...." what the f#@$%!!!  Hey! It's bigger and stronger than a finger  Thanks for bringing it up Dude. I guess my "r" on my keyboard didn't latched.

Hey LL

You did better than my last t butt hunts. BTW, you can catch them with a fly rod, sink tip line and a clouser. Used to fish them from the shore when I when I lived in SCAL.

scott

Hey Scott,

Thanks for the thought. I believe you can with better chances on low turbidity. I had with me my 8wt rod with 330gr integrated line and a bunch of clousers/deceivers but the water was just too murky I didn't even try throwing my fly.  Ken Hanley has some good tips on salt water fly fishing. Check it out.

Lee

 

Thanks for the report LL!  good to know that there are fish out there, willing to hit frozen bait......it's so flat out there, I wouldn't know where to start or finish!
at least you got some action though...them sharks fight too!

Way to go Lee

Dude, you've been quiet lately. What have you been doing?


Thank you all.