NoSlack
05-30-2007, 05:03 PM
After missing out on all the weekend fun I took the day off form work and hit the water. Picked up a 1/2 scoop in Mission bay and made 20 macs out front before heading to La Jolla.
I started out at gray light trolling macs on the inside of the kelp. The water was very clean with a heavy down hill current. The only thing that wanted to bite were the log barracuda and it didn't take long to get my fill of that.
Plan B was to take one more look outside for the TSharks. Conditions outside didn't look any different than they had the last four times I was up there. No bait and very little bird activity. I only gave it a half hearted effort and bailed just before the tide went slack.
Plan C was halibut off my favorite north county beach. First drift I get hit hard but it came unbuttoned half way to the boat. The second fish was just as aggressive but I wasn't sure I was bit.
Talk about biting off more than you can chew.
http://www.bocaboard.com/data/noslack/mighty mite.JPG
The second drift yielded a nice #10 and another lost fish before color. By 10am the tide had gone slack and the bite was over.
http://www.bocaboard.com/data/noslack/10 TP.JPG
At least I got to christen my new kill bag.
http://www.bocaboard.com/data/noslack/10 sack.JPG
Mike
I started out at gray light trolling macs on the inside of the kelp. The water was very clean with a heavy down hill current. The only thing that wanted to bite were the log barracuda and it didn't take long to get my fill of that.
Plan B was to take one more look outside for the TSharks. Conditions outside didn't look any different than they had the last four times I was up there. No bait and very little bird activity. I only gave it a half hearted effort and bailed just before the tide went slack.
Plan C was halibut off my favorite north county beach. First drift I get hit hard but it came unbuttoned half way to the boat. The second fish was just as aggressive but I wasn't sure I was bit.
Talk about biting off more than you can chew.
http://www.bocaboard.com/data/noslack/mighty mite.JPG
The second drift yielded a nice #10 and another lost fish before color. By 10am the tide had gone slack and the bite was over.
http://www.bocaboard.com/data/noslack/10 TP.JPG
At least I got to christen my new kill bag.
http://www.bocaboard.com/data/noslack/10 sack.JPG
Mike