honker bay 2/9/10

made the long paddle from mcavoys harbor to honker bay ad it actually wasnt too bad , took a little side slough through the marsh and once i got to the big water i stayed close to shore untill i was ready to go str8 across to the area i was gonna fish.
  after baiting my hooks with grass shrimp the wait was on , water is still cold so i wasnt expecting any explosive action but i knew a hookup was a real possibuilty expecially fishing with 2 rods , after an hour into the tide i brought up a starry flounder , got my juices going for a sec but backin the water he went , then a little while later got a nice take down , swing for the fences but it ended up being an almost legal striper , back in he went ...then things died down and i got a few small pumps but nothing , talked with the guys on the radio but they said action was slow , paddled back in with the tide in my favor and got back to the launch at 430pm , loaded up real quick and took my lilttle 2 minute drive home still wearing all my yak gear! lol

i also was messing around with my new camera , picked up the stylus tough 600 and it seems to do its job pretty well.
 hopefully the water temp starts going up and the fishing gets better , im really on a mission to get my yak sturg before the rockfish opens.

bare with me , im trying to get the pics smaller

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few more , nothing exciting

Right on Andy  than x for the report ,I was thinking about it but had to work.Im thinking the spot  to go to is about1/2 mile upstream of the last row of ships,Ive tried from Benicia side  a couple of  times but go freaked out  under the bridge(way too much current).How far away were you from my promise land?Gabe

way to be a trooper and get out there.  persistence will pay off.  thx for the report and pics.  At least, you got to play with your new camera OTW.

HamachiJohn

i could see the ships from afar but its still a ways away gabe , current rips out here too , just time the tides , thats what i did today and it worked out great

let me know man ill meet you out there.

it actually wasnt that long of a paddle at all , just seemed long cuz on the way out i was paddling into the wind

Thanks for the report Andy. I'm sure those two fish you caught was enough to get you
all excited for a little while. Anytime now bro, you'll get one soon enough. BTW, are u
planning on doing another dino chase this Saturday?

Jedmo

i dont see why not  , you wanna get something goin? i gotta take the ladie out to dinner so as long as im back in time for her then i can do whatever i want in the daytime.

You make the call and see where our best chance of hooking one. Let's do an early fishing and cut out early enough to spend time with the family.

Jedmo

At least you got some actions while waiting for the Sturgie to bite.  Thanks for the report and pictures Andy.

Hey Andy,
You sure do get around! In an awesome fishing way of course.

Man is OAM 'on a mission' for a sturgeon. Glad you caught a couple fish to keep it interesting. jim

you sure were in the big water....dayum! i would never even think of trying that, THERE!  i guess once you know the water, you know the water.
Good on you for making the right clicks(your camera shutter and then the report)    you are an ANIMAL!

Pretty cool!

That's 2 more fish than I caught yesterday!