The salad has been so bad in the surf lately, I though I would give the pier a shot to make some shark bait. Hit Ocean Beach Pier at 6am today and fished the incoming tide till 9am. (high was at 8am) I brought two set ups to fish below the surface and on the surface. When I arrived I saw large clumps of eel grass patties floating on the surface. I can't seem to get away from this stuff, the shore line was dark with a lot of shopped red algae too. I went to the end of the pier on the left side of the T-intersection. Didn't see too many people on the end of the pier most were fishing the mid section of the pier. I casted the splasher rig out and was quickly rewarded with a mac sized bonito. (12")
I forgot how much fun catching bonito on the splasher rig can be. The bonito would chase the trailing feather all the way to the pilings. I quickly made my limit of 5 fish in an hour. I switched over to the mega bait jig and made a couple of macs too. If you want some fun watching the Bonito blow up on the surface get out there at sunrise.
