I wanted to fish today and I knew a storm was coming. I'm already on the Freeway, dealing with
traffic and rain and LCII calls to tell me he's bailing on fishing today. Given that it's taken me
nearly an hour to get to Pt. Loma, I decide to hit SquidCo. I ended up buying 14 new
plastics, just to try new colors, so I had to go out today.
I paddled out in what didn't seem too bad.
I fought a head wind as I paddled toward Pt. Loma for a halibut bite. At least the
7ft. flow high to low tide was helping me move along quite nicely. However,
by the time I got around Ballast Point, the wind was really whipping and the rain
was falling. I'm so glad I had on my foul weather gear. I was actually toasty.
I paddled all the way out to the ocean near the tip of Pt. Loma. I was hoping
to fish the shallows for the 'butt bite, but it wasn't happening. Too much wind and
rain. I was quickly blown over to Zuniga Jetty. Next I fought my way to the
West side of the bay so I could get out of the wind and rain.
After 2 hours and 25 minutes of non-stop paddling (from when I left Shelter Island), I finally made it back
to some shelter from the wind. I was still only at Ballast Point, but at least I was
right next to the sausage barricades. Soon the wind subsided and the sun came out,
so I paddled North past the bait docks. I was finally able to begin tossing my plastics
around without getting blown back out to sea. I was excited to try some of the
new plastics, but I had a Pearl grub on one rod and a Black grub on the other.
I tossed those while I got out the new stuff and BANG!! I got hit on the white grub.
Nice little fight for this guy. Once I got him to the yak, I found that I had a nice sized
Barred Sand Bass.
Barred Sand Bass - 3lbs. 12oz - 18.75in.
I tossed plastic for another 35 minutes and called it a day. Time to pick the kids
up from school. The sun was out and the wind had subsided.
What a great day!