I'll post pictures later, but after a hell week at work and home I needed a day to relax and get my Vitamin Sea. I picked up bait and ran out in cool and misty conditions. The long period swell made for a nice ride, but I quickly found out I have to make a new "screen" for my baitwell. When I had the screen on, it would fill with scales and overflow the entire time. When I took the screen off, a few anchovies would get sucked up and block the outflow tube. It was annoying to say the least.
I decided I didn't want to look for rockfish, but try for halibut with some live bait. I'm not sure why I bought live bait because bait was everywhere! I haven't seen this much in a long time.
My first cast and I hook a big Calico on my virgin rod. It was a 4# model that I released after a quick picture. Next cast was a Calico around 3.5#, but the sneaky swell brought some breakers a little to close for comfort, so I headed out some to get a little breathing room.
I was disappointed also, since I turned off the motor and got a low battery alarm. I'm starting to think something is drawing on the battery too hard, since the battery was full charge after getting back. Anyway, I caught 15 assorted bass with a sand bass being the biggest for me. It was easy fishing when using live bait... I don't buy bait often, so I sometimes forget how easy it is over artificials. lol
I then hook what I think is a nice sand bass, but that quickly turned to a halibut. The water was a little milky, so I couldn't ID the size, but I saw the flash of a halibut, but my size 2 hook definitely didn't have enough bite in it's mouth.
With me striking out for halibut, I went on a slow troll. I missed quite a few (probably bass) because I was double d!cking it, but it kept things fun. Then I hear a loud SLAP and my line went on a tearing run! I saw the tail and body roll, so I knew it was a thresher. Only thing is a 17# bass rod wan't going to get this dude in... maybe in the ideal situation, but not where I was at.
Well, I tried numerous places on the way home with little more luck. I refused to drop down squid when I had all this live bait and got to use most of it. The day on the water was refreshing until I got a text from my boss asking if I was coming in... In a quick reply, I just said "Nope, Personal Day".
I'll get pictures up later when I get back from work.
