Monday 8/8 HMB looking windy so maybe Capitola or SC

Due to circumstances unrelated to fishing, Monday is now a free day for me and I really wanted to try for salmon out of half moon bay. But the forecast there looks unpleasantly windy, particularly in comparison with my standbys in Santa Cruz and Capitola. Anyone planning a day out tomorrow? Thoughts on weather, what’s biting, horoscopes?

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I fished the west side of Santa Cruz yesterday, trolling 13.5 miles in 7 hours. I only kept 1 lingcod (about 25"), released 5 more lingcod, and caught a handful of decent rockfish. Not exactly amazing fishing, and most of those fish were in the deeper water from Natural Bridges to Wilder Beach. It seemed fishing was unusually slow closer to the harbor.

We walked around Rio Del Mar this morning, and there was quite an impressive fleet of boats a mile or so offshore. So, maybe launching from Capitola and heading down the coast might be a plan. Of course, you'd want to stay clear of "shark park"...

SpongeBob buoy is about as far down as I'll go. Did pretty well out from the buoy a few weeks back. Trying to tell myself to try inside all morning instead of schlepping out to SC3.

SpongeBob buoy is about as far down as I'll go. Did pretty well out from the buoy a few weeks back. Trying to tell myself to try inside all morning instead of schlepping out to SC3.

Just a wild guess, but there might have been squid that attracted the fish that attracted all of those boats. If so, you could try to catch a few squid, put one on a flyline, and see if you can catch an elusive ghost...