the bite is getting better in SC

Bayside is starting to post some good fishing reports for a change. There are a few nice halibut being caught around the harbor  from nat. bridges and the mile buoy  and south rock in around 50 feet of water. Rockfish and halibut is getting a good bite on near the mile buoy also in about 50 feet of water.
one 28 lb but right out of the mouth of the harbor.

I will be going out sat or sun

buoy data calls for:
SAT
NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. NW SWELL 2 TO 4
FT. PATCHY FOG.

anybody in?

stoggie

Tempting... very tempting. Full moon be damned, that sounds like a fun plan. I'll keep my eye on the post for exact date and time info. I've got no preference, so you're the boss! No pressure .

We're going out saturday for sure, I'm gonna launch from new brighton beach and work west, hopefully come back with the wind to my back.

Just found out my neighbor is a yak fisherman (lives a few doors down) he goes out from nb and has had some luck with lings there. he has 2 tridents, a p15 and an older wilderness sik

you're welcome to come along, but NB beach gate doesn't open till 8:00 a.m.
not that I am a fan of those crack of dawn launches anyway.


stoggie

Here's my problem.  I don't have a kayak.  I just got rid of my less than one year old X-factor.  I am not ready to purchase my next one yet, so I'm looking for a good excuse to buy it tomorrow and fish out of the harbor.  Seems like the best bet for flatties.  Can someone please help me with this.  It's a mental thing and I know if I don't do this right away, Saturday will slip by forever never to return again.

FYI - Going to step into a Hobie Outfitter, rented it last week and fell in love.

not that I am a fan of those crack of dawn launches anyway.

True dat! ...I blame it on the previous night's beers.

Hmmm, NB seems like a more promising launch site for white sea bass chasing the bait between Capitola and the cement ship. I'm really craving a flat one (or three). My heart may lie with the SC area, especially with reports of halis off the Santa Cruz wharf (the wharf!). I also have to confess that I've never launched or landed through any kind of sizable surf. Is the south swell still hitting the area? I'll think about it and make a decision on Friday. Thanks for the invitation!

SC wharf, Capitola wharf, capitola beaches, Capitola Mile Reef, Mile Buoy, a few scattered from Lighthouse Point to NB's.

I wouldn't waste time chasing WSB, but who knows.  Hopefully you will get lucky and I will have to eat those words.  LOL.

Stoggie, good luck, man Do it to it.  Get up early and launch from Captiola.
( C'mon, you know you wanna......)

 Maybe Ed will sell you some live bait....hear tell there's jacksmelt, sardines and macks boiling in the Marina area by the C Wharf today....

Pin it on and get out to 40-50 FOW by the Cap Reef, basically straight out and a bit to the east.


Good luck all, catch one for me!

Allen

Thanks Allen

I still will launch from NB, my neighbor is a yak nut and always goes out from NB.
I have never launched from there, so have been wanting to get to know that area too.
Never hurts to learn new areas ad meet new friends.
They have caught some nice hali's and rockfish from there. Not sure where they go, so I will follow their lead.

one of the guys caught a real nice flattie the other day and a limit of rockfish.

If I don't have the luck there saturday, I will go from the harbor and head for the buoy on sunday.

Stoggie

Hi Stoggie:

  I'm in for Sat. but, I'll be at the West Harbor.
                                              Sea-ya around 10:AM
                                                                  Ernie

Stoggie, that sounds like a plan.  Usually launching from NB, you just paddle up the kelp line to Capitola anyway.....but there could be fish along the way.

Good luck!!!!

I still will launch from NB, my neighbor is a yak nut and always goes out from NB.
Stoggie

Stoggie, get your neighbor signed up, if not already.  We need some solid intel on NBSB!! 

Ill be in the area as well...ch69

ugggg... im torn between the easy to get to, and practically effortless ease of joining you in Capitola, or heading to MBK to see Kim and her friends.  I've been driving a whole lot recently and feel like sticking closer to home.  But the adventure of a new launch and new people to meet sounds great too!  Guess I have to S**T or get off the pot on this one!

Hi Al:

        I would follow the fish but, face time with Friends is also important!
                                           Good Luck
                                           Ernie

Heads up: a paddleboard race and festivities seems to be scheduled for Saturday at NB. The Sentinel has a story on it here: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/sports/ci_9632535. I can't imagine it taking over the whole beach and parking lot, but it sounds like you'll have some company (I'm picturing a group of bikini-clad girls advertising Quicksilver products with tastefully-placed logos... I can dream).

Thanks for the info on NB and the paddle board event. It might be better to stay away from there.

I will discuss with the neighbor, see what he thinks, but there should be plenty of room for all. And it never hurts to cavort with the bikini girls from time to time.

I think I will stay in the area and only make trips south to monterey once in a great while, it's just too close here and gas prices are murder. Plus I can be on the water in 15 minutes from my door to anywhere from the SC harbor to NB and points in between. Makes it great to get home right after fishing, rinse the boat, take a shower and have a nap within 1/2 hour of leaving the water.

I might get a rig setup like the one I saw the other day with a bike and a trailer, since I live only 3/4 mile from NB, or hire a sherpa to tote my yak down there for me.

There isn't much difference between launching at Capitola and NB, it's all the same fishery anyway.

see ya all out there.

stoggie