South LJ 6/4

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Fished 5:30 am to 3 pm, launched from Big Rock area into thick fog. Was like a sauna out there until 8 am, strange - hot, foggy, steamy and "claustrophobic". Got all spun out in the fog, glad I had the GPS on hand.

Current was ripping from the north. Started fishing 105' off Horseshoe for a bonito on the iron, and the only macks were huge horses, they barely fit into the baittank. ops:

When the fog lifted, conditions looked great with tons of current and chop with birds working a few areas. Saw a boat with triple hookup, it was two yellowtail to 20#, and a cuda. Looked like lots of yellows feeding, wished I had bait. Slow trolled the huge macks around and got bit on one for some teethmarks, but dropped it.

Threw plastics and iron. One cast I got boiled on 10' from the rod tip - which was a yellow slamming the swimbait on 20 lb line, which was a fun tussle. Released the little fella to fight again. Caught a nice sand bass on the bottom, and, a couple more bonito.

Went inside and caught my first bait sized spanish mack at 11:30 .... :roll: which got stolen quickly. Battled a sea lion on a huge mack. Lots of chop out there, it was generally very "rough" and it got really windy from the south with some white caps. The fishfinder was lit up all day with fish. Very fishy.

Here is the little yellow that I released, I'd guess 10 pounds or so? It's early in the month, and LJ's looking good!