Wide open grumpy fishin 3-28 MB

[Sherm]

I had the company picnic set up at mission bay for Saturday and got there early so I could get some yak time in. I set up the trailer at 5:30am and got ready for the sunrise. I was on the water at 1st light with the begining of an incoming tide and a slight offshore breeze.

I arrived at my 1st spot and cast around a while before I landed my 1st fish. A chunker spottie broke the ice. The fishing wasn't that hot so I moved to my second spot. Nothing was happening there. The tide was now starting to move pretty well so I figured I would try my third spot. I lit a stoagie to change the luck. The power of the stoagie worked again. I wasn't far into it when I got my first hookup. It was another big spottie. Well the stoagie (may have been the tide) sure changed things around. I started getting bit on just about every other cast. The spotties came alive. These were all good size grumpies. There wasn't a dink in the bunch. The smallest went 13 inches and the biggest went 19.

I fished for another hour and a half and then had to get back to set up the company picnic. I had 20 employees and their families showing up for a BBQ and I knew they were going to be hungry and....no...spotties weren't on the menu. We did have the usual burgers and dogs and I also picked up some of the best shrimp and scallops from Tommy. The shrimp were huge and the scallops were riduculous in size. They made some awesome kabobs on the grill. Also made for happy employees.

The day turned out great with perfect weather, a great picninc and just plain stupid spottie fishing.

Fish Count:

26 spotties (that's it)

all C&R

Incoming tide
light line
Gulp and plastics with Uni Butter

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