Dana Pt, 7-10-12

[Amish Ed]

Heard the bite was slow at Dana and decided to go anyways. Launched from the ramp at about 5:30 and headed straight for the pipe. Had a really nice sunrise with the fog being kept just offshore by the light offshore wind. With no waves and light wind it was an easy paddle out. Saw a bit of bait on the surface and a few birds on the way too. There was this weird tunnel in the fog where only about a 1/2 mile of the coast wasn't socked in. I should've taken a picture. Anyways, I wasn't out there maybe 20min and the fog closed in on me. Made me glad for my GPS.

The wind was very shifty once the fog came in and made fishing the pipe a big pain. It seemed each drift went a different direction, so each cast felt somewhat blind since I didn't always know where the bait would end up. Water had a decent color to it and not to clear, and felt about 65º. Word on the street is that down south just a bit it is down to 61º.

Got out there and got bit pretty quick and frequently, but couldn't make them stick. It turned out to be a fluke though, because the whole morning was just a really slow pick. I finished with 7 legals and 2 shorts, 50/50 mix of sand and calico. Talking to Steph over at Hogan's though, I found out that I did pretty good. One of her employees fished it yesterday for one bite. I pretty much kitchen sinked it today, and half the fish came on a variety of baits. The other half came on a 4" Flurry in Fire Avocado fished on 10lb. The line weight did seem to make a difference as most every fish came on 10lb, the 17lb wasn't getting bit nearly as well.

I went out expecting slow fishing and got it, but I did twice as good as I expected as well. Hopefully these fish wake up and the water stops rolling. I did better almost every day this last winter.