Tomales Sept. 03

My friend Joe had a great time last week at Tomales catching bait fish on his maiden kayak fishing.  Took him out today along with Kiel to hunt for my lost Hali    Met Alan/Val at the parking lot and he's also on the Hali hunt.  It's a little windy in the morning and getting worse around noon time.  Tried to catch a Mackerel for bait but they're not around today (or they heard that Allan/hightide wants to eat them Sashimi style  (i/j) ) Lots of Smelts in the bay but they're too big!  Caught a nice size Sardine so I troll him around hoping to find a taker.  Got 1 big pull down but it didn't stick.  Found teeth marks on my now dead Sardine so I pinched a medium size (about 8-9") Smelt and double back hoping it's still around.  Kiel also got his bait slammed hard but it didn't stick either.  The birds were diving for lunch all around us and the seals/sea lions are also out in force.  One of them jumped clearly out of the water very close to Joe's yak that made him nervous.  Around 2pm, the wind was really howling and the wind waves were 3-4ft so Kiel decided to head in.  Joe and I fished for another 1/2 hour and called it a day.  Sorry, I couldn't find my camera this morning so no picture this time!

Good job getting out there OTW and trying...

Next time!!!

Thanks for sharing!

Sincerely,

Jim

Always good the get a report on conditions and fishing. Thanks. Sorry your Hali is avoiding you after that first encounter--but its out there somewhere. Good job staying at them.

I can forgive you for not catching macks. for me but no pictures is another story.    
Hope to get bait n hali. with you next time Sonny which from the looks of it won't be until the 15 of September.

Good trying, Sonny, and you're off the hook for no pics because of past contributions.   

Way to keep your karma account growing.   

The good news is that the halibuts are around. Thanks for the report Sonny. I am
OK without any pictures this time as long as you don't let it happen again.LOL

Jedmo

Thanks for the report and the No Pic Thread is Forgiven... 

What are the preferred launches for Tomales? Miller?

What are the preferred launches for Tomales? Miller?

Yes, Miller park.  They have 2 boat ramps and kayak launch there is a piece-of-cake!

Do you guys believe the full moon has had anything to do with the bite being off?

Sonny, your fine description of the days events allows our mind's eye to fill in the rest of the story. Hope to join you there again soon.

Sonny, your fine description of the days events allows our mind's eye to fill in the rest of the story. Hope to join you there again soon.

I'll be travelling out-of-country tomorrow and hopefully will be back in a week or two!

Safe travels, Brother.   

Have fun Sonny Try not to miss us so much.

Jedmo

Have fun Sonny Try not to miss us so much.
Jedmo

I'll try    Hope they have internet in Netherlands so I can checking in to read the fishing reports