SC Harbor 7/6/13

Got out of the harbor about 530am and paddled out by the mile buoy.... drifted whole squid, even live bait fish, plastics.... you name it i tried it.... what can i say SKUNKED!!!! LOLOL  there were about 10 plus kayaks out fishing... hope they did better then me.... planned on drifting towards capitola and getting out there by my house, but the drift was going towards steamer today =( anyways think im going to head out again around 4pm at capitola and fish til dark... fingers crossed 

By the time I left a little after noon, I don't think any of the kayak anglers stuck any butts.  I hook a couple of 25" lings though, so at least there was something biting.

-Allen

  Wow,,, guess I didn't miss anything.       Almost made it , couldn't sleep, was up till nearly 2am   

  Think I'll try Moss Landing in the morning.     Anybody fished there recently? ( for butts )

Tough day. I think Won and I are the last ones who went back in. No butts, few RF. I'm still chilling at a rest area somewhere in 280. Better safe than sorry.

I went out about 7 the day before, bounce balled a B2 squid until about 9:30 when chop, which was more than I expected, 10 at 10, started to roll over more and a little wind started up.  I got only managed one blue rockfish.  Several PB's out there by the Mile Buoy, didn't see anyone catch anything.
   Today I was watching the fish checkers, and saw one medium butt, but several skunks.

I was refinishing cabinets, so trust me guys, getting skunked on the bay sounds way better than my day 

BTW, there is hard bait showing now, pinner chovies in the harbor and 5 inchers out front on the grounds.  The water temps are 58-59.  Things should go off any day now ...

-Allen

Tough day. I think Won and I are the last ones who went back in. No butts, few RF. I'm still chilling at a rest area somewhere in 280. Better safe than sorry.

Very tough day indeed.  Drifted for butts for few hours with live anchovies courtesy of Tim...thanks again Tim.  Croakers kept stealing the bait and then I got that rod thump..the thump of a crazy little 6" cabbie trying to eat the 5" chovy.  No butts for me either.   Great weather though, Herb and I were out til 2.  I only managed 5 decent browns and threw back 2 small ones. 

Wasn't expecting any fish as I was playing with the new FF a lot today.  Still have a lot to learn, but I did mange to find a few school of fish on my own today.   

Thanks for the reports guys....

There was actually a kayaker ( I think local) who caught a Hali near the kelp by the pier. I didn't see the whole fish just the tail (it was in a deep clothes hamper) he said he caught it on shrimp fly.

No butt for me today either.  Caught and released a couple Blacks since I want to troll for Hali with 2 rods.  It's a nice day with slow drift until the afternoon. Some OIW pictures...

Had about the same luck over in Capitola as you guys in SC.  Did catch several rockfish though; canery, browns, olive, and several blacks.  However I do have what is left of a swimbait that i'm certain was attacked by a halibut.  Left the classic racked teeth marks in the body of the bait.  So i'm sure there are some out there. 

good stuff