First time fishing in HMB

I'll try fishing in HMB - mainly because this is less travel- Thursday morning and any tip and suggestion are welcome as I don't know the area. I'm looking for Ling and Rockfish.

Cheers,
C-

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Zelda:
If you check the hookup section, there will be a few of us there Thursday morning launching @ 7am.  We'll be trying for salmon and WSB, so RF and lings will be a bycatch for us.  RF and lings are pretty much same strategy all along the norcal coast.  I haven't fished for RF/lings @ HMB, but i'm sure others will chime in.  We'll be on Ch. 69.

Jonathan

Zelda:
If you check the hookup section, there will be a few of us there Thursday morning launching @ 7am.  We'll be trying for salmon and WSB, so RF and lings will be a bycatch for us.  RF and lings are pretty much same strategy all along the norcal coast.  I haven't fished for RF/lings @ HMB, but i'm sure others will chime in.  We'll be on Ch. 69.

Jonathan

Great! I'll follow the posts and be there! Given I never fished for flaties and WSB, where can I find out the needed setup?
C-

For salmon, you'll need a barbless circle hook with flouro leader and some tray bait.  I use the same setup hoping for wsb or halibut if it doesn't hook a salmon. Nothing fancy. If u do internet search or on ncka, there's RSK, deepdiver, and other setups for salmon.

They say shiny tackle spook wsb, so go with black hooks, swivel (no shiny stuff).
Hope u get some good advice from others- as i skunked last year on wsb and had only one halibut and salmon each in 2010.
See u there!

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Wow, flashback!!  My first post! 

For salmon, you'll need a barbless circle hook with flouro leader and some tray bait.  I use the same setup hoping for wsb or halibut if it doesn't hook a salmon. Nothing fancy. If u do internet search or on ncka, there's RSK, deepdiver, and other setups for salmon.

They say shiny tackle spook wsb, so go with black hooks, swivel (no shiny stuff).
Hope u get some good advice from others- as i skunked last year on wsb and had only one halibut and salmon each in 2010.
See u there!

Be sure to read all the salmon regulations if your going to target them.  These are great tips, however if you use more than one rod and catch a salmon, it wont be legal to keep 

that was a fun little blast from the past read. 2007, wow, where have the years gone.........

BTW Al I think your "1st time" lure selection was spot on!