More south SD Bay fishing
 

My fishing time has been limited lately so I've been maximizing time by staying close to home, Chula Vista. Hit Jst yesterday about 2 and fished till dark. Pretty weak tides but a nice evening. Ended up with 10 bass or so and my personal best bonefish. I don't weigh or measure the bones but was the biggest I've seen. Ended up with a nice sunset and peddled on in. Mike

Nice Bone!
What are you guys getting them on? Just ghost shrimp or ?

thats a biggun. :luxhello:

Nice job on the PB. Will they eat the plastic?

Very seldom on the plastic, however a shrimp or crab fly worked slowly will take them.

Bummer, I can't fly fish and can't afford to learn. One more hobby is the last thing I need.

Rethink that thought. Light spinning outfit, light weight, shrimp or crab fly. Not fly fishing but fishing the fly!!!!! Same results. That's the difference netween a wisherman and a fisherman

Thanks Bob, I didn't realize flies would be heavy enough for spinning tackle. Another fish added to the bucket list :)

Ed, I've caught a lot of bones on 3 inch grubs and swimbaits. They eat the plastic pretty good. Shrimp colored grubs and keylime hybrids work great.

3" Big Hammer in Ghost shrimp pattern gets the job done.

That is one fish I still need to cross off my list. Nice catch

I've caught 2 bones over the years on plastics. Others have better success. Ghost shrimp are the candy bait in the south bay but I have caught plenty of bone fish, including the one above, on pieces of raw head on shrimp from Seafood City. I imagine bone fish would eat about any worm or crustacean on the bottom. Mike