Shelter Cove - 5/31 and 6/1/17

24 hours at the Cove.

Wednesday was the day to paddle to the Hat to get on what was the strongest salmon bite so far this season out of the Cove. A 5 knot forecast and low swell was calling me, but family duties were the higher priority - no Hat for me. After taking care of the fam I made my way to the Cove by late afternoon, and my man the Innkeeper and I did spend the last few hours of the day trolling out front on a beautiful ocean. After being on the water until dark with no salmon love, Eric, Verna and I closed out the evening with an NCKA style dinner at 10PM at The Tides.

545AM Thursday it was time to meet up with Earl for the day. With salmon just closed until August, Earl's wish list had a halibut on top of it. We spent our time focusing on places where both Californias and Pacifics have been caught around the Cove, and we put a few hours in on the Tolo Banks hoping for a flatty to show. As with salmon, it can be a real waiting game to come up with a halibut around the strong reef structure of the Cove and nearby areas. So halibut fishing amounted to catching a lot of lingcod and rockfish and hoping for a surprise - nothing wrong with that! We ended up catching plenty of fish, and Earl landed a greater variety of species than he'd previously encountered.

Thank you, Earl, for hiring me up for a day at what I consider the best kayak fishing port on the California coast. 

Thursday pics with Earl:

Wow!!! It's like a lake out there    Thanks for the report and pictures Eric.  I know you will catch a Salmon soon.

You're the best guide there is! Thanks for making us all jealous of your lifestyle.

Wow...the water looks like glass. That would have been the perfect weather for gs. Thanks the report eric.