DP 05-30

[PapaDave]

Okay, water has settled down but is still dirty and about 62 degrees. Bait was anchovies, nice ones too, lively. Weather was overcast, the wind was lite, no real wind chop. On the water around 7am.

Bass were hungry early but tapered off. Ran into a school of small barracuda, had them boiling around the kayak, cool. Had a GW launch itself a good six feet clear right off my bow again again, I'm thinking it might be personal.

Caught a lot of bass, some fairly large, a short halibut, several small barracudas, and lost an estimated 10 pound sheephead at the yak (net got tangled with the gaff, was trying to undo when the fish caught me off guard and made a run under the kayak, line popped, grrrrrr). Off the water around 4:30pm.

[DanaYakAngler]

Were you fishing the kelp off the point?

[Masyaker]

Sounds like those whities love you... nice report!

[PapaDave]

Originally Posted by DanaYakAngler

Were you fishing the kelp off the point?

No, down around the San Clemente pier.

[DanaPT]

Originally Posted by PapaDave

No, down around the San Clemente pier.

Papa D. you are an animal! I've not been down that far. It is a long haul and a lot of area to fish in between. I've made it south to the Arco Station but turn around there. Fishing those reefs near the pier would be a fun thing to do.

IF anyone is interested let me know. This way if we do run into a GW... our odds of survival increase a bit.

[Amish Ed]

Hey Dave, did you hit the Pipe at all? Any morning sickness wind-wise? Hoping to hit it tomorrow.

[alanw]

Originally Posted by DanaPT

Papa D. you are an animal! I've not been down that far. It is a long haul and a lot of area to fish in between. I've made it south to the Arco Station but turn around there. Fishing those reefs near the pier would be a fun thing to do.

IF anyone is interested let me know. This way if we do run into a GW... our odds of survival increase a bit.

I always wanted to go down that far and mark reefs along the way. I think I'll wait until the big numbers of Whites diminish first

Originally Posted by Amish Ed

Hey Dave, did you hit the Pipe at all? Any morning sickness wind-wise? Hoping to hit it tomorrow.

I was at the pipe on Monday and had no bites, couldn't even find bait there. Ended up finding Macs closer to the green buoy, and some bass closer to Doheney. The water dropped to around 61 from 65 the previous weekend. Wind was light all day which was nice.

[goldenglory18]

Originally Posted by PapaDave

Had a GW launch itself a good six feet clear right off my bow again again, I'm thinking it might be personal...

Nope, nope, nope........