Little Love in Richmond

Couldn't make Dux, little time before I have to get Domesticated Again......

  Come on Richmond Butts!!!!!

 Got into them!!!!!......small ones ,

 Hooked up with 12 20ish "+/-  Butts drifting Popsicles in 10' of water towards the Hampton Shoal..

 Thank the Maker finally picked up a Legal one for dinner ...

 Aprox 8 PB's working the area, heard of a 8lb and 12lb

 And a 40lb? taken a couple days ago by " Captain Hook "...

   Whatever, they chat on Ch. 19 out there if ya want to listen in...

There was talk of a few salmon caught, not sure where, the boats that where working by me were

 talking about how " Rough " it was out there, Looking @ Jwsmith's report @ Bolina's

  More scepticism bout my company on the water.......

 Anyway, Richmond came thru and gave me a Fix ..

 Off to work for 3 days, Hopefully not Longer " Go Away Santa Ana Winds "......... Danglin

 

Danglin,

Glad to see you finally picked up some flatties.  They are still there after the rain so that's good news.  I was going to stop by at WestMarine on Sunday but had to build the WAF account back up.  That water looks so flat it calls you when you stare at it.  Smart man for using the treble hook method because I catch 99% of the fish on the treble.  Tried small treble and big treble and it always gets them.  Even hooked one on the back of the fish and it wouldn't budge and sat on the bottom for a long time!  I thought I had caught my lifetime butt but it ended up being an average fish of 30 inches.

Luis

Guys,
 Forgive the newbie question...but where in Richmond do you launch and how do you get to the Hampton Shoals?
Do you figure it to be better then Paradise?
Steve

This place can go from lake conditions to rough water so be careful (there's my warning).  The tide can also be strong enough to drag you away from your original launch area!  First time I tried this spot I didn't read the tide table and hit the peak of the outgoing tide and ended up getting a workout trying to get back instead of fishing.

Danglin is launching from Point Richmond at the end of Dorman Drive.  Try this map link => http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=h&q1=dorman%20drive,%20richmond,%20ca.&trf=0&lon=-122.387438&lat=37.909534&mag=3

Luis

Ya, the warning is no joke..

  The first time I tried it was blowing a bit so I took it easy and stayed close, good thing,

 it whiped up in a second and and blew me right to my launch, which was nice, but if my launch

 was else where..... Good night ........ Danglin

Thanks guys for the heads up on the tidal surge,
 It'll be flat and calm tomorrow....then Thursdays bad all over.
I'll give it a go....early.
 Steve

Early would be better,

 Just shoot out straight from the launch and start fishing once you get past the harbor entrance with the rock jetty,

  The fish are scattered all through the area,

 Keep your eyes OPEN for the Big Ships passing through!!!!!!!!!

Nice job!!! Good report. After today I start my 4 day and plan on hitting Paradise again (So Cal fires permitting). Just wondering if you have ever tried live Shiners and if so how you did. I'm DONE using them, in my opinion they are a waste of money and time. Give me a frozen anchovy for butts any time.

Nice one! I need me a butt! I've got to make it down there.

Good stuff Danglin. Congrats on getting into some good butt action.

FF

The live smelt thing has been good,

 and I think that might be a good bait out there, but so many Small bait stealer's..

 It's kind of wide open, lots of hook ups, mostly small, But, big ones are Lurking ... Danglin

geez...  I saw this report & went to PP (I'm using the code here ) next day, no luck...
sound like you scare all them off...
 

You went to Richmond?

 Man, I ran out of bait out there.....

 I did talk to a guy who fished by the berkeley pier yesterday and did nothing, that area was 

reported to be going off, so I don't know..... Isda is talking about Salmon around Paradise.

 might be the place to try. Go for the double header..

 Too bad ya can't use 2 rods in that area .... Danglin

 

You went to Richmond?

 Man, I ran out of bait out there.....

 I did talk to a guy who fished by the berkeley pier yesterday and did nothing, that area was 

reported to be going off, so I don't know..... Isda is talking about Salmon around Paradise.

 might be the place to try. Go for the double header..

 Too bad ya can't use 2 rods in that area .... Danglin

Paradise Park, Danglin...!
run out of bait? that is pretty nice problem you could have...

run out of bait? that is pretty nice problem you could have... 
Posted on: Today at 01:34:14 PMPosted by: Danglin 

Ya, that worked for me....

 You were not in 510 territory being paradise
 You probably had a better chance for a Hawg where you were though ....... Danglin