5-20-10 Mission bay kayaking no yt in the bay
 

Decided i really didnt have time and was still too sick to hit la jolla today so i opted for a quick run to mission bay low tide was waay low and of course my shrimp pump is broken though nice guy gave e a couple from where he was pumping
headed out towards the tip of mariners basin and tried to drift a shrimp there and suddenly realized i left my drift chute at home :P

so i paddle/drifted in there for a bit no bites though i did see some nice lookin bat rays chillin in the sandy spots near the grass though they took off as soon as i moved to toss them some bait
headed arcorss the channel and tried to hit hospitality point near the lifeguard station dropshotting a gulp jerk bait i won at day at the docks no love

pulled up the ghost shrimp i was pulling behind me and had the oddest catch i've ever gotten

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and here's the kicker it was fair hooked the hook and ghost shrimp were under the flap when i pulled it up it actually ate the ghost shrimp i saw a couple of legs sticking out CPRed the snail tried on the inside of the basin and had a couple of bites but no takers on the dropshot plus it was getting to be a pain staying away from the rocks gotto bring that drift chute next time


snailslayerrrr

Coulda tried snail strips as bait

Norrisia norrissii, AKA Norris' Top Shell. Fairly common scavenger on dead "meat". Has a very long proboscis to reach for scraps in cracks/crevices of reefs/tidepools. Not considered a Game fish!

throw a baby tiny sculpin and you have my Lobster season lastyear..:lobster:

Hermit crabs often live in these kinds of shells. In some parts of the world they get pretty big. I caught this guy in the Caribbean a few years ago. The shell is a large conch nearly 12 inches in length. The crab living inside was the size of a small lobster.

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Bob