Dana Point Quickie & Variety Pack

[steveooo]

Fished Dana for a quick AM session today. Didn’t really have a game plan or a target species. Mostly a recon mission and an excuse for some time OTW.

Launched at 6:45 ish, and picked up a nice scoop of perfect 6” sardines @ the barge.

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Headed shallow to Doho first. Santa Ana’s were blowing, the water had turned, and there was lots of debris. I took the hint and let the wind blow me out a little deeper.

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I turned the corner and checked out a few stones in 60- 75ft and was glad that fish wanted to play. First 5 baits were hit as soon as they got near the bottom. 5 fish in 10 minutes was enough to make me stay in the general vicinity. Nothing big, but still lots of fun with the variety pack.

Calico (1st of 3 that I caught)

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Little Ling (1 of 3)

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Sculpin (1 of 2)

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Ittly bitty RF that had a big appetite

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Sandy (The small one of the 2)

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Treefish

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Everything released. All but a couple fish were on the trap hook. Lost 2 nice heavy hangar fish on the bottom. Probably sharks :rolleyes:

The inshore surface action has picked up too, as lots of the used baits that I released were crushed on the surface by calicos.

After fishing the bottom for a while I got distracted and chased some birds & bait balls that were just outside. Worked them for a while, but nobody home on them yet. Probably best I didn't find anything, as I was undergunned with the tackle I had brought anyways. 62.5 degree water on the outside, 64.5 on the inside if anybody cares.

Lots of whales, boardshort weather, summertime type action on the paddle boards, and a few fish . No complaints here.

Steve

[Amish Ed]

Nice variety pack. Steve and I have hid from the offshores behind the jetty quite a few times. Did they die at 9:00 like normal?

[corpsmanusn2001]

Nice work!

[Zed]

Pretty.

[alanw]

Nice day on the water, especially when there's the right size sardines at the barge. DP always produces a good mixed bag for me as well.

[alanhighhand]

Nice report and picture thanks for sharing.

[Southman]

Nice mix of species. Other than the pipe, I don't usually do well in DP. I need to get out more and explore the headlands and other areas around there.

Thanks for the report.

[yak-fishing-socal]

Nice write up I'm thinking of hitting danna tomorrow

[chancy94]

Nice fish man, makes me want to drive up to Dana Point!

[walrus]

:you_rock:

["jjcawjj"]

:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy: WTG!!!:reel::reel::reel:

[blitzburgh]

Nice variety! :cheers1:

[YakHanded]

Stevoo, how much stability do you sacrifice with the revo16? are you restricted in your movements on the yak at all or do you feel like its as sturdy a fishing platform as you need?

Nice report/photos!