Central Coast Fishing Trip

[Goose1993]

Last week, a buddy and I headed up to the central coast to fish lings. The plan was to fish Monday through Thursday but my buddy was having boat problems all trip so we had to head home Wednesday after I fished the AM session.

We stopped at Refugio State Beach on Monday near Santa Barbara to fish calicos, but didn't have much luck. We got some small fish but nothing special. It was super windy so conditions weren't great. We actually were there the day before the oil spill.

After that, we headed up to the central coast and set up camp. We headed out the next morning. I brought 3 lings to the boat, but lost one while trying to net it. I also hooked up on a few more but lost them due to a poor hookset. My swimbait was ruined and kept slipping over the hook, leading to hooksets that barely hooked the fish. I was just too lazy to change it out haha.

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The wind kicked up at about 12:30 so I headed in. I would love to stay out all day, but the wind gets to be about 20mph.

We barbequed ling on the beach that day, drank some beers, and just hung out until sunset. Then we drove up the coast about 30 miles and got dinner. We set up camp and got to bed pretty early then headed out pretty early in the morning.

This spot was kelp fishing, so I kept trying new spots until I got hit. I limited on lings by about noon this day.

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It was a great trip. I am definitely going to do it again soon.