Cap Du Nord, Northern SLO

Arrived @ the Cap Du Nord (Northern SLO) around 8:30.  Gloomy skies & glassy head-high plus NW windswell with intermittent cheast-high south swell.  Timed the sets & wove my way out thru the boils & the rocks with no problem.  Did pass a couple spots where it was breaking overhead but consistently in the same spot every time.

Adolescent elephant seals eyeballing me were a little creepy on the way out, i tried to not make eye contact, don't know if it matters or not but i wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of their charges.

Fishing around here's been mediocre at best & today was no different.  Caught of bunch of small various rockfish on the way out but the big boys were absent.

Ended up fishing along a shelf that's around 10 yards past the kelp, around a mile or so out.  The kelp is now in a pattern that's very similar to the full beds of last summer.  Tried a new technique that's been working for me lately;  drop it down jig a few time off the bottom, put it in freespool & paddle 6 strokes, start reeling a little & drop it down again, reel more drop it down again.  The object is to cover 20 yards of bottom faster than drifting.  I have lost a lot of bait but it has produced more consistent results, more hits, more big fish in lesser time.

Mixed up a batch of brine & thru today's & saturdays ling in there, will smoke it up tomorrow.

Hope the swell subsides & the skies clears soon.

PJ

Beautiful site........weird how such places can be slow.  Good fishing

Glad you made it out again-  I fought my cold @ home and hung drywall instead.  I recognize the pics and appreciate the creative names for local unnamed launches.   It was also slo for me on saturday-  hopefully it will pick up shortly!

I have the same harbor seal gray scupper pro.  Great boat for bouncing down the cliffs in northern SLO county.   

We'll connect up soon I'm sure!