PedroPt : lots of shakers, one legal fish & one eyeball

I followed the fine feathered fish finders to 3/4 miles off of Pedro and south a bit. There's definitely a bite through there but lots of shakers.

I fished straight fbr behind 2 1/2 lbs and shallow - 25-30 ft was where they seemed tobe hitting.

Hardly worth the paddle but enough to fight off the hex and it looks like some of those schools ought to be moving in after the bait pretty soon if the commercials don't wreak too much havoc first.

Originally thought I'd go to Monterey then bagged that in favor of relaxation but then this morning Joel's post from yesterday made me curious and restless. I was surprised there was no one else out that way, one small boat with 4 or 5 guys fishing near Montara.

good luck

If anyone catches a one-eyed salmon - first hook-up I farmed after a nice fight and retrieved one eyeball. By the size of the eye probably about a 5lb fish.

Paul, congrats on the keeper.  How big was it?

I have the other eyeball in my freezer - I'm going to carry it for good luck.

YIKES!....  

Just big enough to not get a fine. It was shaker city and the one that lost the eyeball was probably about a 5 lb fish and that would have been the biggest of the lot.

At least the signs are there - that's sort of what I went for. And there are probably some decent fish scattered around. I might be heading out at Pigeon Point next.

p.s. the break at LindaMar was pretty decent and I made a wide turn around the point - the break was popping up pretty far out at both points and the swell south of Pedro was rolling in at times 10-12 ft otherwise it would have been nice to look around in there.

Good luck gotta start the barbecue

Thanks for the heads up on LindaMar it shouldn't be long now.

No worries Paul ! But I think we owe it all to Granitedive - he's was the first to report about the salmon bite at Linda Mar  


Thanks for your report as well - at this point, I'd be very pleased to even catch a shaker   . I really miss the fight of a salmon.....the litttle nibbles....then the sudden run.....and then the jumping out of the water....then you find yourself fumbling around for your net....and then you pray that the fish stays on the hook.... at least long enough for you to get in the net........ahhh who needs television?!  It almost as exciting as Band Camp  

Wish we had salmon year round