Dana Point 4/17

[BrokeLoser]

Was suppose to be sunny and 78 degrees with 5-10 mph wind and 1-2 foot swells. Instead it was foggy and gloomy, low 60's with 15-20 mph wind and outside the jetti was like being in a washing machine...or paddling out into the Bering Sea so we were confined to the harbor along with 15 or so other yackers. We caught zero fish and I didn't see anyone hook anything all day..I may have seen 10 fish on the meter in the 6 hours we were there..My second time being totally skunked in the ocean and both times at DP..hmmm...I guess I need to re-think fishing there.

[flydigital]

Yep, no fish in Dana...

[Amish Ed]

Dana holds lots of fish outside, inside not so much. In the summer there's some legal butts, but this time of year it's a dead zone. Where'd you fish last time?

[BrokeLoser]

Originally Posted by Amish Ed

Dana holds lots of fish outside, inside not so much. In the summer there's some legal butts, but this time of year it's a dead zone. Where'd you fish last time?

We fished north of the jetti...the kelp beds up by the rock and the headlands (I think they call it). We drifted the 'trap line' coming back and then drifted Doheny for awhile.

[Amish Ed]

Yeah I've been skunked fishing the headlands a few times myself. Try the pipe, Doheny in tight by the river mouth (for Butts) and south of Doheny starting where Capo reef is (sticks out at low tide). Lots of scattered rocks down there.

[BrokeLoser]

Originally Posted by Amish Ed

Yeah I've been skunked fishing the headlands a few times myself. Try the pipe, Doheny in tight by the river mouth (for Butts) and south of Doheny starting where Capo reef is (sticks out at low tide). Lots of scattered rocks down there.

Thanks for the tip Amish Ed
We did fish the Doheny river mouth but never made it down to the start of Capo as the wind was blowing a bit from the north and we were tired by then..haha