Santa Cruz 9/7

Planning on exiting the harbor mouth around 6. Haven't decided on hitting the nearby sandy areas and reefs vs heading over past the wharf to the reefs out there - depends on how bumpy it is.

Somebody needs to keep the sea lions company in Santa Cruz while everyone is at the MBK derby.

Good luck Gopher. Join us Sunday too if you can 

Still a ton of anchovies by the Pier. Just jigged some up for tomorrow's derby.

Still a ton of anchovies by the Pier. Just jigged some up for tomorrow's derby.

I was pedaling around the harbor for an hour testing out a few things today. Anchovies are thick in the harbor (aerators are running to try to prevent a smelly mass die-off), and I assume they are thick outside the harbor too.

Thanks for the anchovy intel. I was wondering what the pumping in the harbor was all about. Hope I can find a hali but it’s hit or miss for me and I’ll probably wind up at a reef.

Good luck.

On the way out to the reefs by the lighthouse, I loaded up on a couple dozen anchovies, a couple of kingfish, and a tasty size jacksmelt. I had all the bait and thought it would go well on the reefs, but things were slow. Only took home three decent blue rockfish for tacos tonight.

It was slow at the MBK tournament as well.

Nice!