Found some time to sneak away from vacation duties and get to some REAL vacation duties. Grabbed some leadheads and plastics and raced over to Half Moon Bay with the goal of landing a shore ling.
Surf report was calling for overhead plus on the Mavericks side. As you can see not much of an issue inside at Miramar Beach. Actually very calm for November here. And warm too!
Hopped my way to the deeper areas where the rockfish school up. Last 2 hours of the rising tide so not very ideal for poke poling. I did try for a bit but the good holes were submerged far too deep. Started chucking rubber in close to the base of the jetty. Lot of casualties due to nicked leaders. Switched to 40#. Problem solved.
Looking south. So clear you can almost see La Jolla.
Found a nice submerged rock pile and stated hitting it hard. Missed a few taps. Finally got one to stick. A bit of a tug of war but guess who won...
A little guy. 21" to be exact. But a true fighter. Snapped the pic and promptly released. Mission accomplished.
Didn't get anything else to stick. Did see a couple of brown rockfish cruising along the rocks. Big ones. But they showed zero interest in my offerings. Oh well. Til next time.
