Man, the surf looked great this morning. Had a few bait stealers (bass) early and then the kelp started rolling through.
The surf was super small, but the wind was howling from the North at 15 knots for a good part of the morning. Water was fairly warm, maybe high 60's and the kelp was horrible for 10 minutes then fishable for 10 minutes. It went this way for all morning.
DFG guy that I usually see came to pay me a visit and check the usual even though he has checked me a ton of times already. He actually hung out for about 30 minutes shooting the breeze and getting intel and sharing poaching stories. Super cool dude and glad he's out there trying to keep poachers at bay.
Second to last cast. I catch a bass, but he catches on some kelp and flops off in a small wave. I tried to noodle his ass, but he got away scott clean.
That leaves the big old skunk for me this morning, but any try is worth it...