7/17 Windanglass

[Dan]

Got up and checked the winds....5 MPH from the south...Decided to hit it anyway. Skipped the pier because a roll through the parking lot looked like the lights were off again.

Weeded my way through the thick Shovel Nose G fish in the surf and launched dry in tiny surf. Scratched up some spanish in the pitch darkness and bolted for the deep. As soon as I round the point, the bane of La Jolla shows up --- stiff south wind and eel grass and kelp all over the surface. ugg. The wind speed increased to white cap levels and I was going backwards. Totally unfishable :cry:

Came back inside the point and re-rigged for halibuts. And wouldn't you know it....the wind dies and it gets glassy. Kept a flyline going which kept busy with the bonies (nice big ones too) and calicos. Not motivated to paddle back out deep, I spent the rest of the morning fishing the the bottom. One raked bait and a few calicos deep.

Very little current, water was back up, around 68/69 Degrees, mucho loose grass on the surface. Those who launched after 7 were stoked with zero wind and steamy weather.