Been getting my fill of dorado from deckhanding at Dana Wharf, but that bite has gotten scratchy. Decided to check out some stones around Huntington and have a more relaxed couple days.
0700 launch on Thursday. Checked out Izor's first and picked off a pencil cuda yo-yoing a colt sniper. Didn't get any other bites so sent in shallower.
That was the right move, got my first legal grump in maybe 20 years. Do I even fish?
Picked off a couple more shorts, then moved in shallower.
Found my third species of the day.
Couldn't get bit on the fluke, but the gulp shrimp was performing well. Ended up with 4 sand bass, 1 calico, 1 barracuda. All short except the one legal sandie.
Went out Friday. Slept in a hint more but should have arrived even later. At the ramp by 0730 but had to wait an hour for coast guard to give the go-ahead for the channel to clear out a naval warship. Wondering if they have a schedule posted somewhere...casted around the harbor docks looking to hit a bass trifecta but only got one short bite.
Skipped Izor's and started shallower. This time the shrimp wasn't getting bit and the fluke was. Missed a ton of bites to start which was frustrating, but got on the board with a short calico and a couple short turds.
Started to get in a rhythm, then pulled out a WSB. I've gotten 2 legals in the past but never a short, so that was cool. It came out of the water pure silver and I was tripping on it being a corvina, but by the time the camera came out so did the purple and the bars.
Then got a bite with no head shakes and it started moving toward the bow. Saw it was a short halibut at color, it got frisky, popped off on the surface. Cool to see.
That reef cooled off, then my fish finder died and the wind started to come up more. Called it a day at 2 calicos, 3 sand bass, 1 WSB.
Was gonna do the same today but sleeping in til noon felt more right. Will probably go again tomorrow. Nice to get some consistent bites. Have some mini irons to try out as well.
