I had 4 generations of girl Drama happening and NEEDED to get out on the boat for a little R&R.... that and get some bait for shark fishing. Steve was going to stay up north and try the pier and I was planning on being back by noon. The MAW was happening this weekend, so I wasn't going to dare venture too far especially with the south swell rolling in.
I trolled a little through the no wake zone heading out to the inlet. I dumped a bay bass before getting a little 9"er immediately after. I started to troll again and got a surprise! This croaker had to be hungry to pop up off the bottom to attack!
I stopped to make a few casts and had a great hit. It was a scrappy 20" corvina.
I ran outside the inlet and started to catch a bunch of mack. I didn't use the sabiki so much, but opted for a little more fun on the small irons. I lost two bonito trying to swing them over the rail before finally getting two for the cooler.
I then hear a text message ring on my phone and see Steve quit Oceanside pier due to slow fishing and was down in the bay. I picked him up at the courtesy dock and we went back out looking to get more bait. We actually ran to some structure looking for maybe a better bite, but instead Steve caught a nice Sandy on the 4#.
We ran back outside the inlet and got some more mack but it was s lowing down a lot. It was definitely a morning bite.
7 species today which was a nice assortment and best of all I filled 4 sacks for some sharking. The macks varied in size from one-baiters to three-baiters. The bonito are just bordering too big, but they are definitely nice ones for sharking.
~Tight Lines!
