I should have gone to the Easter egg hunt instead

[dgax65]

I got to La Jolla about 5:45 this morning and found the surf to be much smaller than expected. Launched in the gray and went straight to the kelp for bait. The FF was acting up and the kelp was down, so I had no luck making bait. It looked like there was some pretty good surf out at the point, with a few huge rollers coming through occasionally. I stayed well outside most of the morning. Ugly conditions; stiff wind out of the South, choppy and a steady drizzle to make things really enjoyable. I trolled a Yozuri and a dead squid/hoochie rig for about four hours for nothing. Torn up kelp was everywhere and trolling was just an exercise in frustration. Every time I'd stop to clear a trolling line the wind would push me back a couple hundred yards. I gave up about noon and headed in. A small break in the clouds and a ray of sunshine persuaded my to go toss some plastic in the kelp for a couple of hours more. More wasted time (and rain, wind, cold....). Basically it just sucked. I won't be able to get out next weekend, so I'm sure it will be WFO on WSB.
On the positive side; I got a helluva workout paddling into the wind for 5 hours.