Wed, 10/25. The Bean or HMB

Anyone game for the Bean on wed? If not Ill hit HMB solo.

FYI - SurfingMarmot and I hit HMB last Friday. Really incredibly slow. We both came home with just one keeper apiece, and they weren't all that great. It was so pathetic we decided to avoid humiliation and didn't issue a report.


Scott

Be careful at Bean Hollow...the surf prediction is big and that coastline offers little shelter. I'm waiting for the swells to lay down and then i am out there, but not until it's safe...

I wouldnt solo at Bean, but at least ill get in the water at HMB. What species on what?


                                 

A 2 pound-ish blue and a small cabby, both on squid tipped megabaits. A couple "too small" gophers as well. Absolutely nothing on a cab-belly tipped root beer scampi for me nor the live bait (Jack Smelt/Kingfish) that we both sent down, looking for Ling love. SurfingMarmot can correct me if I messed up any of his details. By noon, I was feeling really sleepy and queasy, so we headed back in.

A couple of future Darwin award winners were out in a small skiff in between Mavericks and the second green can. They had a maybe legal ling and about a dozen other rockfish that were caught on shimp flies. If the two Canaries that they tossed overboard after hearing my answer to "Are there any fish you can't keep? were any indication, then the rest of their catch was pretty small. Said future Darwin Award winners weren't wearing PFD's, nor shirts for that matter. Never mind fishing licenses...

Were it me going solo on Wednesday, I'd probably favor the Santa Cruz area, assuming comparable forecasts for SC and HMB.


Scott

Scott, you got the details right. But I'd add the bit about tthat rogue wave we encountered on the way in trying to squeeze between the jetty and the reef.

Guitarzan,
With the swell forecast and wind being what it is, I'd recommend going to Monterey Bay--fishing is better and no shallow reefs for boomers to catch you on. If you insist on HMB, stay along cans South of the jaws and when you head in, be sure the first green can on the right before going in to avoid teh shallow parts of the South Reef. If you are on that reef when a boomer comes in, hold on and hope you kept all your gear once you get righted and on board again  .

Ken Kickfish can explain better and does in a recent post.

"Closer to shore? This is no day to be close to shore my friend!"
     --Viking warrior to Antonio Banderas (Ibin) as their ship slid down a 30-foot wave in "The 13th Warrior"

In hindsight, I don't think they were all that "rogue". There were just sets of three that I hadn't noticed before looking back just then And of course we just happened to be in the shallow part of reef as that train went by. Nothing like good timing...

Since we were in 14 feet of water, those waves would have had to have been 3-4 more feet in height before they'd break. Probably

Scott

In hindsight, I don't think they were all that "rogue". There were just sets of three that I hadn't noticed before looking back just then Smile And of course we just happened to be in the shallow part of reef as that train went by. Nothing like good timing...

Yeah...maybe...but as I watched the back of them heading in, they looked bigger than I had noticed all day. But as you said, its a matter of perspective and our perspective when clsoe toteh reef and jetty was different than when we were out in 70 feet of water.

Since we were in 14 feet of water, those waves would have had to have been 3-4 more feet in height before they'd break.

Yeah, have to agree. My point was more along the line of: the swell and wind waves are bigger now than that day so combo waves might indeed be 3-4 or more feet bigger there tomorrow. Me? I'd head to Monterey or stick tothe deep wter route alogn the cans at HMB if going tomorrow.

We've got small craft advisories down here through tomorrow/Wed night.  Sorry Guitarzan.  Even paradise gets lumpy at times..........

Wed. 15-25 kts. Wind waves 3-6ft.  Northwest swell 9-11ft. at 13 sec. and South 2ft at 14sec.

I would find a nice lake to fish.

Ken kickfish