Ferry Point to Red Rock

This Day Could have been Epic......

 I got a late start taking the kids to school, waiting for Bay tackle to Open at 9 and out to Ferry Point,
OTW around 10,  Gorgeous  FAC....

 Start with my trusty Anchovy swim bait and Lose a Barley Keeper by the Boat,  things slow, try bobbing a Popsicle and Get slammed HARD!!! Comes Off.... Oh well... Hook up another Maybe Keeper, comes Off by the Boat.... Eh...

 Wow... Look at Red Rock....   Always wanted to fish around that, wind is non-exsistant, tide is Minimal, Go for it.... 

Side note,
I forgot my bag of tricks and basically am Down to Halibut Gear only and 1 hair raiser...

 Get about half way there and Hear a Report on 68 of a Thresher taken around Angel Island...

Wow, that would be Kool, Keep Peddling and Notice more and More bait as I'm crossing the Channel in about 40 to 50 FOW...

Then I see a Familiar site... The water around me starts to come alive with bait, then i see nice sized Smelties jumping out of the water and Here he is ..

Thresher!!!!! about 8' long thrashing like crazy thru the Bait...

I lose it!!!! try to cast towards it, Hook myself...   Calm down and decide my best chance is to bait up a Anchovy and tow it around shallow... well, that was as exciting as that got, and kept on my pursuit of Red Rock after about a 1/2 hour of nothing and dead looking water,

Get to the Rock, very Kool, come around the west side and notice a small boat throwing a small swimbait.
I switch to my only bait that might do the trick , the hair raiser,

I notice he is hooking about every 4th cast, I'm getting hit but nothing will stick, He finally boards a 9lbder and we start talking. He is using a very small swimbait, see pic. I keep casting and hook up about a dozen times but, all come off, schoolie size.

He gives me a few baits and leaves for hali's and the Bite dies,
Interesting thing kept happening when I hit this one spot, depthfinder just goes nuts, 500' and tons of marks!!!!

 dropped everthing on it ... Nothing 

All Good, My plan now is to drift back thru channel toward Ferry Point, maybe a striper, Thresher or finally Board a Hali for Dinner....

 Cell Phone rings...   " oH No".....

" Can You pick up the Boys, I want to get some extra work Done...... "

Man.... I'm at the Rock, 3 to 4 miles back to the launch, and have to get the Fellas with in a hour and 15 minutes,,,,

This is going to be a Workout and definitely Fishing is done today,,..

So I'm Hauling Ass back to Ferry Point, aprox, where I saw the Thresher, and the Surface goes nuts Again,

 Yup, another Thresher, but this one is a little smaller around 6' from Head to " Beginning " of Tail,

these things make a lot of Commotion, it's so Kool,  gave it try again, but it appears it was gone as fast as it came...

Great, exciting day on the Bay,Hook a couple of Hali's, got to see my Favorite Bay Sport Fish x2 and play

with Stripers, or is it Strippers....

 Got a Great workout, think I sweated this Lung infection out and picked up the Boys with 5 minutes to spare...

Think I'll head back out tomarrow.... 

 Threshers..... Oh My.... Threshers...... 

*Word of caution to newbies or anyone who paddles on the Bay,*

The conditions where perfect to make a trip across the bay, no wind, slow moving tide and minimal boat traffic, Most days I have been out there, I would have never even thought about a trek like this. The Bay can change in Moments and is not something to be taken lightly. If you do go out far, make sure you have done your homework and are constantly watching conditions....

Great report of good, steady, diverse action, Don.  Way to have all that fun, get a workout, and still get the fellas.   

Man that is a cool report. Cool pics of the glassy water and the threshers bustin bait on the top. Awesome. 400+ depth! This newb is stayin closer to shore.

Awesome. 400+ depth! This newb is stayin closer to shore.

I think something went screwy with my depthfinder, the water surrounding this area was apro 30',

I was close to the other boat when this happened, maybe it was his sonar messing with mine or a heavy school of fish, I'm still puzzled on this one

wow. from ferry point to red rock.  I have thought about launching from point molate or is it castro point to reach red rock( I am referring to the area just under the san rafael bridge) but haven't tried because the currents is guess are too fast but you have shown that on a calm day it looks doable. can't wait to try some strippers by the rock. (that didn't sound right). oh stripers.

I don't think you can Launch anywhere around the Bridge. I have been eyeing an area that's a little north of there, Parking, a good launch, but, it's in the middle of no where, Hard to say if your car would still be there or the same as it was when ya left.

Hey Danglin,

Were you by yourself? When ever I pass by the red rock, it has always been
choppy and I can tell that the water really rips through there. I bet that was
a good workout on the legs.

Thanks for the report and pictures,
Jedmo

Ya, all alone,

 Right by the rock is the only place the tide was moving, Tide change was very minimal today.

It was weird being out there with the Ferry Blowing by, big tugs and ships, but they were all Kool.

 the sides of the Rock... Rock... there are fish all over it, and after seeing 2 Threshers out in that Channel,

 I can't wait to get back out there

Don-

Great report... too bad about not getting anything to stick. Man... I can't ever remember seeing the waters around Red Rock looking that flat. Great day to be on the Bay.

Freddie

THere's gooooooood hallies in around that rock too.  Get 'em loads of times in da boat.  Hit the West side on the incoming, there's a little rock that juts out, drift towards it, then down along at about 15feet.....

Sounds like a blast! So, given a choice, what would you have thrown at the sharks?

Sounds like a blast! So, given a choice, what would you have thrown at the sharks?

Twice frozen cut up Sardine!!!!

There out there!!!  Get out into the Channel, 40 to 50', hang some cut bait 10 to 20 FOW..

 Steel Leader,  and Hang On,  I've never seen so much Aerial Acrobatics as when I caught this Puppy,

 and this is a Pup,  the ones I saw yesterday where twice this size

What I think you saw were cow sharks.

What I think you saw were cow sharks.

Huh???

Unless what your looking at in that pic is a Cow Shark...

They where Threshers....  There kinda hard to Miss

I was there when you caught that thresher you are posing with. That was a very rare catch for inside the S.F. Bay. I am not saying they were not, but it is very rare. Have you caught cow shark before?