Carlsbad power plant, Bass, Barber Poles and Baleen Whales

[MrPatrick]

What cool day I had! The launch by the power plant was easy one footers. Paddled out and made a left turn and headed to the kelp. I stopped at the first lobster bouy and dropped a lure and caught a small sandie. Cool no skunk. Paddled to edge of the kelp and dropped my saltwater version of a dropshot and caught a small calico. It was just a few fish today, all on the small side except for the barber pole rockfish. They were keeper size but went back until march.
The real cool part of the morning were the grey whales, they breached three times and hung out feeding for about half an hour. They would dive down and you could see the mud billow up to the surface. They were followed by dolphins that were feeding in the shallows and entertained the people on the beach for over an hour.
Cool day fishing in my "back yard" today.