Post Dec 31 Fishing

So what are you going for now?  Planted trout at the local reservoirs?  So Cal for some semi-active halibut action?  Last year our halibut heated up early in the Bay though.  Just curious.  I'll be down in SB for a while so I'll try out their halibut action and maybe a run to SD for yellowtail. 

Steelhead, sturgeon, stripers and of course big prespawn bass.

Surf Perch

I don’t have much time for fishing early in the year, but will fish for surf perch a few times, and make at least a couple of attempts for local steelhead (assuming river conditions and open dates align).

Trout, surf perch, herring and hopefully some sturgeon action. Looks like sturgeon has already been going good for a minute.

Stripers were reliable mid-December before this last series of storms muddied everything up again. Hoping for some clearish water to give them another go.

STEELHEAD!

Crab!!

White Sturgeon!!

LOUD NOISES!!!   







To answer though, I'll be crabbin' and maybe poke polin'. 

DABS

DABS

thats my plan for this weekend!

Also, i was catching hali through jan last year and started again march.. but that was a special hali season haha

I may try to target dabs off the Sonoma coast as well. I’ve caught exactly 1 there in the past. Snagged it with a swimbait. I figure if I target them with the right gear I may be able to actually catch a few.

I may try to target dabs off the Sonoma coast as well. I’ve caught exactly 1 there in the past. Snagged it with a swimbait. I figure if I target them with the right gear I may be able to actually catch a few.

Hey John, Although I was not targeting dabs I caught 3 that last trip out. Not very big.

I may try to target dabs off the Sonoma coast as well. I’ve caught exactly 1 there in the past. Snagged it with a swimbait. I figure if I target them with the right gear I may be able to actually catch a few.

a 8 hook sabiki, little squid strips like 1" and you should be set! I put a 6oz weight on the bottom and a 2oz on the top to keep the whole thing on the bottom