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Old 09-19-2011, 10:14 AM   #1
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Road Trip: Half Moon Bay

Had some of my daughter's soccer games to watch in the Bay area and decided to bring the yak. I fished Half Moon Bay for two days...home of the famed Mavericks Surf. Luckily for me, the surf and wind were nowhere to be found. Unbelieveable conditions throughout each day. Checked in with Dave the Harbor Master and he pointed me in the right direction and said "have fun". All shallow reef stuff in 40-65' like a mile and a half outside the mouth of the harbor. The bass rod went bendo on lots of quantity and variety. There was a Sculpin-like creature that had horns...he was hoping I'd make a mistake. I counted (4) Lings and (4) Cabezon as the quality stuff...all released!
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Old 09-19-2011, 10:21 AM   #2
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staghorn sculpin? love shallow reef fishing!
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Old 09-19-2011, 10:34 AM   #3
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Looks like a blast. Awesome pics.
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Old 09-19-2011, 10:54 AM   #4
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Cool pix! You scored on the conditions and cool fish.

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staghorn sculpin?
Bingo. A true sculpin (Family Cottidae), not to be confused with California sculpin (Family Scorpionidae). No worries about stings in true sculpin.

Just another example of f'd up common names.

Thanks for the report and pix!
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Old 09-19-2011, 11:29 AM   #5
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looks like great taco filling....nice array of species
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Old 09-19-2011, 02:51 PM   #6
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Great post .. thanks for the shallow water rockfish report from Central Cal.

Love, love the China rockfish. Beautiful.

The SD waters in 110 - 140' have also been excellent while many people are
chasing the yella's. I'll be posting a report and pics soon.
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Old 09-19-2011, 04:03 PM   #7
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cool lookin' fishies!
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Old 09-19-2011, 07:56 PM   #8
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SD waters in 110 - 140' have also been excellent while many people are
chasing the yella's. I'll be posting a report and pics soon.
I hear ya on that, caught a reel nice red on the edge of the reserve on a sabiki. I thought about targeting them for about a second. I got yellow fever bad with no success as of yet.

Nice job on the rock fish up north looks like a fun place.
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Old 09-19-2011, 09:03 PM   #9
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FUN TIMES, NICE PICKS...

I love Nor Cal....
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Old 09-19-2011, 09:59 PM   #10
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I love the variety of fish you got. I'll get up there one of these days. Thanks for the report.
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Old 09-20-2011, 09:51 AM   #11
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Sweet pictures! Love the cool looking fishes!
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Old 09-20-2011, 10:33 AM   #12
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Cool pix! You scored on the conditions and cool fish.


Bingo. A true sculpin (Family Cottidae), not to be confused with California sculpin (Family Scorpionidae). No worries about stings in true sculpin.

Just another example of f'd up common names.

Thanks for the report and pix!
Actually, I believe it is a buffalo Sculpin. You can see the row of enlarged scales along the lateral line in the above photo.






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Old 09-20-2011, 10:37 AM   #13
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Nice Trip Thanks for Sharing!!!!!!
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Old 09-20-2011, 11:22 AM   #14
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Ed knows his BUFFALO! I concur
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Old 09-20-2011, 03:43 PM   #15
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BWAHA!
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Old 09-20-2011, 03:50 PM   #16
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Nice trip and thx for sharing. Half Moon Bay is actually one of the less "fishy" areas in norcal- which means you had a very nice catching day!
Further south to Big Sur or north to Bean Hollow (or Sonoma Coast) has a better fishery, so catching in HMB is a treat.

btw, your LJ WSB have taken their seasonal temporary residence @ HMB. I'm 0 for 4 this year, including yesterday, but the Norcal brethren have been catching their share here and there.

thx again for sharing.

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