El Capitan and Mission Bay, 4-2-15

[Amish Ed]

Landwhale and I decided to change it up a bit and do some LMB fishing this week.

Got in line at El Cap about 5:30, I had to pay twice as the machine didn't spit out my ticket. At 6:05 they let us in and we launched next to the rental dock. Steve's FF battery died, so he was fishing blind. A kid next to the dock nailed a 7.5 as we launched. We headed for the dam arm and worked the shoreline. The wind was offshore and blew us towards the dam. Steve eventually got one on the blade. I couldn't buy a bite. We moved to the other side when we got to the buoy line and worked part of that side. The water was super clear and there was annoying moss on the bottom. Plus, there was a ton of boats on the water. Not sure if this is normal for there on a weekday or if it was just because of Spring Break. Probably normal, since most of the anglers were adult males. At 10:00 I still was biteless and Steve still only had the one fish. We decided to tuck tail and run.

12:15 saw us at the ramp next to Sea World. The wind was moving pretty good out of the South and we drifted down towards Ski Beach. But, there was little if any current. Fishing there was really slow too, but I did manage to catch a couple before the wind turned a bit and blew us back towards the ramp. On the return drift I managed a few more including a very aggressive 6" Calico that ate a 4" Ring Hammer. The other 4 were spotties, to 13", and they all ate a 5" New Penny Paddlerz. Hot Sauce for flavor of course. It should be noted that there is little eel grass in that channel. There's some on the sides, but in the middle it's very scattered and very scarce. 2:15 we were back at the ramp and 3:00 found us back on the 5 heading home.

ETA: We only saw 2 fish caught all morning.